After being fired from the OPP earlier this month, former high-ranking officer Brad Blair is now suing Premier Doug Ford.

Blair filed a $5 million lawsuit over comments by Ford that Blair says violate the Police Services Act.

Ford’s comments came after Blair asked the provincial ombudsman to investigate the appointment of a long-time friend of the Premier, Ron Taverner, as OPP commissioner, raising concerns about
political interference.

The government has said that the decision to fire Blair came from the public service because Blair released confidential OPP information through his court filings.

Blair’s lawyer says in the defamation lawsuit that Blair has never received notice of a complaint under the Police Services Act, let alone any findings that he violated it, and he alleges that the premier’s words would lead an average person to believe Blair is someone who breaks the law.