TORONTO — Ontario’s Opposition said Monday that there was something “shady” about a move by the Ornge air ambulance service to lease a helicopter from an Italian firm under investigation in a kickback scandal.
It’s been four years since police started investigating a web of companies set up by Chris Mazza, the former head of the Ornge air ambulance service, and allegations of kickbacks in the purchase of nine helicopters from AgustaWestland.
The Progressive Conservatives pounced Monday on word that Ornge was about to sign a new lease deal to rent another helicopter from AgustaWestland’s parent company, Finmeccanica, S.P.A.
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