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After their daylong debate at City Hall, a majority of councillors also approved Toronto Mayor John Tory’s call to ask the province to allow a referendum on the issue, although some on council say they doubt that will happen.
Mr. Tory said in a statement after the vote that Mr. Ford should hit the “pause button” and ensure Torontonians are consulted before making such a major change: “I have said clearly that you don’t change the rules in the middle of an election. That’s why I believe the municipal election should proceed as is.”
It’s unclear just what the city’s chances are in court if it does decide to launch a challenge of Mr. Ford’s move, which was announced on Friday, almost three months after local candidates started filing nomination papers, raising money and knocking on doors.
The surprise move, never mentioned during the provincial election campaign, has upended Toronto politics and was followed by a last minute decision by former chief planner Jennifer Keesmaat to jump into the mayor’s race.
The issue also sparked confrontation at the legislature on Monday, where after a heated Question Period, Mr. Ford’s Progressive Conservative government introduced legislative amendments that would reduce the number of wards contested in Toronto’s Oct. 22 election to 25 from 47. The new boundaries would mirror those for MPPs. Under the proposed changes, candidates already signed up would have to notify the city clerk of their intention to run in one of the new, larger wards by Sept. 14.
NDP Leader Andrea Horwath canada goose outlet phone number said Mr. Ford was acting like a “dictator,” and that the move, which is being restricted to Toronto’s council and not being extended to other large cities such as Ottawa or Hamilton, was a form of political vandalism on the province’s largest city.
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Mr. Ford told the legislature his move to reduce the size of Toronto’s council would make the municipal government more efficient and save money: “Nothing gets done at city hall. There’s gridlock in our streets, gridlock at city hall.”
canada goose clearance Mr. Ford’s government is also cancelling planned elections for regional chairs in Muskoka and Niagara as well as in suburban York Region, where former Liberal cabinet minister Steven Del Duca was running, and in Peel Region, where deposed PC leader Patrick Brown had been preparing to run. canada goose clearance
cheap Canada Goose Some of Mr. Tory’s critics on council have called his initial response to Mr. Ford’s plan tepid, and even suggested he failed to act when given a heads up by the Premier. Mr. Tory denies that he was given any advance canada goose outlet woodbury warning, although he acknowledges that Mr. Ford mentioned the idea in an “offhand canada goose kensington parka uk way” during their recent meeting after Mr. Ford became premier. But the Mayor says he told Mr. Ford it was not possible this close to the municipal election, and the subject was dropped. cheap Canada Goose
canada goose deals Toronto has just undergone a four year process and voted to increase the number of councillors from 44 to 47, in an attempt to avoid a large a difference in population size between wards. Several councillors cast doubt on Mr. Ford’s assertion that slashing the number to 25 will save $25 million over four years, arguing that councillors’ offices will have to increase staff to deal with the increased workload, particularly in busy downtown wards with many large development projects. canada goose deals
Canada Goose online Several on council’s left have asserted that Mr. Ford’s real goal is revenge on the councillors with whom he clashed during his late brother Rob’s troubled term as mayor. At a press conference with six other councillors who support the plan, Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti, a Ford ally, said the likely reduction of left leaning councillors from Toronto’s downtown was one of its benefits: “There’s going to be less left leaning politicians in canada goose outlet real the City of Toronto. That means it’s a great thing.” Canada Goose online
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