Charlie Pinkerton

@CharliePinkerto

Journalist with @thetrilliumca. “One of the best names of any reporter that I can think of,” according to a media critic. Get in touch: charlie@thetrillium.ca.

Toronto, Ontario thetrillium.ca Joined September 2015

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Charlie Pinkerton @CharliePinkerto Oct 29

NEW: Ontario's integrity commissioner obtained many months of text messages between PC MPP Laurie Scott & John Mutton (aka Mr. X).

The texts show the pair building rapport around 2 efforts: getting special zoning approvals for his clients & helping her political fundraising.

Charlie Pinkerton @CharliePinkerto Oct 28

NEW: Internal government data shows Ontario’s hallway health care problem is as bad as it’s ever been.

More from @AidanChamandy: thetrillium.ca/news/health/on…

www.thetrillium.ca No place for patients: Ontario’s hallway health care numbers hit unprecedented highs New internal government data shows Ontario’s hallway health care problem is vastly outpacing population growth

Charlie Pinkerton @CharliePinkerto Oct 27

NEW: Another key witness in the integrity commissioner's Greenbelt scandal investigation provided inaccurate information — which the watchdog learned after the fact from WhatsApp messages the ex-staffer had sent. thetrillium.ca/news/the-trill…

www.thetrillium.ca Messages contradict what ex-staffer told Greenbelt scandal inquiry The housing minister’s then-deputy chief initially denied being invited to a Raptors game and golf by ‘Mr. X’: integrity commissioner report

Charlie Pinkerton @CharliePinkerto Oct 22

EXCLUSIVE: The same day Premier Doug Ford’s cabinet approved the government’s ill-fated Greenbelt changes, several key figures rubbed shoulders in a private box at a Toronto Maple Leafs game, @jessiecatherine & I can reveal.

Much more @Thetrilliumca... thetrillium.ca/news/the-trill…

www.thetrillium.ca Inside the Greenbelt scandal’s lost Leafs game The day Ford’s cabinet approved the controversial proposal, several key figures mingled in a Leafs ‘box’: previously secret ethics watchdog report

Charlie Pinkerton @CharliePinkerto Oct 7

ICYMI: Paul Godfrey alleged Premier Ford's office exerted "political leverage" over his son's company by promising it government funding while also seeking a favour from Postmedia, which the elder Godfrey used to run.

Godfrey's full sworn declaration is here & @Thetrilliumca.

Charlie Pinkerton @CharliePinkerto Oct 7

NEW: Postmedia's ex-CEO alleged Premier Ford's then-top staffer used "leverage" over his son's company by promising funding to it, coupled with a favour — helping get the newspaper chain to run a letter from Ford to voters on the eve of the 2025 election. thetrillium.ca/news/politics/…
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