There will be no rubber-stamping of Premier Doug Ford’s nominees to roles on influential agencies, boards and commissions during the Ontario legislature’s summer break — despite the government’s fight to shut down the opposition grilling.

Instead, Speaker Donna Skelly ended a procedural battle between the Tories and opposition parties Thursday with a ruling that ultimately upholds the quest by the Liberals and New Democrats to meet throughout the five-month break.

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