Premier Wynne (the member for Don Valley West) vows she will waive parliamentary privilege and testify in the Sudbury byelection bribery trial that begins in six weeks. Her former deputy chief of staff Patricia Sorbara and Liberal activist Gerry Lougheed are on trial for alleged Elections Act violations stemming from a February 2015 byelection. The Star calls it a “stunning development that breaks with precedent” although it is the Premier alone who knows what she has to say. Of course there will be questions too. But it must be said that politically, at least in advance, it seems appealing to those who remain loyal to Ms. Wynne and maybe others. “I could (claim parliamentary privilege) but I’m not. I will testify and I will go along with the process and do what I can to clarify as I have in the Legislature many, many times,” Wynne said Tuesday.
