Cricket Club Concerned About Future Funding

I contend that if they were/are concerned they would have not accepted the extra $850,000 and will return it. This should be the case with all of those organizations that received the bonanza from McGinty. They can keep any interest they earned.

Cricket club distances itself from grant scandal

toronto.ctv.ca

The Ontario Cricket Association is concerned its connection to the provincial slush-fund scandal will cause a black mark on the sport and hinder future funding for the organization.

The OCA received $1 million in grant money from the provincial government when it requested only $150,000 for facilities upgrades.

The association still has $500,000 of the grant money in a GIC, which continues to earn interest.

The new executive of the OCA has instituted guidelines as to how that money will be spent and has vowed the funds will not be handled in the same manner as the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration.

Ontario's Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Mike Colle tendered his resignation Thursday after Auditor-General Jim McCarter revealed in his report that Colle's office awarded grants to multicultural groups without an accountable application process.