52 Facts About Randy Hillier

Randy Hillier was initially elected as a Progressive Conservative Party MPP, remaining a member until he was removed in 2019.

Randy Hillier was a candidate in the 2009 PC leadership election and the interim leadership election in 2014.

Randy Hillier has formerly served as the PC critic for the Attorney General, Labour, Northern Development, and Mines and Forestry in the legislature.

Randy Hillier was removed from the PC Party by Premier Doug Ford in 2019 after making disrespectful comments to parents of children with autism.

Randy Hillier has been outspoken against the use of facemasks, vaccines, and lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Randy Hillier spent extensive time at the "Freedom Convoy", encouraging people to flood police phone lines during the clearance of protesters, and is currently on bail following nine charges related to his activity around the protest.

Randy Hillier sat as an independent MPP until the dissolution of Parliament on May 3,2022.

Randy Hillier was a licensed construction electrician with a diploma in electrical engineering technology from Algonquin College and former employee of the Canadian federal government.

Randy Hillier then assisted in creation of local landowner groups in other parts of Ontario, modelled on the Lanark Landowners.

Randy Hillier has explained the illegal actions of the landowners as follows:.

In 2007, when he was seeking election to the provincial legislature, Randy Hillier was challenged to justify his participation four years earlier in an illegal deer hunt.

Randy Hillier resigned as president of the OLA in 2007 in order to run for a seat in the provincial legislature.

Randy Hillier is the author of numerous editorials on a wide range of policy issues.

Randy Hillier used to publish an editorial in each issue of The Landowner.

Scott Reid, the federal MP for Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington, responded that he would be "very disappointed" if Randy Hillier were prevented from running, adding "I can't think of anything more dangerous to our prospects [of winning in this riding]".

Randy Hillier was elected MPP for the riding on October 10,2007, capturing 40.58 per cent of the vote and defeating Liberal candidate Ian Wilson by 820 votes.

However, it became increasingly clear that Randy Hillier was unhappy with the leadership of PC leader John Tory.

In March 2008, an article in the Ottawa Citizen reported that Randy Hillier was considering leaving the Progressive Conservative caucus and joining the small Reform Party of Ontario.

Randy Hillier placed fourth in the September 2009 leadership vote, with just under 10 per cent of the vote.

Randy Hillier responded that they were working with CRA to resolve the dispute.

In March 2012, Randy Hillier introduced a bill to proclaim "Constitution Day", recognizing the day that the British North America Act and the Constitution Act were proclaimed into law.

In September 2013, Randy Hillier was stripped of his role as the party's labour critic after the Toronto Star published an email Randy Hillier had sent to the PC caucus raising concerns over colleague Monte McNaughton's private member's bill abrogating construction company EllisDon's 1950s-era collective bargaining agreement.

The Star revealed that Randy Hillier's concerns included that the PC Party would receive donations from Ellis Don for pushing the legislation.

Randy Hillier acknowledged that the email was his but did not comment on it.

Randy Hillier voted against the bill at second reading along with the members of the New Democratic caucus.

Randy Hillier was not in attendance for the third reading vote.

Randy Hillier stood for the position of interim leader of the party following Tim Hudak's resignation in the aftermath of the 2014 provincial election.

Randy Hillier advocated moving power out of the hands of the leader and having more decisions made by caucus, including the selection of House Leader and Whip.

In February 2018, Randy Hillier filed a formal complaint against former Ontario PC Leader and MPP Patrick Brown during the leadership race.

Randy Hillier was removed from the PC caucus on March 15,2019.

At the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Randy Hillier was sitting as an independent MPP after being removed from the PC caucus in 2019.

Randy Hillier has been skeptical of the pandemic and has been a vocal proponent of ending the emergency measures put in place by the Ontario government, such as lockdowns, stay-at-home orders, and advice regarding social distancing and use of face masks.

In October 2020, Kingston public health officials sent a letter to Randy Hillier expressing concerns regarding his spreading of misinformation about the pandemic.

Randy Hillier refused to say whether he thought the pandemic was real, said he was anti-mask and likened the pandemic to a bad flu season.

Randy Hillier had asserted on Twitter that public health officials were guilty of crimes against humanity.

On November 26,2020, Randy Hillier organized an anti-COVID-19 lockdown rally at Queen's Park.

Unlike the first such rally that Randy Hillier organized, this rally led to Randy Hillier being issued a court summons by police, for violating the lockdown restrictions in place in Toronto at the time, which limited outdoor gatherings to 10 people.

On December 29,2020, Randy Hillier tweeted a Christmas photo of a gathering at his home with 15 people from multiple households.

Randy Hillier's tweet coincided with the Jewish holiday Passover, and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, a Canadian Jewish advocacy group, criticized Randy Hillier's insensitivity and drawing of "false equivalencies" between lockdown measures and the Holocaust.

Randy Hillier was condemned by Kingston and the Islands MPP Ian Arthur and MP Mark Gerretsen, the latter calling for Hillier's removal from office.

The local governments of several municipalities within Randy Hillier's riding have passed motions condemning Randy Hillier and asking the provincial government to sanction him in any way possible.

In October 2021, families of several people in Ontario accused Randy Hillier of spreading fake news and unauthorized use of their relatives photos and personal details to promote his anti-vaccination views.

Randy Hillier tweeted the images of 11 deceased people, suggesting they died or suffered from a "permanent adverse reaction shortly after receiving their first or second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine," contrary to what their obituaries and relatives said.

On November 15, Randy Hillier falsely claimed on his Facebook page that Public Health Ontario had undertaken investigations into "37 possible deaths" caused by COVID-19 vaccines, according to a 2021 Global News article on the role of COVID-19 misinformation has contributed to "radicalizing Canadians".

Randy Hillier went camping with people who displayed a Diagolon flag; Diagolon is a Canadian-founded neo-fascist group linked to the convoy protests.

Randy Hillier urged supporters to "keep calling" and jam the phone lines of the Ottawa Police.

Randy Hillier was granted bail and released later that day, on the conditions that he would avoid the general area of downtown Ottawa, not associate with any of the protest organizers, and refrain from posting on social media about the convoy and anti-vaccine or mask mandates.

In November 2021, Randy Hillier announced his intention to run for re-election under the banner of the People's Party of Canada's Ontario wing.

Randy Hillier launched the Ontario First Party on December 4,2021 as an unregistered provincial political party.

In 2017 allegations were made against Randy Hillier for violating the internal conduct policies of Tay Valley Township and the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Randy Hillier went camping with people who displayed a Diagolon flag in 2022.

Randy Hillier shared a screen capture of the ban on his Instagram, suggesting the ban was temporary, for 7 days.