Company accused of fraudulent billing, false reporting as part of Skills Development Fund
The Ontario government is suing an HR technology and training vendor for $25.9 million, alleging fraudulent billing and false reporting tied in part to the province’s controversial Skills Development Fund (SDF).
In a statement of claim filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the province alleges Toronto-based Keel Digital Solutions and its counselling subsidiary Get A-Head breached contracts with both the Ministry of Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security and the Ministry of Labour and submitted “false and misleading quarterly reports of their corporate performance measures” between 2022 and 2025.
According to the claim, reported by Global News, “The false reports caused the Crown to pay the corporate defendants millions of dollars that they otherwise would not have been paid.”
The government is seeking $22.3 million on behalf of the Ministry of Colleges and Universities and $3.2 million for the Ministry of Labour, as well as $100,000 in punitive damages from Keel’s directors. The company’s funding was previously subject to a forensic audit, which has been referred to the Ontario Provincial Police for investigation, Global News reported.
The allegations have not been proven in court.
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