FLETCHER PLANS CHALLENGE FOR RIGHT TO CROSS FLOOR

A Manitoba politician who was kicked out of the governing PC caucus says he’s planning a court challenge against a law that forbids him from joining another party’s caucus. Steven Fletcher, who was dumped by the Tories last Friday, said Tuesday a provincial law that forbids him from crossing the legislature floor is unconstitutional. Fletcher, who served as an MP between 2004 and 2015, was removed after criticizing a proposed law that would create a new Crown agency to promote energy efficiency.