Many of his own MPPs defied Ford in voting for speaker of the assembly.
Two Progressive Conservative MPPs were up for the position of Speaker of the Assembly, and the one Ford was backing lost, leaving the premier red-faced.
Ford’s PCs control 83 out of 124 seats in the legislature, the opposition hold 41 seats combined. Even with a few members of the PC caucus not being in the chamber, the opposition would still need about 20 PC MPPs to vote with them.Article content “It’s democracy and Ted was an excellent speaker in the past, and I’m sure he will continue to do so,” a disappointed Tangri said.
So, there you have it, the NDP, normally complaining about old white men keeping women of colour down, voted for the old white guy instead of the woman of colour.
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