Fri Aug 20, 2021 – 3:26 pm EDT
TORONTO (LifeSiteNews) – On August 19, Ontario Progressive Conservative (PC) Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for the Chatham—Kent—Leamington riding, Rick Nicholls, was removed from the party caucus for refusing to submit to a mandatory COVID shot policy enacted by his former party.
Unvaccinated members of the Ontario PC party were given an ultimatum to be vaccinated by 5:00PM on Thursday, August 19. Before the deadline, MPP Nicholls held his own press conference in the afternoon at Queen’s Park, stating that he and his wife remain unvaccinated for “personal reasons.”
“I voiced my concerns about our policy privately to the premier and to the Ontario PC caucus,” Nicholls said. “But under no circumstances will I nor should any Ontarian be forced or coerced to do something against their will. To do so is an affront to the democratic principles of this magnificent institution.”
After the deadline was reached, Premier Doug Ford followed through with the threat of expulsion and released a statement saying that Nicholls “failed to provide a legitimate reason for exemption from vaccination,” and “as a consequence, he is no longer a sitting member of the PC
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