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Originally Posted by RedHot25
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/...14951-sun.html
A Grit MLA became the first politician to be ejected from the legislature in nearly a decade yesterday when he demanded to know what "secret friends of top Tories" received more than $2 million in grants.
Edmonton-Ellerslie MLA Bharat Agnihotri was turfed by Speaker Ken Kowalski for refusing to apologize for impugning the integrity of the premier and leadership contenders in his cabinet.
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Agnihotri was grilling Culture Minister Hector Goudreau over why the province doled out 43 non-matched grants between 2003 and 2005 that exceeded the government's $10,000 limit.
"I simply said the government has broken its own rules. I want to know why."
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Agnihotri also referred to an $18,760 grant to a University of Alberta women's fraternity house.
Sun Media has learned the 2004 grant application was filed by the daughter of Tory insider Gord Rosko.
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It should also be noted that the Speaker is of course a Torie. That's pathetic. Opposition should have the right to ask any question, especially those that question "
the integrity of the premier and leadership contenders in his cabinet."