Premier Doug Ford will be holding a news conference this afternoon one day after a second cabinet minister was forced to resign in the wake of the Greenbelt land removals controversy.
According to the integrity commissioner, Rasheed and Amin Massoudi, the then-principal secretary to the premier, said they took a trip to Las Vegas in December 2019 and “exchanged pleasantries” with developer Shakir Rehmantullah in the lobby of a hotel.
Rasheed has said he resigned to avoid being a distraction to the “important work of the government” and added that he is looking forward to “taking the steps required” to clear his name. Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to journalists at the Queen's Park Legislature in Toronto on Tuesday, September 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young