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3 · Friday, November 20, 2009 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.oakvillebeaver.com Halton MPP tossed from legislature -- again Halton MPP Ted Chudleigh was that promise through the introducejected from the Legislature tion of the HST. He was not shy Thursday for once again accusing about using unparliamentary lanmembers of the McGuinty governguage in the Legislature. ment of not telling the truth. Chudleigh was given the opporThe Progressive Conservative tunity to withdraw his statements MPPs had been shouting down about McGuinty, but chose not to, Acting Premier and Finance Minister with the result being his removal Dwight Duncan as he attempted to from the Legislature until it reconcomplete a second reading of a bill Halton MPP venes on Monday. intended to harmonize Ontario's Ted Chudleigh "It's the strongest possible way sales tax with the GST. to protest the actions of the govern"This HST thing has been building," said ment," said Chudleigh. Chudleigh. "I cannot sit still and watch the govern"They're totally misrepresenting this. ment trample on our democracy. I had to They're talking about this bill being revenue stand up." neutral and what a good thing it is for the peoThis is the second time Chudleigh has been ple of Ontario. It does have some merits, as far removed from the legislature. as business is concerned, which we are very His first removal occurred in December of aware of, but it is not a revenue neutral bill. It's 2008 when he accused then-Energy and a $3 billion tax grab. It's going to take a lot of Infrastructure Minister George Smitherman money out of people's pockets at a time when of not telling Halton residents the truth about the province is still in desperate straits." the reasons behind the delayed construction of During the exchange, Chudleigh attacked the new Oakville hospital. the government for having no public consulta"I'm nowhere near a record," noted tions on the implementation of the HST and Chudleigh. called them on their record, noting that in the Progressive Conservative MPPs Bob Bailey 2007 election campaign, McGuinty had said and Peter Shurman were also removed durtaxes would not be raised. ing the HST debate for unparliamentary lanChudleigh asserts McGuinty is violating guage. Lighting JEWELLERY FOR YOUR HOME Voted #1 Lighting Store 2 Years in a row Readers Choice Awards LIGHTING FROM · CORBETT · TROY · HUDSON VALLEY · STONEGATE DESIGN · ARTCRAFT AND MUCH MORE C O R B E T T 243 Speers Road · Between Kerr & Dorval · Oakville, Ontario · 905.849.LITE (5483) www.conceptlighting.ca CONCEPT LIGHTING GALLERIES