[ad_1]
Amanda Simard says she still supports the Progressive Conservative government's agenda, but will not stop demanding that it reverse the cuts in French-language services.
Simard, PC MP of Glengarry-Prescott Russell, returned to the Ontario Legislature for the first time on Tuesday since her breakup with her party following cuts that affected some 740,000 Francophones in the province. .
She refused to give a clear yes or no when the reporters asked her if she would stay with the party.
Here is what @ASimardL says about whether she will stay with the PCs. #onpoli pic.twitter.com/fntS4YsbBR
& mdash;@LisaYaxiXing
In the fall economic statement, Prime Minister Doug Ford's government has announced its intention to withdraw funds from a French-language planned university while entrusting the French Language Services Commissioner's responsibilities to the Office of the Ombudsman. provincial.
The government said the cuts were made to save money.
Although university funding has not been restored, the government slipped slightly last week on several other fronts, while appointing Caroline Mulroney as the new Minister of Francophone Affairs.
Mrs. Simard, the first member to publicly criticize her own party, told the press that she would continue "to ask the government to reconsider its decisions."
She said it was just her, "doing what I'm elected for".
However, Simard said she still agrees with Ford's larger program.
"I support our plan in general … it's just these two things I do not agree with," she said.
When the PC caucus gets up to applaud, which has happened several times, @ASimardL remained seated #ONpoli pic.twitter.com/QuTIM73Y3k
& mdash;@LisaYaxiXing
Despite this badurance, Simard remains generally seated, as PC MPs cheered several times during question period.
[ad_2]
Source link
