Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner no longer has a front row seat to the theatrics of the Ontario Legislature.

Schreiner, a three-time MPP who made history in 2018 when he won the Green party’s first seat at Queen’s Park, has been relegated to one of the back rows in the legislative chamber – a decision that’s left the party leader puzzled.

“That was a decision made by the speaker,” Schreiner told reporters shortly after the first Question Period of the fall session ended.

“The speaker told me in the federal parliament the Green Party sits in the back row, so she felt that we should sit in the back row in the provincial parliament as well,” Schreiner added.

The decision, Schreiner said, has been opposed by all other party house leaders – including the Government House Leader – who have

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