Legislation needed to prevent Ford, or any premier, from trampling local democracy again: Horwath

QUEEN’S PARK—Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath released this statement, following the Ontario Court of Appeal ruling regarding Doug Ford’s 2018 mid-election slashing of the size of Toronto city council:

“Doug Ford made a reckless, irresponsible and anti-democratic decision to undermine elections in the City of Toronto. Ford and his team have never understood that just because you can do something, doesn’t mean you should.

It’s time to look at new ways to ensure that the province does not ride roughshod over local decision-making. I’ve put forward legislation that legally protects municipalities from such arbitrary changes. We cannot let Doug Ford, or any premier, trample over local democracy like this again.”