Queens Park has unanimously passed a motion authorizing the Speaker to bar local MPP Randy Hillier from participating in the chamber.
The motions ban activity from Hillier until he issues a written apology for what the motion calls his “continued disreputable conduct.”
It calls on him to apologize for what Government House Leader Paul Calandra called racist and discriminatory statements about federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, and for social media posts that Calandra says were insinuating a call to violence.
Hillier has frequently posted COVID-19 misinformation and conspiracy theories throughout the pandemic, has been ticketed for allegedly breaking public health rules, and has more recently supported and attended the Ottawa occupation by anti-vaccine mandate protesters.
The motion says the Speaker is authorized to not recognize Hillier in the legislature until the member for Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston publishes written apologies and the Speaker is satisfied of its sincerity.
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