Egan: MPP Amanda Simard parked Ford, now starts bumpy ride as independent

Amanda Simard was still a fresh-faced MPP last November — not yet 30, not in office for 180 days — when she was blindsided by an existential crisis, the kind that defines careers.
Would she sell her soul, in political terms, to remain a loyal Tory?
“When you talk about language and culture, especially with the francophone minority that still has a sensitivity to the (Mike) Harris days with the Montfort and all of that, it goes to your core, because we’re talking about you