[TonyV]

@picard102 is correct.

The City of Toronto does NOT have statutory authority to implement tolls.

Tolls were approved by Council under John Tory and vetoed by the cabinet of Premier Wynne.

The City had to request permission to implement tolls and that was denied.

Long standing abuse of this city by the provincial government (especially under Harris); the city needs some autonomy.

Quite often the province ignores urban realities, and then ugly political turf wars ensue. This really is one of Toronto’s big issues - I wish it were on the radar. I’m convinced that the issue will arise more in the future as we urbanize more.

 

[christiesplits]

Guess who's back?

John Tory behind new robocall backing Scarborough byelection candidate - Toronto | Globalnews.ca

The former Progressive Conservative leader has been enlisted to push Doug Ford's candidate in a Scarborough byelection set for the end of July.

globalnews.ca

 

[DSC]

Guess who's back?

John Tory behind new robocall backing Scarborough byelection candidate - Toronto | Globalnews.ca

The former Progressive Conservative leader has been enlisted to push Doug Ford's candidate in a Scarborough byelection set for the end of July.

globalnews.ca

Kiss of Death??

 

[christiesplits]

Kiss of Death??

As recent as 2018 an endorsement from John Tory was a Godsend. We'll see if it still holds any relevance during next week's by-election.

 

[Jonny5]

Oh he's not going way. I think he wants to transform himself now to being the elder statesman of the centre-right of Ontario and all the trappings and insider politics that come with that.
Hell, we might even hear more from him now than ever as I bet he worms his way onto the media politics talking heads panels.

 

[zang]

Oh he's not going way. I think he wants to transform himself now to being the elder statesman of the centre-right of Ontario and all the trappings and insider politics that come with that.
Hell, we might even hear more from him now than ever as I bet he worms his way onto the media politics talking heads panels.

Do you even need to worm when you’re on the board of one of the largest media corporations in the country?

 

[PinkLucy]

Agreed. Media will approach him. No worming required.

 

[toonderly]

The integrity commissioner has found that Tory did break ethics rules. I am not surprised that there are no further consequences to recommend since he has already resigned as mayor, but I was a bit confused that apparently they give him credit for having reported the issue himself. They can't mean the part about the affair as such, can they? Tipping them off right before the news breaks doesn't seem like self-reporting. Maybe the self-reporting credit was limited to the part where he voted on the World Cup stuff instead of recusing himself because the girfriend was working for MLSE?

John Tory’s affair with former staffer broke ethic rules, integrity commissioner rules

Former Toronto mayor John Tory violated the city's code of conduct by engaging in a personal relationship with a staffer and then taking part in council votes on the FIFA World Cup after that staffer left city hall to work for a company helping to organize the event, Toronto's integrity...

www.cp24.com

‘Mr. Tory put his private interests first’: Former mayor broke ethics rules with relationship, watchdog finds

The city’s integrity commissioner released a 122-page report on former mayor John Tory’s improper relationship on Thursday.

www.thestar.com

I also did not know that his wife found out about the affair in August 2020, he promised to break it off and showed her an email he had sent to the girlfriend breaking it off, and then he drifted back into the relationship anyway. And also the girlfriend basically says he told her that he was estranged from his wife and he says he never claimed that.

He told his chief of staff about it and the chief of staff didn't take any action.

Robertson said he never went to the integrity commissioner's office for fear of triggering a public inquiry and didn't inform any other city department because “there's no rule book or playbook for something like this when it happens.”

I'm pretty sure there are rules and protocols and if he had gone to the integrity commissioner they would have explained it all to him.

 

[ShonTron]

It was just classic John Tory to have hired Navigator to help with the marital issues he and Hackett were having. Especially when it was Amanda Galbraith – Tory’s former communications director – the one handling the file.

Not a marriage counsellor, but a communications expert at a crisis management firm.

 

[evandyk]

I think they are probably old radio buddies too. Amanda Galbraith was always on Newstalk, though I can't specifically recall if she was on back in the Tory days.