"I'VE BEEN OFFSIDE WITH PUBLIC OPINION"

   Independent MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston Randy Hillier says he will not be running for re-election. “I’ve got an important message for you today, a message that will be greeted with sadness by some and that will be greeted with glee by others,” he said as he made the announcement via a Facebook post on the evening of Thursday, Mar. 3, 2022.
  Hillier has been an MPP for 15 years, winning four elections, and has been an Independent MPP since being kicked out of the Ontario PC caucus in March of 2019 for disrespectful comments towards parents of autistic children.
   Hillier pointed to a significant decline, in his perception, of the current state of political discourse as a factor in his decision to leave political life. “We’ve seen this play out to our detriment over the last couple of years. And, I would say it’s getting worse. It’s not getting better. There’s many reasons for it. I’m not going to go into all the reasons. But I think if anyone looks at the state of Canadian society today, the state of political discourse and debate in Canada they will recognize that there is a level of vitriol, a level of animus, invective, that is present today, that…to the degree we’ve never before seen.”

   End of a chapter ,  Randy's farewell on Facebook.