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Antonella Artuso, Tracy McLaughlin, QMI Agency Feb 5, 2015

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TORONTO -- Ontario Liberals illegally tried to lure Sudbury, Ont. byelection candidate Andrew Olivier into dropping out of a nomination race with an offer of a job or appointment, an OPP document says.

The explosive allegation of criminal wrongdoing is contained in court documents filed by Det.-Const. Erin Thomas, of the OPP Anti-Rackets Squad, and obtained by QMI Agency Thursday -- the same day that Sudbury byelection voters headed to the polls.

In the information to obtain a production order, which has not been proven in court, Thomas said there are reasonable grounds to believe that a Criminal Code offence was committed -- "the solicitation, negotiation in any manner or recommendation with respect to an appointment to an office in expectation of a direct or indirect reward, advantage or benefit."

No charges have been laid.

Olivier has publicly released recordings of conversations he had with Sudbury Liberal organizer Gerry Lougheed Jr. and Liberal campaign director Pat Sorbara, the premier's deputy chief of staff, which he claims are proof that they offered him a job or appointment to step aside for preferred candidate Glenn Thibeault.

"Sorbara explained to Olivier the premier is desperate to win back the Sudbury seat in the legislature," says the document, which seeks full recordings of Olivier's conversations.

"I do believe that Gerry Lougheed and Patricia Sorbara both engaged in soliciting and negotiating with Andrew Olivier in their respective conversations," Thomas said. "I believe the words spoken by both Lougheed and Sorbara to Olivier assists me in my belief the Criminal Code offence has been committed."

Olivier also spoke to Premier Kathleen Wynne but that chat was apparently not recorded.

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The region's federal Liberals have said they will vote no in the leadership spill on Tuesday, but the man with most to lose has been conspicuously tight-lipped.

The region's federal Liberals have said they will vote no in the leadership spill onTuesday, but the man with most to lose has been conspicuously tight-lipped.

As fellow first-termers Zed Seselja and Hume MP Angus Taylor said on Saturday they would vote no, the holder of the bellwether seat of Eden-Monaro, Peter Hendy, said nothing.

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Ontario Liberals illegally tried to lure Sudbury byelection candidate Andrew Olivier into dropping out of a nomination race with an offer of a job or appointment, an OPP document says.

The explosive allegation of criminal wrongdoing is contained in court documents filed by Det.-Const. Erin Thomas, of the OPP Anti-Rackets Squad, and obtained by the Toronto Sun Thursday the same day that Sudbury byelection voters headed to the polls.

In the information to obtain a production order, which has not been proven in court, Thomas said there are reasonable grounds to believe that a Criminal Code offence was committed the solicitation, negotiation in any manner or recommendation with respect to an appointment to an office in expectation of a direct or indirect reward, advantage or benefit.

No charges have been laid.

Olivier has publicly released recordings of conversations he had with Sudbury Liberal organizer Gerry Lougheed Jr. and Liberal campaign director Pat Sorbara, the premiers deputy chief of staff, which he claims are proof that they offered him a job or appointment to step aside for preferred candidate Glenn Thibeault.

Sorbara explained to Olivier the premier is desperate to win back the Sudbury seat in the legislature, says the document, which seeks full recordings of Oliviers conversations.

I do believe that Gerry Lougheed and Patricia Sorbara both engaged in soliciting and negotiating with Andrew Olivier in their respective conversations, Thomas said. I believe the words spoken by both Lougheed and Sorbara to Olivier assists me in my belief the Criminal Code offence has been committed.

Olivier also spoke to Premier Kathleen Wynne but that chat was apparently not recorded.

OPP investigators were told by Olivier that the premier made it clear that while she had nothing against him personally, she wanted Thibeault to gain the Liberal nomination.

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Police believe two Liberal operatives, including one of Premier Kathleen Wynnes top aides, broke the law by offering a former candidate a government job in exchange for dropping out of the Sudbury by-election race.

The revelation, in a court document obtained by The Globe and Mail on election day, capped a dramatic campaign that included everything from a high-profile party defection to tape-recorded conversations that are now at the centre of a criminal probe.

Despite the scandal, the Liberals pulled off a win. Liberal Glenn Thibeault, who defected from the federal New Democrats to run for the provincial Liberals, beat out NDP candidate Suzanne Shawbonquit by over 1,000 votes.

Shortly before 11 p.m., Ms. Wynne and Mr. Thibeault took the stage in a hotel atrium to the strains of AC/DC's Thunderstruck.

"There was a lot of negativity in this campaign, and you saw through that," she told hundreds of cheering Liberal faithful. "With your optimism, you saw the positivity. You ran a terrific campaign."

But it was Independent candidate Andrew Olivier who placed a distant third who was at the heart of the by-election drama, which will hang over the party even after the ballots are counted.

The Ontario Provincial Police investigation turns on conversations Mr. Olivier had last December with Patricia Sorbara, Ms. Wynnes deputy chief of staff, and Liberal fundraiser Gerry Lougheed.

At the time, Mr. Olivier was seeking the Liberal nomination. But Ms. Wynne instead wanted then-federal MPP Mr. Thibeault to get the nomination unopposed. Both Ms. Sorbara and Mr. Lougheed tried to persuade Mr. Olivier to drop out.

Mr. Olivier, who is quadriplegic and records conversations in lieu of taking notes, made tapes of his discussions. In those recordings, Ms. Sorbara and Mr. Lougheed dangled possible job options for Mr. Olivier. Ms. Sorbara cited posts as a constituency assistant, or an appointment to a government commission studying accessibility issues.

In an information to obtain, a police document sworn before a judge to get a production order for originals of Mr. Oliviers tapes, police allege Ms. Sorbara and Mr. Lougheed broke federal corruption laws by negotiating appointments, citing section 125 of the Criminal Code.

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