What to know<\/p>\n
The Ontario Provincial Police have opened an investigation into Toronto city councillor Parthi Kandavel, who says he was \u201csurprised\u201d by the news.<\/p>\n
Kandavel, representing Scarborough-Southwest, says he is still learning the details and vows to address any allegations against him.<\/p>\n
The OPP have not confirmed details of the investigation publicly, and Kandavel has not yet registered to run in the 2026 municipal election.<\/p>\n
Kandavel won a 2023 by-election and previously served as a Toronto District School Board trustee from 2014 to 2022.<\/p>\n
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have launched an investigation into Toronto city councillor Parthi Kandavel, who said he was \u201csurprised\u201d to learn of the allegations.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, Scarborough-Southwest Councillor Kandavel issued a statement confirming the OPP investigation, calling it unexpected. The news follows an initial report by Toronto Today.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn Friday afternoon, I was surprised to learn of an OPP investigation into allegations against me. I recognize this is difficult news and hope to resolve the situation quickly,\u201d Kandavel said.<\/p>\n
He added that he is still learning about the investigation and the nature of the allegations, and will provide more information as it becomes available.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve strived to maintain the highest standards of ethics and integrity and will address any allegations that suggest otherwise,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The OPP have not publicly confirmed details of the investigation. However, a recent Toronto Star article notes that the force has sought information regarding a high-rise project in the ward at 708\u2013712 Kennedy Road.<\/p>\n
The development was approved last June after Kandavel introduced a motion to the city to accept a settlement offer from the property owners.<\/p>\n
Kandavel is completing his first term on city council after winning a 2023 by-election triggered by the resignation of former councillor Gary Crawford. Before his time on council, he served as a Toronto District School Board trustee from 2014 to 2022.<\/p>\n
The news comes just over a week after nominations opened for the 2026 municipal election, which Kandavel has not yet registered to run.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now Toronto reached out to the OPP for comment but did not receive a response in time for publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What to know The Ontario Provincial Police have opened an investigation into Toronto city councillor Parthi Kandavel, who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[10454,17399,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-40549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto","8":"tag-opp","9":"tag-parthi-kandavel","10":"tag-toronto"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}