Opposition parties are threatening to seek a rare Speaker’s warrant forcing the boyfriend of a former key Dalton McGuinty aide to testify before MPPs probing deleted emails in the $1.1 billion gas plants scandal.

Justice committee officials have been unable to reach Peter Faist since Ontario Provincial Police documents released last week alleged he wiped computers in McGuinty’s office, MPPs were told Tuesday.

That snag has opposition MPPs on the committee ready to get a Speaker’s warrant — the same device used to compel former ORNGE chief executive Dr. Chris Mazza to testify on financial dealings at the air ambulance service, the subject of another OPP probe.

New Democrat MPP Jagmeet Singh said the warrant would be sought only if other means to reach Faist — whose fiancée is former McGuinty deputy chief of staff Laura Miller — do not work.

“We are asking Mr. Faist to testify voluntarily about who knew what and when about the deletion of emails,” said Singh (Bramalea-Gore-Malton), noting committee staff said they have tried Faist by phone and a letter by courier.

“To ensure the public gets answers we will, if necessary, pursue a Speaker’s warrant to compel Mr. Faist to appear.”

Progressive Conservatives are backing that approach with energy critic MPP Lisa MacLeod (Nepean-Carleton) saying “we’ll deal with a Speaker’s warrant when the time comes.”

Faist could not be reached Tuesday and his lawyer declined comment.

Sources have told the Star that Faist has moved to British Columbia, where Miller is executive director of the B.C. Liberal Party. She has declined comment as well.

Ignoring a Speaker’s warrant, which must be passed by the legislature, can result in arrest.

Miller has previously testified before the committee and accompanied McGuinty when he appeared.

The OPP documents outline how their anti-rackets squad is investigating former McGuinty chief of staff David Livingston for breach of trust — specifically, using a non-government employee to wipe clean the hard drives of staff in McGuinty’s office, where Miller worked.

Those allegations have not been proven in court and no charges have been laid. Livingston says through his lawyer he has done nothing wrong.

A total of 24 computer hard drives have been seized and are undergoing forensic examinations by police computer experts.

Statements by witnesses before a legislative committee cannot be used against them in any criminal proceedings.

Wynne tried to distance herself from Faist and Livingston again Tuesday, saying she did not know of Faist until the allegations surfaced.

The Ontario Liberal Party had an IT contract with Faist that was cancelled Sunday after an “internal investigation,” Wynne told reporters at a Rexdale coffee packaging plant.

Opposition MPPs said Faist’s status as a Liberal contractor — for Liberal MPPs as well until January 2013 before Wynne took power — raises questions about a potential conflict with any actions he took in the premier’s office.

“It looks suspect,” said MacLeod, adding that more Liberal staffers and civil servants, including cabinet secretary Peter Wallace, mentioned in the OPP documents can expect to be called to testify at the justice committee to “help piece this together.”

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The Ontario Liberal Party has turned over invoices from Faist’s company to the OPP.

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said it looks bad that former staff from the McGuinty-era premier’s office — many now working in the Wynne administration — have been questioned by police about how their computers were wiped and kept this information from the public.

“For a year, the premier and her staff never came forward.”

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