In announcing plans to override a judge’s decision that blocked cuts to Toronto city council, Premier Doug Ford made several questionable statements Monday. ( Christopher Katsarov / THE CANADIAN PRESS )The act would indeed have reduced the size of council to 25 wards from 47. Ford said: “Acting decisively to fix Toronto’s dysfunctional council has proven to be wildly popular among the people.”Article Continued BelowIn a Forum Research poll conducted Aug. 27, a majority of respondents — 52 per cent — opposed reducing the size of Toronto’s city council. The decision was unsuccessfully challenged by two sitting city councillors at a provincial tribunal and then in divisional court. Neither Ford nor any of his PC MPPs suggested during the provincial election campaign that they planned to cut the size of Toronto’s city council while not touching any other municipal council.

Source: thestar September 11, 2018 00:33 UTC