A provincial politician who was suspended indefinitely from the Progressive Conservative caucus last month says he was removed for clashing with some of the premier's most senior advisers.
In a letter to party members in his eastern Ontario riding, Randy Hillier claims he wasn't suspended for comments he made in the legislature, as Premier Doug Ford has said, but due to long-standing tensions with two of Ford's senior advisers over what's expected of caucus members.
Among them, he alleges, were complaints that he didn't clap enough in the House and wasn't actively sharing posts about the government's activities on social media. Some of the parents said that Hillier said "yada yada yada" to them near the end of question period, but Hillier maintains the remarks were directed at the Opposition New Democrats."I can't say I want him out but I think we need a little time to run through a few things with Randy," he said. "I'll sit down with him and talk to him, but I'll do that.
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