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The Ottawa Citizen published a series of articles between June 5 and 17 referring to former Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty.

Some of the articles falsely implied that Mr. McGuinty was the subject of an Ontario Provincial Police investigation. Mr. McGuinty is not the subject of any police investigation and we wrongly left this false impression with our readers by not reporting that fact in each story.

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The articles also wrongly stated that the OPP was investigating the relocation of two gas plants. In fact, the OPP are investigating an alleged breach of trust. All three political parties supported relocation of the gas plants in the 2011 election. The OPP are not investigating the decision to relocate the gas plants.

Mr. McGuinty faithfully and honourably served the people of Ottawa South for over 23 years as MPP and as Premier.

While the media can, and sometimes should, disagree with a decision made by an elected official, their duty is to convey accurate and true information.

The Citizen regrets having published these false implications, and sincerely apologizes to Mr. Dalton McGuinty, his wife Terri and his family for all harm caused by these articles.