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   On 2026-02-12 6:25 p.m., danny burstein wrote:   
   > In <10mljiq$1m2m0$3@dont-email.me> Rhino    
   writes:   
   >   
   > [snip]   
   >   
   >> I don't know if it's made the news in your country yet but the GTA   
   >> (Greater Toronto Area) and specifically the Toronto Police Service are   
   >> under very close scrutiny by the provincial government as of the last   
   >> few days in the wake of a massive scandal involving corrupt police   
   >> officers and organized crime working hand-in-glove. Seven serving   
   >> officers and one police retiree have already been charged and there is a   
   >> strong likelihood that this is just the tip of the iceberg. Everyone   
   >> expects those 8 officers to rat out others as they try to make deals to   
   >> mitigate their own exposure.   
   >   
   > It hasn't gotten general coverage in what's left of the Fourth estate   
   > in the Colonies, but since I've been enchanted by my A Number One   
   > Unobtainable Canadian Heart Throb I've been following stories   
   > from the home of Canadian Tire (sic) and bumped into this.   
      
   You don't need the "sic", Canadian Tire is the name by which everyone   
   knows them. (I expect their official name is Canadian Tire Corporation   
   or something like that but we all know exactly who you mean when you say   
   "Canadian Tire".   
   >   
   > My real question, of course, is what happened to make this common   
   > practice suddenly become embarassingly news worthy?  Did they arrest   
   > Ford's sister in law or make some other mistake?   
   >   
      
   I'm a little embarrassed to say I don't really know quite how this   
   bubbled up into a major scandal. This week-old article may give you what   
   you want, at least in broad outlines.   
      
   Speaking of Doug Ford, his son-in-law is a long-serving police officer   
   and he's undergoing disciplinary proceedings at the moment (and for the   
   past two years) but this doesn't seem to be connected to the corruption   
   scandal.   
      
      
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   Rhino   
      
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