TORONTO – The man who reviewed Nova Scotia’s public education system in 2011 is expected to plead guilty to some of the counts of child pornography he is facing today.
Lawyer Clayton Ruby has said Benjamin Levin will plead guilty to some of the seven charges, while others will be withdrawn.
The 63-year-old will be in a Toronto court today on charges of possession, making child pornography and counselling to commit a sexual assault.
Ruby hasn’t said which charges against the University of Toronto professor, who has since been fired from his post, would be withdrawn.
The investigation that led to Levin’s July 2013 arrest began in mid-2012 after officials in Toronto were contacted by authorities in New Zealand and later police in London, Ont.
In 2010, Levin was hired by Nova Scotia’s education department to review the provincial school system, releasing the Levin Report in 2011.
From late 2004 to early 2007, Levin held the post of deputy education minister in Ontario, and was on Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne’s transition team as she took office.
He also served as Manitoba’s deputy minister of advanced education and deputy minister of education, training and youth between 1999 and 2002.