Speaking at 8.30 a.m. Friday, Mayor Tory criticized the Ford government plan to cut the number of City Councillors from 47 to 25 just three months out from a municipal election. He said Ontario Premier Doug Ford is “meddling” with the City’s affairs and that 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 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.
