A controversial Tory politician was kicked out of the caucus yesterday after a video from 2012 emerged showing him hinting at a hidden agenda and making negative comments about French language rights.
Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown called it the ``final straw'' with Jack MacLaren, who'd been previously criticized for making vulgar remarks about a female MP at a men's night fundraiser.
Brown said MacLaren, who represents the Ottawa-area riding of Carleton-Mississippi Mills, is expelled indefinitely from the P-C caucus and will not be a candidate for the party in next year's provincial election.
MacLaren posted on Twitter several hours after the announcement that he had joined the Trillium Party of Ontario.