Premier Doug Ford fired his hand-picked caucus chair for defending Progressive Conservative MPPs upset about a new pension plan that could have drained thousands of dollars from their monthly pay.

In the recent closed-door meeting of Tory MPPs, at which no aides were present, Will Bouma (Brantford—Brant) told Ford that he should listen to concerns about the high cost of buying back time in a revived pension meant to benefit legislators from all parties.

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