Ontario Tory stripped of parliamentary assistant role for misrepresenting vaccination status, but remains in caucus because of medical exemption
One of Premier Doug Ford’s caucus members has been stripped of her parliamentary assistant role for misrepresenting her COVID-19 vaccination status.
Government house leader Paul Calandra says in a statement that Lindsey Park will no longer serve as parliamentary assistant to the attorney general.Story continues below advertisement Ford has said that all members of his Progressive Conservative caucus must be vaccinated, and he removed long-time Chatham-Kent-Leamington representative Rick Nicholls for refusing to get vaccinated.Park, who represents Durham, is Ford’s second caucus member with a medical exemption, along with Scarborough Centre representative Christina Mitas.
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