{"id":236321,"date":"2025-10-24T06:52:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T06:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/236321\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T06:52:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T06:52:08","slug":"half-baked-pay-to-play-scheme-ontario-ministers-opposition-spar-as-more-skills-development-fund-grants-come-to-light-ctv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/236321\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Half-baked pay-to-play scheme\u2019: Ontario ministers, opposition spar as more Skills Development Fund grants come to light &#8211; CTV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi7AFBVV95cUxNVE54bWdLQzdRT2VHT1dUeE5kYy1XSjF4WGZGbzljaEVhNXpVMGxYMFlpdzZsZTJmNUw4THZHVmJBV05ETk1FM3E3NXlKMVNnc2pfMWpManFGU3k3TllUS3h2b0NpaEIzODdvNi1ycGVjWE0yVThFZVl4S2FVTk1nVS1SUnlnOFRuRGVhMXgtVGc2VnBrYTlVckFUMF8tM1gzamdjRFQtN0pZV0RXT3hiNzU0MkJJek9vcFlZNzNhNi12VnhfY1JPbGw4UXloWEdiaG1NdGFUdGNMZkQxeXNKbjdIX01NS0JaX0s5Vw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Half-baked pay-to-play scheme\u2019: Ontario ministers, opposition spar as more Skills Development Fund grants come to light<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiygFBVV95cUxNWTcxSFZqSF9QdmhVQ2treFBOcUJnRVVlYXpDaGE4T04xMWVJNW9iZ2xBV016aWlOc2lEQmlKd3dKSWtUSHFiN0oyanZtVFlxRnpON0g3eVA0d0lFbUJVWF9xV2lqR09IbDQ2U3MwQVRZRU4tRW0zSjFBQlcyN1NzaFJnVmxsMlpyZ2lRdjNId0toWFpxczhxYUhwTDFEQmQ4UFNJOThxbXBlSk16NWx5SVBaSXVBdmI1Q0VhcmZ4XzF3UE5ZYjl5T0FB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Get their hands off that fund\u2019: Ontario labour minister faces third day of resignation calls<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxOTEQzU001TG00ZDRuX3J2cFk4VEluZWdkaVNvTjlWLWpobVo5eHloYXBMWnhpdFBxREdybnRxOEZ5cmxCWldGSllDeHd3SE5qUUJxS204alpQcndzTGhlQVoyalNvdm5XT2RGaU42T05rdUgyQmkyUVhYbWlVR24wMFRlRnNWeG1EUmRvSC15QjdMTUYzeWZzSHBiMXRmMkpw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Opposition parties call on Ford to fire labour minister over $2.5B training fund controversy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigAJBVV95cUxPY2NacExTaXF6ek5hdHNnUkR0NUdnSlQ2YU5aNWFCRG5SWU5kc2tHdk9wREZGLTFnVDItX2lTNUFIcjNBSlZZLXAwcmRtcFBXb0ZkZldvZ3Y3T3JPQUlkSC1wcF9fUEZBQ1RxZHFtaFFyR0lXa010NnZPZV9VSEZIMldhWkN1UFJteHFJbnJia1JhZHdRR0VwOXVvQ2pmb2hqdW0yUVo0M3ExZGxPR0p1Vkl1djAzQUc3R2duTTZLdVhEQmxyOTJyMWVyWnR0S2M3V3A5aEVSR2FabFVIemZ1UDJ0ZGhkRUFXX0huQnE3Yl94Z0EzTXJ4LXQyVUx6enI1?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Doug Ford refuses to fire labour minister caught in training fund controversy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto Star<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxQMUJyUkUzM0JsSnlOaTd5XzVDRnNMU2J1TkVkZ05TXzdkaElOVmpxX19YdWdfWDJOX1Q2dzJnMk9CTkpOQTFPS05NcDRHWGRISXpNVkNtM3hMWm8zX0lIMDk1Z0pTTlpwV3QtLTlFVlM2QVBtQVpXekdfQi1penFnRW5nN0ZnbGFfTTRPTmVyTmoxbG40Ul9JcDRVc2JRenAzY2tSWnhVbHJEMWoxaE00TGhhaw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Globe editorial: The real issue with Ontario\u2019s training fund<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Globe and Mail<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018Half-baked pay-to-play scheme\u2019: Ontario ministers, opposition spar as more Skills Development Fund grants come to light&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News\u2018Get their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[712,49,48,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-236321","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}