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An audit found political staffers in the Ontario government allegedly deleted records and used personal emails during interactions with development lobbyists

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

Really shocking: DF The Dealer and his cronies ignore the rules for fun and profit. Who'd have imagined? Ontario Place development, anyone?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are no penalties for violating Ontario’s Archives and Recordkeeping Act, which bars government staffers from deleting emails, and the maximum fine for violating Ontario’s freedom of information law is $5,000.

So other than a fine that that is basically nothing, there is nothing that can happen?! How can there not be "something" to deter people from deleting what ever they want? I don't know much about the laws involved in this but hope something will come of this.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Sure - but there are laws against destroying evidence. If they can recover any of the emails using warrants for phones and computers then that would probably be a problem for DF and his lackeys.