Toronto city council aims to put ‘firewall’ around Ford

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Toronto city council aims to put ‘firewall’ around Ford

by ELIZABETH CHURCH at the Globe & Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/toronto-city-council-aims-to-put-firewall-around-ford/article15454297/?utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_source=The%20Globe%20and%20Mail&utm_type=text&utm_content=TheGlobeandMail&utm_campaign=110756176

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Unable to persuade Toronto’s troubled mayor to leave office, councillors are taking unprecedented steps to peel away the office from Rob Ford by cutting his budget, staff and power – with some even refusing to call him by his title – all in an effort to control the damage they believe he is inflicting on the city.

The moves to limit Mr. Ford’s powers will begin Friday when council meets for a special session and will continue next week. Details were privately mapped out Thursday by councillors during a council meeting where many turned their backs to Mr. Ford whenever he rose to talk. The plan took shape on a day marked by two more bombshell revelations by Mr. Ford – one that he might have driven after drinking, the other a rambling statement that included plans to sue former staff and the use of vulgar language in connection to a former female staff member.

The latest initiative, endorsed by 28 of the city’s 44 councillors, will be debated at a special meeting Monday afternoon. If passed it would “delegate to the deputy mayor all powers and duties which are not by statute assigned to the mayor.”

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Also Thursday, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne gathered reporters to make a statement on the crisis at city hall, calling the mayor’s actions “truly disturbing” and raising the option of giving council new tools so the city can function.

But rather than call on the province, councillors have their own plan in the works.



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1. Gees Louise, let the premier give you legislation so you can dethrone Ford.