Hang on, there.
Don’t get excited.
It isn’t Tory-gate.
The mayor of Vaughan, Ontario and her husband have been charged with election expense violations following an investigation:
Vaughan Mayor Linda Jackson and her husband, Mario Campese, have been formally charged with violations of election finance rules in the run-up to her narrow 2006 victory against former mayor Michael Di Biase.
Jackson was served with 68 charges at her home yesterday afternoon by a representative of independent prosecutor Timothy Wilkin, who was hired by Vaughan City Council to determine whether such charges should be laid under the Municipal Elections Act.
Her husband, who served as her campaign manager, also faces five charges, including accepting illegal cash contributions.
How sad could it be when a small city in Ontario has higher election finance ethics standards than the entire province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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