No decision yet on investigation into Sudbury byelection scandal

More than six months after the vote was held, the Ontario Provincial Police still hasn't determined whether charges will be laid in connection with the Sudbury byelection scandal.

OPP Det.-Supt. Dave Truax, director of criminal investigation services, said Wednesday no decision has been made whether to proceed with the case.

"The investigation is still ongoing,” Truax said. "I'm not able to speculate as to when it's going to be completed."

The OPP's anti-rackets squad is probing allegations that local Liberal fundraiser Gerry Lougheed Jr. and Ontario Liberal campaign director Pat Sorbara tried to entice former candidate Andrew Olivier not to run by offering him a job or an appointment.

Olivier made the allegations in December, and in January released recordings of conversations with Sorbara and Lougheed he said back up his claims.

He was the Liberal candidate in the June election, which he lost to former NDP MPP Joe Cimino.

Cimino's surprise resignation in November 2014 sparked the Feb. 5 byelection in Sudbury. Wynne appointed Glenn Thibeault to run, and has maintained Olivier knew he wasn't going to be the candidate when she, Sorbara and Lougheed spoke with him.

Thibeault won the byelection and is now Sudbury's MPP.