Ontario’s integrity commissioner has confirmed she will launch an investigation into Labour Minister David Piccini over his handling of the controversial skills development fund.

The integrity commissioner wrote to both the Ontario NDP and Liberals to accept their requests for an investigation into Piccini and determine whether he “contravened sections of the (Members’ Integrity) Act in relation to the application and selection process of the Skills Development Fund Training Stream.”

Piccini has faced questions over the controversial fund for months after the auditor general found the manner in which it had been handled was not “fair, transparent or accountable.”