Opposition pushing to remove former Ontario PC MPP from committee chair role

The Ontario NDP plans to effort and region nan chair of nan legislature’s justness committee from her domiciled aft she was booted retired of nan authorities caucus for gathering pinch an English far-right leader.

NDP MPP Kristyn Wong-Tam is group to array a mobility astatine Wednesday’s opinionated committee connected justness argumentation to region Ottawa Carleton MPP Goldie Ghamari from her domiciled arsenic its chair.

Ghamari was thrown retired of nan Progressive Conservative Party caucus astatine nan extremity of June aft she met pinch far-right English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson.

After backlash from nan National Council of Canadian Muslims and nan NDP, Ghamari said she was “not aware” of Robinson’s history — which included accusations of Islamophobia and respective criminal convictions successful nan United Kingdom — and said she had met him to talk nan governing authorities successful Iran.

At nan time, Ghamari besides reiterated her guidance to Islamophobia and antisemitism successful a statement.

Days later, however, Doug Ford‘s agency announced Ghamari had been removed from caucus for what nan premier referred to arsenic “repeated instances of superior lapses successful judgement.”

“While this determination did not travel easily, it has go clear that MPP Ghamari tin nary longer proceed successful her domiciled wrong our caucus,” nan connection said.

Now, nan NDP is readying to push for Ghamari to beryllium removed from her activity domiciled connected nan justness committee, which deals pinch ministries including nan lawyer general, Indigenous affairs and nan solicitor general.

The mobility will beryllium tabled astatine nan commencement of nan committee convention connected Wednesday morning, Global News understands.

In a statement, Ghamari said different now-independent MPPs who had been ordered retired of nan authorities caucus had yet seen their committee roles removed and accused nan NDP of impatience successful hunt of governmental constituent scoring.

“Every PC MPP who has been removed from caucus was besides removed from their domiciled arsenic committee chair, if they had that role, by a authorities mobility astatine nan first opportunity,” Ghamari said successful a connection to Global News.

She accused nan NDP of playing authorities by pushing for nan move to return spot connected Wednesday.

“They person nary thought what Ontarians really attraction about, and they are focusing connected maine to effort and create a wedge rumor that doesn’t exist,” Ghamari’s connection read.

The justness committee will statesman gathering astatine 10 a.m. connected Wednesday to study friendly partner violence.