Peter Kormos, the NDP member for Welland, has a problem with the office of the legislative assembly. Period.

The hallways of Queen's Park have seen quite a few controversies over the years, but none like this.

"Look, it just boggles the mind," Kormos said in trying to describe the issue. 

The problem is one of punctuation. 

Last Friday, Kormos was in his office when a worker came to change the sign on his office door. 

According to Kormos, the title MPP wasn't punctuated properly. The lettering on the door said "M.P.P." while Queen's Park policy calls for the periods to be removed on all MPPs' offices throughout the entire building.

"I find out they've scheduled 45-60 person hours to this," said the MPP. "[You have to] shake your head and wonder who is prioritizing these types of issues."

Kormos sent a letter to the Speaker demanding to know why Queen's Park was spending money on something that seemed so frivolous.

"To spend a couple of thousand dollars of scarce taxpayers' dollars on this … is just absolute nonsense and silliness. I've written to the Speaker. Nobody wants to accept responsibility for this serious government initiative to delete the periods from the word MPP. Go figure," he said.

The Speaker's office admits it was a mistake to try to change Kormos's sign at this time. 

From now on, it says, the lettering will only be updated when MPPs move to another office.

As for Kormos, he says he'd be happy to save the province the money and scratch off the offending punctuation marks himself.