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| Matlow, Pasternak and Minan-Wong |
Does it mater that some City Councillors apparently changed their votes in the bag ban voting just to go with the majority? That seems to be the case with three Toronto Councillors: Josh Matlow, Denzil Minan-Wong and James Pasternak. They all voted against the ban in the first vote on this subject last night. That vote ended 24-21 to ban so the vote-changers didn’t actually change the outcome when they moved over to the ‘”yes” side in the second vote later in the evening. The second vote was 27 in favour and 17 against. But it’s fascinating to see these moves, made as a matter of political strategy rather than environmental compulsion. And thanks to our reader who wrote to say it appeared that Mr. Matlow had voted in favour of the bag ban. In fact, Mr. Matlow was against it before he was in favour of it. Toronto Sun votes tabulation for both motions
We’re sure he’s a nice guy. But he changed his vote.
That is an unfair description of how, and why, Councillor Matlow voted the way he did. He’s a really nice and sincere guy. If you would like to speak with Josh, rather than make negative assumptions and publish them, his number is 4168927906