Party politics has no place in Ontario's city halls, MPP Bill Murdoch says.
The maverick Tory has come out publicly against a proposal by fellow Conservative MPP Norm Sterling to bring political discipline to the municipal level of government.
"It takes away the right of the members to think for themselves," he said.
Sterling, who suggested that cities enter into the same political structure as senior levels of government, was in his riding of Carleton-Mississippi Mills yesterday and couldn't be reached for comment.
Under a party system, the leader is expected to consult with members but sets the general policy direction and can demand voting loyalty.
Murdoch said he'd hate to see a politician in Owen Sound taking orders from some political head office in Toronto.
A spokesman for PC Leader Tim Hudak sent an e-mail to Sun Media that says the comments "are the personal opinions of two individual members of caucus.
"There is no party position on this."
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