Ontario Premier Doug Ford, left, and his Chief of Staff Dean French look on as Federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer speaks at the Ontario PC Convention in Toronto on Nov. 17, 2018. Ousted MPP Randy Hillier spoke truth to power, only to be overpowered by the premier, Martin Regg Cohn writes. In a heartbeat, Hillier was suspended — ostensibly by caucus, but in reality by French and Ford. A perfect pretext, a flawed context — and unpardonably cynical for the premier to be profiting from the anguish of autism. Hillier’s comments crossed the line and that is unacceptable,” Ford mewled, with mock empathy.

Source: thestar March 18, 2019 22:41 UTC