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TORONTO — Detectives from the Ontario Provincial Police anti-rackets division were scheduled to visit the premier’s office Wednesday night as part of their criminal investigation into the destruction of emails on two cancelled gas plants.

Premier Kathleen Wynne’s office had no comment other than to say that Wynne would not be there when the OPP tour her office at the legislature.

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“Since day 1, the premier has demonstrated her commitment to being open and transparent about the Mississauga and Oakville gas plant relocations,” Wynne’s press secretary Zita Astravas said in an email. “We will continue to co-operate fully in any effort to gather information. Unfortunately I am not able to comment further.”

The Official Opposition called it a sad day when police visit a premier’s office.

“The police are going to treat the premier’s office as the scene of a crime, and this is virtually unheard of,” said Progressive Conservative energy critic Lisa MacLeod. “It’s an extremely sad day for democracy in this province when Premier Wynne is going to have to entertain the OPP in a police search of her office.”