Toronto Police Service report: A resident of Glenallan Road (in the Blythwood Road and Bayview Ave. area) reports that on November 23, 2012 between 1200 hours and 1900 hours entry was gained into the premises by forcing a window. Removed was a quantity of cash and jewellery.
Absolutely no issue of corruption or gain
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Postmedia columnist Christie Blatchford reviews the decision by Judge Charles Hackland to order Mayor Ford from office. As is typical, she challenges readers to think about what’s right at the centre of things. In this case, exactly how and why was the mayor kicked out of office? Well, it wasn’t corruption. In the end, Blatchford will blame “an opportunistic citizen and politically savvy lawyer who found a club of an arcane statute with which to tie the hands of a judge.” Column
Three byelections send new members to Ottawa
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The Conservatives have taken at least one and probably two of the three seats that were contested in Monday’s Federal byelections. Former pilot and navy captain Erin O’Toole (centre) took the riding of Durham quite handily, capturing more than 50% of the vote. The NDP finished second with an improved showing netting the party about 30% of the popular vote. In Calgary Centre, another long-time Conservative riding, Joan Crockatt (left) was running neck-and-neck with Liberal challenger Harvey Locke. Her lead, though slim continued to run at about 4% over Locke with 50% of the polling stations reporting. In the riding of Victoria (City) NDP candidate Murray Rankin (right) seemed on his way to winning. There was a fairly strong showing from the Green Party from among the six candidate field.Less frequent mail delivery in our future?
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Canada Post and its associated delivery firms are having a very tough time making a go of delivering paper mail. The mail deliverer has reported its sixth consecutive quarter of losses as volumes shrink on the public’s shift away from paper. The post office had a third-quarter loss of $50 million, an improvement from a loss of $113 million during the quarter last year. However, it warned its mail volumes are “likely to decline further and rapidly. For the first three quarters of the year, it lost $61 million overall, narrowing a loss of $110 million for the first nine months of 2011. Revenues fell 1.9 per cent to $1.7 billion from $1.8 billion in the 2011 period. Much of this is caused by consumers turning to online billing as well as email for correspondences. These trends raise the prospect of less frequent mail deliveries.
Smokin’ Cigar will move to 1540 South Bayview
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The long-established fine cigar shop Smokin’ Cigar is moving south to the former location of Leaside Cleaners at 1540 Bayview Ave. The location was damaged by fire last year and the owners, Mimi and Phillip, decided to simply make their desirable spot on Bayview available for lease. On its website, Smokin’ Cigar announced the move to this “better location” (which it is, for sure) to be completed in February 2013. Right next door to McSorley’s too. Sounds good.
Mark Carney to head the Bank of England
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Mark Carney, the internationally respected Governor of the Bank of Canada has quit to become the Governor of the Bank of England. His term begins next summer. The move was announced this morning by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty who called it a bittersweet moment. The Minister said he’s pleased to see Carney take on new responsibilities, but the governor will be missed at home. The two men worked closely to deal with the recent recession and turmoil in financial markets. Carney’s handling of the recession and leadership won him respect across the world financial community. Videos above are (left) The Telegraph Financial Editor eating crow for guessing wrong about the appointment and (right) Mr. Carney interviewed in August on the BBC. The Kid from Fort Smith
Left shouldn’t over-celebrate Ford’s removal
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Judge gives Toronto 14 days to decide what to do
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It’s not a lot of time, but the City of Toronto has been given 14 days before the Mayor is removed from office to decide how to replace him. Justice Charles Hackland (right) said he would suspend his order to remove the mayor for this period of time. Prior to the decision, the Deputy Mayor Douglas Holyday (left) said he preferred a by-election to choose a new mayor. Holyday himself would normally be expected to be in the running. It would be a conventional move for the council to elect Mr. Holyday to the mayor’s chair to serve the remainder of the term until October 2014. All Rob Stories on GoogleMayor hit for his “stubborn sense of entitlement”
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In finding that Mayor Rob Ford must be removed from office, Justice Charles Hackland has scored the Mayor for what he called his “stubborn sense of entitlement” and a “dismissive and confrontational attitude” toward the Toronto’s integrity commissioner. There was just too much information to the contrary for Mr. Ford to maintain that he had made an inadvertent error in speaking at the conflict of interest hearing at City Council earlier this year, the judge said. At issue was Ford’s participation in a Council vote on repaying money he had solicited for a private purpose using City letterhead when he was a councillor. The judge disqualified Ford from running again during this term of office and put his declaration on hold for 14 days to give the city time to make plans to deal with the situation. The Mayor can appeal the ruling.
Full text of decision removing Mayor from office
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Will voters hold their noses and elect Ford again?
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Mayor Rob Ford has been ordered out of office but will be permitted to run again in the election in 2014. Does he have a chance of making such a return? In 2010 Ford relied on the support of at least two groups of voters. There were those who loved him for his ordinary man approach to business and were at peace with his rather rough manner. But the Mayor also gained support from many who did not admire him for his odd unfinished behaviour. They were uneasy about him but they recognized in Mr. Ford someone who would take care of their money. It required these electors to overlook a lot but some will feel that their compromises were worth it. Now Ford is gone from office. But he can run again in 2014. As one of his colleagues has said, if the mayor is to save himself and achieve re-election he must stop leading with his chin. His prospective opponents at the next election include people like Olivia Chow. She is, no doubt, a very nice person. But there seems little doubt that her administration would return Toronto to the spineless days of previous mayors in which it was impossible to say no to any union demand or costly distraction.