Simard: Ontario Conservatives must respect constituents' interests

Since my stand in November against the Ontario government’s unilaterally imposed cuts to Franco-Ontarian institutions, my office has received countless messages of support. I thank you all for the kind words of encouragement.
I placed my constituents and my integrity ahead of my political aspirations, and quit the provincial Progressive Conservative caucus to sit as an Independent. No elected representative, be they federal or provincial, should be kept in the dark by their party about pol