Grewal \u2014 who was already under scrutiny for expensing $27,000 on Toronto hotels over the past three years<\/a> despite living in Brampton \u2014 appears to have regularly advertised constituency events in the Punjabi Post, which is run by his father, Jagdish Singh Grewal.<\/p>\n “MPP Grewal just got caught with his hands in the taxpayers’ pockets, spending nearly $30,000 on luxury downtown Toronto hotel stays, and now, potentially breaking ethics rules to enrich an immediate family member with tax dollars,” Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles said.<\/p>\n Stiles filed her complaint with the integrity commissioner on Monday morning, alleging the advertisements were a conflict of interest because Grewal’s father stood to benefit financially from them.<\/p>\n Grewal said in a statement he would seek guidance from the integrity commissioner.<\/p>\n “The Punjabi Post is a popular ethnic news outlet in Brampton-a community with a large Punjabi speaking population. Political parties of all stripes have advertised with the Punjabi Post,” he wrote.<\/p>\n “Prior to advertising, I should have consulted with the Integrity Commissioner and have since reached out to her office for advice.”<\/p>\n \u00a0Full-page advertisements\u00a0<\/p>\n According to federal filings submitted as part of the NDP complaint, Jagdish Singh Grewal is the director of the Punjabi Post.<\/p>\n The newspaper was founded in 2002 as a daily Punjabi news outlet, with 35,000 readers, according to a media kit posted on its website. The same media kit lists Jagdish Singh Grewal as the point of contact for “advertising, insertion orders, sales or contracts.”<\/p>\n Past issues of the newspaper included in the NDP complaint show advertising for MPP Grewal’s events, such as a summer BBQ, emblazoned across the front of the newspaper.<\/p>\n The advertisements are non-partisan, meaning they promote Grewal as a local MPP rather than the Progressive Conservative Party, something the NDP argues means they were approved by his office.<\/p>\n “A review of the Member’s expenses has led me to believe that the Member may have violated the Member’s Integrity Act, 1994, and I am requesting that you offer an opinion on the matter,” Stiles wrote in her letter to the integrity commissioner.<\/p>\n “We believe the member may have used public money from his Legislature budget to purchase services from a business solely owned by an immediate family member.”<\/p>\n Examples sent to the integrity commissioner by the NDP include a Canada Day spread that ran for three days and other seasonal greetings.<\/p>\n “We’ve called on the Integrity Commissioner to look into MPP Grewal’s spending habits because there is a clear pattern of ads placed in a local paper owned by his father,” Stiles added.<\/p>\n “If MPP Grewal’s family members are benefiting from tax dollars, the people deserve to know.”<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/global_news_articles_566\/50b83dc49a15250f776ea8726d170aa2.jpeg\"\/)
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\u00a0Grewal also tops hotel expense list\u00a0<\/p>\n