Hudak: “We’re not going to be intimidated”

Conservative leader Tim Hudak says he won’t back down after a notice of libel was launched against him last week by the premier.

“I’ve got a job to do, Lisa MacLeod the energy critic does, and we’re going to do it. We’re not going to be intimidated by a series of angry letters coming from Kathleen Wynne and the Liberals.”

“I just wish they spent as much time trying to get our economy going again as they are scrambling behind the scenes with lawyers. I think they’ve got the wrong priorities.”

Hudak believes Wynne was either involved or had knowledge of hard drives being erased from the premier’s office. But the premier says she’d like Hudak to retract his comments and to deal with the facts.

“I want to be able to debate matters of fact and I have been clear that the allegations that were made by the leader of the opposition were disturbing so we have taken that action.”

“It will unfold as part of the legal process but I am focused day to day on making sure that we can live in the very best services for the people of Ontario.”

The allegations come after the OPP revealed their investigation into Dalton McGuinty’s former chief of staff, David Livingston. It’s alleged Livingston had a computer expert wipe clean hard drives in the premier’s office to delete information about the gas plant scandal.