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Plus: Hillier faces ethics complaint over unwitting anti-lockdown sign-ups, and Ford hits the links

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ABOVE THE FOLD

When the House reconvenes on October 4, the price of admission will be proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test. That’s the latest directive from Speaker TED ARNOTT, stipulating that “everyone seeking to enter the Legislative Precinct” will have to oblige, or possibly be barred — including at least two unvaccinated MPPs.

That would be RICK NICHOLLS — a Deputy Speaker who was booted from the PC caucus for refusing his shot — and CHRISTINA MITAS — who was given a valid-yet-undisclosed medical exemption, per the government.

The blowback: Independent MPP BELINDA KARAHALIOS — who co-founded the Tory spinoff New Blue Party after getting turfed from the PC bench for voting against the sweeping pandemic emergency Bill 195 — called it “a disgraceful and undemocratic ruling that sets a dangerous precedent.”

“I question whether the ruling is legal,” Karahalios charged in an email statement. “It eliminates criticism of the ruling PC Party by blocking elected representatives f…

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