NDP leader gets turfed from the Legislature

By Pepper Parr

November 20th, 2025

BURLINGTON, ON

It was a raucous day inside the Legislature…

Oppo NDP Leader MARIT STILES got turfed from Question Period after she dropped the C-word — calling the PCs “corrupt” over the Skills Development Fund controversy — then refused to take it back.

Sergeant-at-Arms escorts Stiles out of the Legislature, to much applause from the NDP benches.

Under the House rulebook, such unparliamentary language (think: questioning an MPP’s integrity or even mentioning their absence) is a no-no, so Speaker DONNA SKELLY officially “named” her and Sergeant-at-Arms TIM McGOUGH promptly escorted Stiles out, to much applause from the NDP benches.

Scrumming with reporters after, Stiles didn’t blink: she dared DOUG FORD to sue her if he felt defamed. (Inside the chamber, she’s protected by parliamentary privilege — outside is another story.) “I welcome the discovery process,” she quipped.

Why it matters: While it didn’t do much to change the Ford government’s tune over the SDF drama (Ford is still standing by his Labour Minister DAVID PICCINI and praising training-fund decisions), Stiles’s stunt made primetime news and was all over social media — the NDP has even launched a website where people can sign an “I agree with Marit Stiles” petition.

It’s a solid feat for an Opposition party that has few manoeuvres to pull against the majority-enjoying, popular-polling PCs, and that has struggled to get its message out there as Ford holds frequent headline-nabbing pressers.