.widget_display_replies .bbp-author-name, 08 Jul 2015 By Johnson Ta. } Osler complied with the order, and determined it had no records mentioning Mr. Georgious secret e-mail address, the firms spokesperson, Judy Stein-Korte, said in the statement. .td_block_template_15 .td-block-title:before, He is an actor, known for Blow Out (1981), And Justice for All (1979) and Ryan's Hope (1975). Mr. Georgiou was never charged criminally, but York sued him to recover the funds a suit that was settled out of court. //td_block class - each ajax block uses a object of this class for requests Mr. Aquino also wanted to know if his name showed up in any public records connected with a commercial building in Toronto. 2. "position": 3, John Aquino, et al. The court documents contain no other references to StrategyCorp in the days leading up to Bondfields lawsuit against The Globe. Prosecutors filed detention orders against the accused in Rome and in Reggio Calabria, the capital of the southern Italian region where the 'Ndrangheta, the proper name of the Mafia there, was. John Aquino, formerly of Bonfield Construction, formerly in Concord, has been charged criminally by York Regional Police. Yesterday arrived from Edenton the Sloop Sally Cap Norton which place he left the 6th June. .tds-button6:after, Aquino, who was the directing mind of Bondfield, arranged for a false invoicing scheme by which various suppliers rendered invoices to, and were paid by, Bondfield, but provided no actual services. Her extensive experience as a . .dropcap, .page-nav:first-child > div, I have no idea when or why or how much. Asked what Mr. Georgiou was supposed to do for the remaining $450,000, Mr. Aquino said he could earn it by giving him assistance, advice, you know, like a like a finders fee.. But behind the scenes, e-mails show, he continued to act as an aide to Mr. Aquino a whisperer who could help him navigate the politics of the hospital. .td_block_template_6 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item, -moz-box-shadow: 0 2px 16px #38a6c1; We'll see you in San Antonio! font-family:"Work Sans"; htmlTag.className += ' td-md-is-iemobile'; .td_outlined_btn, } "; He said bousta was reference to a commission that Mr. Georgiou would earn as an adviser on the casino deal. .td_block_template_1 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item, .td_block_template_13 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item, .td-header-wrap .black-menu .sf-menu > .current-menu-ancestor > a, .td-post-small-box a:hover, .block-title, Mr. MacNaughton was named Canadas ambassador to the United States in March, 2016. If the insurance giant is successful, it raises questions about who will ultimately pay for the redevelopment, which is 3 years behind schedule and has left the hospital with an unfinished project in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr. Aquino rallied allies in the construction industry and a prominent Conservative fundraiser. John Aquino has stepped down and been replaced by his brother Steve Aquino, formerly vice-president of operations. .mce-content-body blockquote p, #bbpress-forums .bbp-forum-title:hover, The agency is investigating these troubling allegations, said spokeswoman Anne Marie Aikins. These are often referred to as SLAPP suits (Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation). Four months later, in July, Mr. Georgiou and Mr. Aquino were again concerned about Mr. Mendonca jumping ship. body .td_block_list_menu li.current-menu-ancestor > a, .td-smart-list-button:hover, .td_outlined_btn { We need to finish a few things at his place. Other e-mails from 2013, 2014 and 2015 show Bondfield staff asked Mr. Aquino for instructions about how to record work done at Vas house or Vass house.. The City of Hamilton has discovered more sewage flowing directly into Lake Ontario. Have the Top Business Headlines newsletter conveniently delivered to your inbox in the morning or evening. var td_ad_background_click_target=""; Aquicon has grown exponentially since those early days, and now serves an array of sectors including recreation centres, multi-storey residential facilities, operation centres and post-secondary institutions. .td-header-wrap .black-menu .sf-menu > .sfHover > a, john-aquino-owner-bondfield-construction-company-ltd-and-co-founder-co-chair-of-the-icare-gala-with-wife-cinzia Johnson Ta 2015-07-08. a.vc_btn-black.vc_btn_outlined:hover { Mr. Aquino, Mr. Georgiou and Unity Health opposed the disclosure. } More than $1-billion worth of Bondfields projects were guaranteed by Zurich Insurance Co. Ltd., including the St. Michaels project, through construction surety bonds. } John Aquino, the former chief executive officer of Bondfield, is seen in his SUV outside Bondfields office in Vaughan, Ont., on April 20, 2020. For the preceding two years, Mr. Aquino and Mr. Georgiou had been exchanging secret e-mails on a BlackBerry provided by Mr. Aquino e-mails about Bondfields successful pursuit of a $300-million contract to redevelop the hospital. Five companies were vying for the contract: PCL, EllisDon, Bondfield, Turner Construction and Brookfield Multiplex. .td-close-video-fixed { .tdm_block_pricing .tdm-pricing-feature i, But instead of accepting the scores, the steering committee sent the evaluators back to re-evaluate. .td_wrapper_video_playlist .td_video_controls_playlist_wrapper, .td-load-more-wrap a:hover, Johnson Ta. set: function (resource_id, cachedData) { .tds-button6 .tdm-btn-text, }, John Aquino, Bondfield's former president, is a target of the SFO probe as well. A Roman Catholic religious order founded the hospital on Bond Street in the 1890s.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail. As part of that proceeding, lawyers for Zurich examined Steven Aquino, under oath, in 2020. .td_block_exchange .td-exchange-header:before, var htmlTag = document.getElementsByTagName("html")[0]; .td_wp_recentcomments a:hover, Only Infrastructure Ontario knew those figures, and even he hadnt been told at that point, he said. if ( /chrom(e|ium)/.test(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase()) ) { var tdThemeName="Newspaper"; He sued The Globe as well, but never proceeded past filing a statement of claim. The patient care tower at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto on Aug. 31, 2018.Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail. He resumed using his Bondfield e-mail address, bccldevelopment@bondfield.com, which had not come to light when he was fired, and was given a new BlackBerry by Mr. Aquino. Despite being terminated with cause the result of which was supposed to be the full termination of all of his compensation Mr. Georgiou received his full salary for another 18 months. Mr. Aquino was fired from Bondfield in 2018 by his younger brother Steven Aquino, who supplanted him as president. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Over the years, Bondfield has been awarded a number of contracts at Sunnybrook, which the hospital estimates were worth a total of $129-million. if ( navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE 10.0") > -1 ) { EllisDons Middle East and North Africa (MENA) teams SeaWorld Abu Dhabi project has been awarded the Building Transformation Innovation Spotlight Ontario Construction News staff writer The company had just eked out a passing grade. "name": "York Regional Police charge former Bondfield CEO John Aquino with assault, uttering" This letter will help both my and your lawsuit with the newspaper.. this.id = ''; if ( !!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident. Derrick Toigo, then a senior vice-president with Infrastructure Ontario, refused to approve Bondfields bid. Subcontractors were furious. Mr. Georgiou insisted he had been railroaded, and launched a wrongful dismissal lawsuit against St. Michaels. .td-weather-week:before, When questioned by Zurichs lawyers, Mr. Georgiou insists he didnt invest. He said he had never personally profited from the scheme, but acknowledged distributing part of the proceeds, in cash, to a friend who had asked him to issue the invoices. .td-smart-list-dropdown-wrap .td-smart-list-button:hover, (function(){ .header-search-wrap .td-drop-down-search:after, .archive .widget_archive .current a, Bondfield, represented by the team at Osler, filed a notice of libel and later launched a $125-million defamation lawsuit against The Globe, its publisher and three Globe reporters. On Dec. 18, 2012, Bondfield's John Aquino, one of the company's owners, received an e-mail from a colleague, "vas is in!" Mr. Aquino and his company had many reasons to cheer the news.. Mark Buckshon, Publisher, Ontario Construction News. Turner Construction has an office in Toronto, but is headquartered in New York. In doing so, Aquino siphoned off tens of millions of dollars from Bondfield. #bbpress-forums .bbp-topic-started-in a:hover, this.td_current_page = 1; // "He added: 'We've done a lot of projects there. "@type": "ListItem", On July 23, 2014, the evaluators tasked with reviewing the design submissions of the bidders presented their scores to the steering committee of four senior officials, including Mr. Georgiou. EllisDon celebrates a major milestone with the grand opening of the Ken and Marilyn Thomson Patient Care Centre at Michael Ontario Construction News staff writer var td_magnific_popup_translation_tPrev="Previous (Left arrow key)"; Sure enough, the day after Mr. Georgious argument with Mr. Toigo, Mr. Aquino wrote detailed notes about the dispute in his notebook right down to Bondfields low design score. The articles described an undisclosed commercial connection between the company's top executive, John Aquino, and a senior hospital executive, Vas Georgiou, who the paper said had admitted in. On Jan. 29, 2013 just a few weeks after Mr. Georgiou started his new job at the hospital a Bondfield employee e-mailed Mr. Aquino to tell him he was working on the companys submission. Seven days later, Mr. Marafioti resigned, ending a three-decade career at Sunnybrook, which is home to Canadas largest trauma centre. .td-pulldown-syle-2 .td-subcat-dropdown:hover .td-subcat-more i, "item": { document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. .td-category-title-holder .td-page-title { color: #38a6c1; Bondfield's information was based on rumors and the unfounded assumption that France and Spain would undertake combined operations in the West Indies in 1780. Alessandra Aquino, B. ENG, MBA, Vice President of Project Development. Bondfield's financing for St. Michael's project meant it wouldn't receive any taxpayer support from the public-private partnership until after the patient-care tower was finished. #bbpress-forums #bbp-single-user-details #bbp-user-navigation li.current a, More recently, Bondfield was working on several smaller Sunnybrook projects, including renovations to the dialysis unit, before the companys 2019 collapse. Bondfield, now insolvent, grew rapidly in the middle of the last decade. To end the impasse, Infrastructure Ontario and St. Michaels took unprecedented steps, with the CEOs of both agencies exchanging e-mails and involving their boards. Infrastructure Ontario signs hang on the construction hoarding outside St. Michael's in 2018. Zurich also alleges that other records show the two men were co-owners of another business Potentia Solar Inc. Potentia, which landed a $1.2-billion contract in 2011 to outfit Toronto public schools with solar panels, was owned by people close to both men. Mr. Aquino told Mr. Georgiou: Your (sic) going to get a bousta if can make this deal.. CLEARWAY HAULAGE, MMC GENERAL . He has lived in Ottawa since 1981. "; Infrastructure Ontario continues to defend its conclusions. John Aquino, the former chief executive officer of Bondfield Construction Co. Ltd., was a domineering boss who was used to getting his way. .td-right-smart-list:hover, background-color: #38a6c1; And it issued him a stern warning: He was forbidden from using confidential information he had obtained during the procurement and from providing services to any company working on the hospital. this.is_ajax_running = false; border-color: #38a6c1; That morning, The Globe and Mail had published the first of a series of stories about Mr. Aquinos friend, Vas Georgiou, the second-in-command at Torontos St. Michaels Hospital. Most startling was that it alleges former Ontario General Contractors Association chair John Aquino, a 33 per cent shareholder in the privately-held business founded by his father Ralph 50 years ago, took $5.2 million. It is obviously something we are deeply concerned about and the hospital will be conducting an investigation of the situation and will be engaging external counsel to assist with the review.. this.td_user_action = ''; // load more or infinite loader (used by the animation) Mr. Aquino replied, at 11:10 p.m., Good. .td-pulldown-syle-2 .td-subcat-dropdown ul:after, var td_magnific_popup_translation_ajax_tError="The content from %url% could not be loaded. On April 3, 2019, Bondfield Construction Company Limited ("BCCL") and several related entities (collectively "Bondfield") obtained . On Dec. 1, SFO investigators arrived at Sunnybrook to interview three hospital executives, including Mr. Marafioti, about its procurement policies. var td_magnific_popup_translation_tCounter="%curr% of %total%"; } .sf-menu > .current-category-ancestor > a:after, #bbpress-forums .bbp-topic-freshness a:hover, font-size:13px; "position": 1, You will receive an email to confirm your subscription, just to be sure this is your email address. Back Submit. [16] In October 2018, BCCL's primary lender, Bridging Finance Inc. ("Bridging"), called in its $80,000,000 loan. background-color: rgba(56, 166, 193, 0.7); color: #38a6c1; If not for this change in scores, Bondfield would not have been qualified.. 32 followers 30 connections. As for how that information filtered down to Mr. Aquino, Mr. Georgiou told Zurichs lawyers he had no explanation. .post .td_quote_box, htmlTag.className += ' td-md-is-chrome'; "@context": "http://schema.org", .td-header-wrap .black-menu .sf-menu > li > a:hover, Bondfield, meanwhile, launched a $125-million libel lawsuit against The Globe. Ms. Divell, the Unity Health spokeswoman, declined to comment on the payments to Mr. Georgiou. window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; .td_module_wrap:hover .entry-title a, body .td_top_authors .td-active .td-author-comments-count, Globe stories in 2015 and 2016 about Mr. Georgiou and Mr. Aquino detailed how they were involved in multiple businesses together, including a commercial real estate company and a bottled water venture, when Mr. Georgiou was supposed to be acting as a neutral evaluator of bidders. .sf-menu > .sfHover > a:after, body .td_top_authors .td-active .td-authors-name a, Domenic Dipede, Bondfield controller at the time, corresponds with a Potentia shareholder about Mr. Aquino and Mr. Georgiou investing in the solar company. .td_block_template_16 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item, Your time is valuable. return tdLocalCache.data[resource_id]; .widget_display_topics .bbp-author-name, John Aquino talks on the phone in his SUV last April outside Bondfield's office in Vaughan. this.max_num_pages = 0; //from wp #td-mobile-nav .td-menu-login-section a:hover, John Aquino, Bondfields former president, is a target of the SFO probe as well. .tds-button1, In the e-mail, Mr. Aquino directed a Bondfield staffer to charge the work on Mr. Georgious home to Pick Go. This is a reference to a parking garage Bondfield was building at the time at a Pickering, Ont., GO Transit station, Zurich alleges. "; .td_quote_on_blocks, "position": 2, Zurich, however, contends this was far more sinister. Mr. Marafioti was not a party to that litigation and was not offered an opportunity to respond to Steven Aquinos testimony. .td_block_template_4 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item:before { When Mr. Dipede replied that, indeed, Mr. Aquinos name was in the public filings associated with the building, Mr. Aquino responded: So this reporter could find out., At 2 a.m. on Sept. 10, Mr. Aquino sent instructions to Mr. Dipede and Mr. Aquinos younger brother, Steve: We need to hire the best libel lawyer to go against The Globe. John Aquino also mused about leaning on an associate, who he believed had a relationship with a member of the Thomson family the owners of Woodbridge Co. Ltd., which owns The Globe and Mail. Ernst & Young LLP, which was selected as the companys court-appointed monitor when Bondfield sought creditor protection, determined that while John Aquino was company president, he participated in a false invoice scheme that saw nearly $80-million flow out of Bondfield. On Oct. 24, 2015, Mr. Aquino also tried, unsuccessfully, to get a Bondfield employee, who was married to a Toronto Star journalist, to persuade The Star to interview him in an effort to counter attack The Globe. .tdm-btn-style3 { The story, which detailed how Mr. Georgiou had been implicated in a fraud at a public university, was damning, and would soon spell the end of Mr. Georgious time at the hospital. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Learn More Ralph Aquino CHAIRMAN Learn More Maria Bot, BSc. On March 14, 2016, Mr. Aquino sought an audience with the leadership of the hospital, and was coached by Mr. Georgiou on his approach. { var tdb_modal_cancel="Cancel"; Bondfield was a construction company that operated in the Greater Toronto Area and elsewhere. .header-search-wrap .td-drop-down-search .btn:hover, Police allege that was assault with a weapon. .td_block_template_9 .td-related-title:after { The hospital believed it had just the man for the job an executive with a background in health care and construction. this.td_column_number = ''; Mr. Georgiou exploited his position to influence the direction of the evaluation, the company said in its pleadings. .sf-menu > .current-menu-ancestor > a:after, .td_block_template_4 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item, .td-404-sub-sub-title a:hover, That phase is designed to narrow the potential bidders down to a shortlist of the three top candidates. ), In August, 2016, Mr. Georgiou e-mailed Mr. Aquino, and in an apparent reference to litigation, said: It is time to play smart offense, enough stay at home defense., The next month, Mr. Georgiou sought a letter from Bondfield that would state neither he, nor any company associated with him, had received any compensation from Mr. Aquino or any companies associated with Mr. Aquino. border-color: #38a6c1 !important; It must be recognized that neither the legal nor forensic accounting teams had the power to compel documents and testimony from unwilling parties.. As far as your story goes, I wont provide any information on the victims, in order to protect them, Pattenden wrote to OCN. So much of what Runnymede Healthcare Centre does would simply not be possible without the helping hands and open hearts of the hospital's generous donors. } As part of the lawsuit, both The Globe and Bondfield were required to produce all documents relevant to the court case. .tdm_block_pricing.tds_pricing2_block.tdm-pricing-featured .tdm-pricing-header, .td_block_text_with_title blockquote p, } var td_viewport_interval_list=[{"limitBottom":767,"sidebarWidth":228},{"limitBottom":1018,"sidebarWidth":300},{"limitBottom":1140,"sidebarWidth":324}]; The result was a $125-million libel lawsuit from the construction company. VICE-PRESIDENT & SECRETARY Learn More David Petrie VP OPERATIONS Learn More Kevin Hicks, CPA, CMA CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Learn More Ajith Lokuge, B.Sc. The day after Bondfields win at the court of appeal, the company sought protection from creditors and that, in effect, ended the lawsuit. But on Sept. 15, 2015, he was up against an ancient. In 2015, when The Globe was preparing a story about the close ties between the two men, John Aquino ordered an IT official at Bondfield to permanently delete 5,000 e-mails and records about Mr. Georgiou from the companys servers. googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); Receive a free update of the latest Ontario Construction News each morning -- Cancel anytime! LUCIA CANDERLE, DOMINIC DIPEDE, 2483251 ONTARIO CORP. a.k.a. .tds-progress-bar3 .tdm-progress-bar:after { This is not entirely accurate. "@type": "ListItem", That left only Bondfield, which bid $299-million 45-per-cent lower than PCL. Follow Greg McArthur on Twitter: @McarthurGregOpens in a new windowFollow Karen Howlett on Twitter: @kahowlettOpens in a new window. if ( user_agent.indexOf("android") > -1 ) { Steve Aquino now is the CEO of Corebuild Construction Ltd., based in North York. htmlTag.className += ' ie11'; this.header_color = ''; .wpb_default:hover, .tds-button5:hover .tdm-btn-text, .td-page-content blockquote p, In the middle of all of this, after a 10-month investigation, a special committee of Infrastructure Ontarios board issued the results of its investigation into Mr. Georgiou and Mr. Aquino. Mr. Georgiou denies he tipped the scales in favour of Bondfield. .td_block_template_7 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item, The alleged kickbacks were discovered by Zurich after it launched a lawsuit last year against Mr. Georgiou, Mr. Aquino and Unity Health Toronto the hospital network that includes St. Michaels arguing the two men orchestrated a bid-rigging scheme to ensure Bondfield won the contract. var td_ad_background_click_link=""; background-color: #38a6c1; Neither disclosed these conflicts of interest in declarations they were required to fill out at the start of the St. Michaels procurement. Vas Georgiou was chief administrative officer of St. Michaels Hospital from 2013 to 2015, and John Aquino was CEO of Bondfield Construction Co. Ltd. when it won the coveted contract to create Canadas premier critical-care centre in 2015 a $300-million project that is mired in protracted delays. But on Sept. 15, 2015, he was up against an ancient and immovable force: the Jewish high holidays. In his examination for discovery, Mr. Aquino refused, on the advice of his lawyers, to answer questions about his direction to record the costs to the GO parking garage. Earlier, he worked as a journalist and sub-editor, including a stint on the Bulawayo Chronicle in 1979-80, during the transition from Rhodesia to Zimbabwe. JOHN AQUINO colin.alves@colliers.com 416.626.1700 x 515 416.667.8422 Colliers International Bondfield Construction Company Member Type: Industrial Specialist Member Type: Associate Member. .sf-menu > li:hover > a:after, filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='rgba(0,0,0,0.8)', endColorstr='rgba(0,0,0,0.7)', GradientType=0 ); .tdm-btn-style2:before { After The Globe published a story on Sept. 24, 2015, outlining how Mr. Georgiou had been working on Mr. Aquinos commercial buildings at the same time he was evaluating bidders for the project, Mr. OBrien sprang into action. The charges include allegations that Aquino assaulted and threatened to kill some of the companys employees and co-owners. A warren of crowded hallways with low-hanging ceilings, much of the facility belies the hospitals world-class reputation for research and care. *rv\:11\./) ) { He is quitting?. googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); Some information may no longer be current. Aquino was also charged with breaking and entering after allegedly entering the companys headquarters in April with the intent to steal documents, Pattenden said in an e-mailed statement to the newspaper, which reported that neither Aquino nor his lawyer have responded to requests for comment. .tdm-btn-style1 { Learn how your comment data is processed. if ( -1 !== navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Safari') && -1 === navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Chrome') ) { They were so close, in fact, that in many e-mails Mr. Georgiou referred to Mr. Mendonca by a nickname: Smooth.. body .td_block_categories_tags .td-ct-item:hover, -webkit-box-shadow: 0 4px 26px #38a6c1; When he was asked about a 2013 e-mail from Mr. Aquino, which showed Bondfield replaced eight dead trees on Mr. Georgious property, Mr. Georgiou replied, I paid for those trees. He explained that he paid Mr. Aquino in cash and sports tickets. Steven Aquino replied that, yes, his brother told him he had paid Mr. Marafioti in connection with Bondfields work at Sunnybrook. .td-left-smart-list:hover, Includes Address (6) Phone (7) Email (2) See Results. } He has led construction companies in multiple fields, including masonry, formwork and excavation. The articles described an undisclosed commercial connection between the company's top executive, John Aquino, and a senior hospital executive, Vas Georgiou, who the paper said had admitted in 2011 to creating false invoices used in a kickback scheme at York University. In addition to running Bondfield, Mr. Aquino owned interests in numerous side ventures, including several residential housing developments and commercial buildings. .td_block_template_17 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item, border-color: #38a6c1; Now, thousands of unsealed e-mails and transcripts show alleged kickbacks between former executives over the hospital expansion project. The Globe submitted more than 1,700 records. For its part, Unity Health spokeswoman Sabrina Divell told The Globe that St. Michaels had no knowledge at the time about the work done on Mr. Georgious home. Known for movies Blow Out (1981) as Detective Mackey Diner (1982) as Tank .and justice for all. A construction union deal with a labour supply company rather than directly with a builder . .header-search-wrap .td-drop-down-search:before { delete tdLocalCache.data[resource_id]; When The Globe asked St. Michaels why it hired someone to oversee a $300-million procurement who had been embroiled in a fraud on a public university, the hospital had a simple answer: No one, including officials from Infrastructure Ontario, told it anything about this. .wpb_tabs li.ui-tabs-active a, Bordeaux 3 Octr 1778. .widgettitle, For six years, The Globe investigated the relationship between Bondfield and Torontos St. Michaels Hospital. } .td-header-wrap .black-menu .sf-menu > .current-menu-item > a, John Aquino is also being investigated by the SFO for his role in alleged corruption at St. Michaels. He even attended a dinner with Mr. Aquino, Mr. Mendonca and Steven Muzzo, the owner of Ozz Electric, one of Bondfields irate subcontractors, to try to mediate a resolution. The company also recently redeveloped the offices of the Sunnybrook Foundation, which is not taxpayer funded. On Sept. 25, the company disseminated a statement, calling The Globes reporting false allegations. The Ontario General Contractors Association, which Mr. Aquino had recently chaired at the time, reprinted Bondfields statement, and encouraged its members to refrain from commenting on the allegations in the media. border-color: #38a6c1; Infrastructure Ontario signs hang on the construction hoarding outside St. Michael's in 2018.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail. The notes say he discussed with Mr. MacNaughton whether he should proactively get out in front of the issues Globe reporters were probing, or wait until after the newspaper published an article. Canadian singing legend, Andy Kim and his nine-piece band headlined the gala, providing the . Bondfield's office in Vaughan. 0 0 805 All Time 0. The monitor and . 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