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Toronto Mayor John Tory today slammed the provincial government's plan to cut the number of city councillors from 47 to 25 just three months out from a municipal election.
Tory accused Ontario Premier Doug Ford of "meddling" with the city's affairs and said the premier should not be interfering at a point where hundreds of people have begun campaigning and fundraising for the Oct. 22 vote.
"You just don't change the rules in the middle of the game," said Tory, adding that the process by which the province has chosen to go about the move "is absolutely not right."
Tory then attacked Ford for ignoring his campaign promise to govern "for the people," noting nobody in Toronto had a chance to be heard about these plans. "Don't they deserve a say in how they're governed?" he said.
Tory said he will file a motion to hold a referendum on the question of reducing the size of city council in the form of a ballot question in the upcoming election.
Similarly, he added that he wants to get an objective legal opinion on what options the city has. That work will begin immediately. The mayor admitted, however, that the province does have "broad power" over the city.
Tory accused Ontario Premier Doug Ford of "meddling" with the city's affairs and said the premier should not be interfering at a point where hundreds of people have begun campaigning and fundraising for the Oct. 22 vote.
"You just don't change the rules in the middle of the game," said Tory, adding that the process by which the province has chosen to go about the move "is absolutely not right."
Tory then attacked Ford for ignoring his campaign promise to govern "for the people," noting nobody in Toronto had a chance to be heard about these plans. "Don't they deserve a say in how they're governed?" he said.
Tory said he will file a motion to hold a referendum on the question of reducing the size of city council in the form of a ballot question in the upcoming election.
Similarly, he added that he wants to get an objective legal opinion on what options the city has. That work will begin immediately. The mayor admitted, however, that the province does have "broad power" over the city.
