2009-03-27
12:38:38
Ontario and Canadian flags purchased for Ontario's politicians must now be made in Canada and preferably in the province.
Speaker Steve Peters issued the directive after several opposition members expressed anger with the procurement office's move to buy Ontario flags from China. The flags from the Chinese company cost 5-dollars cheaper than those made in Ontario.
But the NDP called the decision to outsource the flags shameful, embarrassing and pathetic.
