Pressure is mounting on Progressive Conservatives to distance themselves from Premier Doug Ford’s controversial evangelist friend Charles McVety. “During the 2018 PC Party leadership race, the premier used Mr. McVety’s college boardrooms to get people to vote for him,” Lindo told the legislature. “This isn’t just a sign of the cosy relationship between the premier and Mr. McVety, it’s a violation of elections law and charitable tax law,” she said. “I am not talking about the PEQAB process,” thundered Wynne. Charles McVety is a homophobe, he’s a transphobe and he’s an Islamophobe.”Romano insisted “there is absolutely no place in the province of Ontario for Islamophobia, homophobia, hatred, racism, discrimination of any kind.

Source: thestar November 19, 2020 19:51 UTC