Ontario premier tells Opposition leader to retract comments or face legal action
TORONTO — Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has asked the leader of the Opposition to retract comments he made about her or face legal action.
The premier’s lawyers wrote a letter to Patrick Brown on Wednesday, saying the Progressive Conservative leader had told reporters that Wynne was standing trial in a Liberal bribery case. The letter said Wynne is not on trial or even under investigation, but is rather offering voluntary testimony and co-operating with the court process, therefore Brown should retract the comments and apologize.
Wynne’s office made the letter public moments before the premier took the witness stand in a trial in Sudbury, Ont., for two former Liberal staffers who are facing bribery charges under the Election Act.
“She has gone so far as to waive her parliamentary privilege and will voluntarily appear as a witness at the trial, ” wrote the premier’s lawyer, Jack Siegel.