MPP Randy Hillier says he was expelled from PC caucus after raising concerns about unregistered lobbying GlobePolitics
Independent MPP Randy Hillier scrums with reporters at the Ontario Legislature in Toronto on March 19, 2018.Independent MPP Randy Hillier is blaming backroom operatives for his recent ouster from the Progressive Conservative caucus, alleging he was expelled in part for raising concerns about possible illegal lobbying by the Premier’s close friends and advisers.
“My very first private meeting with Dean French after the June election was at a BBQ at the Ford residence on Aug. 2. During our conversation Dean informed me that he ‘wanted me out of caucus.’ For the following seven months, Dean French and Chris Froggatt engaged in an underhanded and relentless campaign to achieve that end,” Mr. Hillier said.
“These outrageous demands and distortions/corruption of my responsibilities culminated with the following condition of reinstatement to the PC caucus. Even when the government is in violation of the law or engaged in unlawful activity, I must accept these decisions as a team member and neither dissent in caucus nor speak publicly of these illegal/unlawful actions,” he said.
Mr. Froggatt told The Globe and Mail on Monday he has “never communicated with anyone in the government on behalf of any client.”
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