Speaker ejects Ontario NDP Leader from legislature for calling Ford government ‘corrupt’

Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles was ejected from the provincial legislature on Wednesday after refusing to withdraw her assertion that Premier Doug Ford leads a “corrupt government” for its handling of a $2.5-billion fund for training programs.

In Question Period at Queen’s Park, Ms. Stiles was asking about Ontario’s Skills Development Fund, which has been at the centre of a month-long controversy over revelations that less-qualified organizations received millions of dollars in grants, some after their leadership made large donations to the governing Progressive Conservatives or hired lobbyists with connections to the government.