Nearly 11 months after the 2013 ice storm that hit midwestern Ontario, many municipalities remain frozen out of provincial assistance.
The Liberal government, meanwhile, is taking heat for a secret deal with a consulting firm to manage the process. Perth-Wellington MPP Randy Pettapiece revealed that information Thursday in question period.
Pettapiece charged that thousands of dollars that should be going to municipalities for disaster relief are instead being spent on consulting fees.
"The don't work for nothing. They are getting paid for doing this, and that's money that could be used to send back to communities that most need it," he says.
He says this is "red tape" at its worst, adding this is now the third time some municipalities are being asked to submit an application for assistance.
