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TORONTO — A former Progressive Conservative legislator said Tuesday that he’s taken his concerns about alleged unregistered lobbying by some of Premier Doug Ford’s friends and advisers to Ontario’s integrity watchdog.

Randy Hillier, a veteran politician who represents the eastern Ontario riding of Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston, made his comments upon his return to the provincial legislature for the first time since he was ejected from Tory caucus earlier this month.

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Hillier said he has spoken with Integrity Commissioner J. David Wake about allegations he raised recently regarding some of Ford’s top staffers and campaign advisers but said he could not discuss specifics for fear of impacting any potential investigation.

He stressed, however, that unelected members of Ford’s staff were constraining the voices of elected politicians.

“As I stated to Doug Ford on many occasions, you can’t hog-tie me and gag me and then complain that I’m not a team player,” Hillier told reporters.