A trial starts today in Sudbury, Ont., for two provincial Liberals accused of bribery under the Election Act stemming from a 2015 byelection.
Pat Sorbara, who was at the time the Ontario Liberal Party CEO, faces two charges and Gerry Lougheed, a local Liberal fundraiser, faces one charge, they both deny wrongdoing.
They're accused of offering would-be candidate Andrew Olivier a job or appointment to get him to step aside for Premier Kathleen Wynne's preferred candidate, then NDP MP Glenn Thibeault.
Wynne ultimately appointed Thibeault as the candidate, he won the byelection and has since been promoted to energy minister.
One of Sorbara's charges relates to an allegation she promised to get Thibeault "an office or employment" to induce him to become a candidate, which both deny.
Wynne herself is set to testify on Sept. 13.