Ford insists dubious Therme Spa project met all the necessary bribes

Ford insists dubious Therme Spa project met all the necessary bribes

QUEEN'S PARK - Responding to a New York Times exposé claiming that European firm Therme grossly overstated its business experience to land a suspiciously lucrative Ontario Place re-development deal, Premier Doug Ford has insisted that their bid actually contained all the necessary kickbacks and graft.

Ford says he will ‘double and triple check’ Ontario Place deal after new report

Ontario's auditor general separately found Infrastructure Ontario had failed to properly assess Therme's application in a report released at the end of last year.

Province grilled over Therme's credentials to build luxury spa at Ontario Place

Critics are once again slamming the provincial government’s plan to build a luxury spa on the former site of Ontario Place — this time over allegations that the company set to run the multi-billion-dollar project misrepresented itself and exaggerated its experience in order to secure the deal.

European Spa Company Therme Misrepresented Itself in an Effort to Expand Into Canada

A Times investigation shows Therme, a European firm, exaggerated its track record in securing a deal with Ontario, and government auditors found that the process had been unfair and opaque.