Replacing Ron Taverner as OPP Commissioner

On Saturday, the government of Ontario announced that Ron Taverner, announced by Prime Minister Doug Ford as OPP commissioner, had requested that his appointment be postponed until the review.

Tuesday, police supervisor Taverner, a family friend of the Ford family, is expected to start working on Monday. His appointment led to a broad criticism when it was found that qualifications for the post were reduced two days after the first publication, which led to questions about how Supt. Taverner was chosen for the city.

"From the highest regard for courageous men and women from the Ontario Provincial Police, I request that the Commissioner be postponed until the Commissioner for Integrity completes his opinion" Supt. Taverner said in a statement.

Transport Minister Sylvia Jones says the government will respect Supt. Taverner's wishes. "While the Government fully trusts Mr Taverner, we will respect his request for a delay in his appointment until the Commissioner for Integrity has examined the selection process."

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Deputy Commander of the OPP Gary Couture was appointed as the Interim Commissioner of the RIP, which is on Monday, while the review is being carried out.

The move continues as the BP RP Actual Commissioner Brad Blair filed a petition on Friday to try to postpone the appointment until he was examined by the Ombudsman Ontario Paul Dubé.

Deputy Commissioner Blair's lawyer Julian Falconer told reporters on Saturday that legal challenges will continue. "He will not continue the procedure," Falconer said.

"The questions asked by the interim Commissioner Blair … were issues that were already there. These were issues that caused serious and vast concerns. He sees this cloud affecting the credibility and perceived independence of the provincial police Ontario, "said Mr Falconer.

In her statement, Vice-President Blair, who will no longer function on Monday, said she was humiliated with the opportunity to lead the force on November 5, "and I regret that I had to take one step." He said he would stay with force as Deputy Commissioner for Road Safety and Operational Support.

"I am continuing to ensure that the well-deserved reputation of Ontario Provincial Police remains unrecovered," he said in a message to the staff.

In his proposal, Deputy Commissioner Blair claims that the Ombudsman in Ontario is obliged to review any "inappropriate political interference or chronism" that could be included in the government's decision to promote Supt. Taverner in the role of supreme police officer of the province.

Earlier this week, Deputy Commissioner Blair – who was also in the running for work – officially asked the supervisor to review or postpone Supt. The installation of Taverner as the head of the RIP, but a judicial request reveals that the Office of the Ombudsman rejected this because the request was not in her mandate.

The NDP said that the Ombudsman revoked the investigation of the Commissioner for Integrity.

The legal offer is the last chapter in an extraordinary battle that arose over the control of Canada's second-largest Canadian police force, a prominent organization that employs more than 8,000 civil servants and civilians working in Ontario.

The conservative government announced its choice of Supt. Taverner as Commissioner for the OPP on November 29th.

Critics immediately called into question the appointment, which was glamored by the 72-year-old police commander of the police commander on the Ford family and his nearly two decades as the commander of the unit overseeing the Fords political police station in the western area of ​​Toronto Etobicoke. However, Mr. Ford and its cabinet argue that the independent panel recommended by Supt. Taverner.

Earlier this week, former RCMP commissioner Bob Paulson told The Globe and Mail that there were "reasonable concerns" about the appointment of Supt. Taverner. He repeated the request for an independent investigation to preserve the integrity of the force.