Ontario MPP says she is disappointed in decision to remove her from PC caucus [Video]

The MPP removed from Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative caucus after meeting with a far-right leader from the United Kingdom says she is “disappointed” by the move and has promised to continue sitting as an independent.

Carleton MPP Goldie Ghmarie was removed from the PC caucus at the end of June after she met with Tommy Robinson, founder of the English Defence League. The group has been regularly criticized for its far-right and anti-Islam views.

Premier Ford’s office said Ghamari was removed from caucus after “repeated instances of serious lapses in judgment and a failure to collaborate constructively with caucus leadership and as a team member.”

The Carleton MPP said at the time she had not known about Robinson’s far-right history, meeting with him to discuss the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, recently listed as a terror group in Canada.

In her first full public statement since becoming an independent MPP, …