The NDP calls it highly inappropriate, but Premier Kathleen Wynne says she won't prevent her staff from talking to the Speaker of the legislature.
But Wynne says she won't tolerate her staff putting "any undue pressure'' on the impartial Speaker.
Her comments come after recovered emails suggested senior Liberals in former premier Dalton McGuinty's office tried to get Speaker Dave Levac to change a key ruling against the government.