TORONTO - Ontario cabinet ministers are staying silent in the wake of a police raid on a provincial government office complex.
Last Thursday, provincial police raided the Macdonald Block, a downtown Toronto tower that houses 13 provincial ministries and the offices of several cabinet ministers.
Neither the police nor the government will say which ministries were the target of the raid, which followed allegations of "irregular" financial dealings with outside vendors.
Cabinet ministers are refusing comment again today.
A spokesman for the cabinet office has said the raid involved a "few" ministries, but no one is willing to say on the record exactly what ministries are under investigation.
However, a senior government source has said the investigation did not involve elected officials or their political staff.
Published reports have said the police raid involved the Ministry of Transportation and the Ontario Realty Corporation, but the government refuses to confirm or deny those reports.
Police have not laid any charges.
A spokeswoman for the premier's office says it will be up to provincial police to provide more information on the criminal investigation into the government's financial dealings.
