Breaking: Mayor Tory Steps Down.

[Darts]

Thank goodness, failed liberals/lefties have ended up in Hamilton and Vaughan. Let's hope they stay out of Toronto.

"In that June 2 vote, Del Duca failed to win back the riding of Vaughan-Woodbridge and his Liberals managed to win only eight seats, not enough for official party status at Queen's Park."

 

[Darts]

Wasn't John Tory a Conservative????

I think Tory is/was a middle of the road realist. I guess that makes him a conservative in Canada.

 

[squeezer]

I think Tory is/was a middle of the road realist. I guess that makes him a conservative in Canada.

I agree he is a sensible middle of the fence Conservative and that is why he got my vote.

 

[Grist]

Other than her beauty pageant days in 2012, there are few, if any, job related details involving Planning Director, Emily. She recently deleted or privatized her SM accounts, leaving one to ponder just what she was doing in the decade prior to blowing the mayor. How did they meet? How did Tory finesse her way into the mayors office?
Could this have been a sugar daddy arrangement gone awry? Was she an escort? He has always made dumb decisions in his business and political career, why should he be expected to have a stellar judgment in his personal life?
There is a lot more to this story than a powerful idiot getting his rocks off with a underling.

 

[gsw_dynasty]

I think right about now John Tory is wishing he was removed from office for his alleged conflict of interest with Rogers.
It would’ve been a better way to go.

Well, that whole mess is likely to come up again. Except if anything it validates the huge conflict of interest he has.

Unless I'm not caught up on the news, what the Star decided not to publish were the individuals' name and place of employment. Spoiler alert: She now works for a Rogers company, which Tory likely arranged.

 

[Open Wide]

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2171483715768

Interesting... reporter who first broke the story said they were originally tipped off before Christmas his marriage was in crisis. This was before they got the tips about his affair.

And Tory himself says the affair only ended this year, i.e. 2023 that is 43 days old.

Sounds like she was on City Hall staff from 2018 onwards presumably when she was 26 and he was 63, accompanying him on many international trips, etc. and ultimately ended up with a golden parachute at MLSE.

 

[JuanGoodman]

The only and best solution is NOT to elect a wokie leftie mayor but Toronto is a lefty biased city so that might be wishful thinking.

At this point it's not even left or right, democrat vs republican, conservative vs liberal, it's normal vs crazy.

 

[Insidious Von]

John Tory should quit being a drama queen, he got tired of being Mayor, he wanted to retire. Would you believe if Emmanuel Macron had an affair he would resign as President of France

 

[explorerzip]

I wonder about that. Aren't there policies that say a doctor is not allowed to date a patient and a teacher is not allowed to date a student?

Our company has a "no hugging" (no kissing, no neck massages, no physical contact except at our office parties) policy but nobody has the balls to challenge that policy in a court of competent jurisdiction.

Professions like doctors, lawyers, teachers, etc have a code of conduct that they must follow to stay licensed. Regular office workers also must follow a code of conduct, but it might not explicitly forbid having relations with a co-worker. I think this is the case with the city of Toronto. I've worked at a number of companies where co-workers are in a relationship, but they cannot be in the same department. There's no universal policy that applies to all organizations. They have nothing to do with the Charter and wouldn't violate it either.

Your company policy does not make any sense to me. How can they forbid physical contact in the office, but allow it at office parties? They may as well not have policies if there are exceptions like that. Who in their right mind would take their company to court because they can't make physical contact with a co-worker? I'm sure there are Lionel Hutz lawyers out there that would take such a case, but most would likely tell you not to proceed with a frivolous lawsuit.

 

[explorerzip]

John Tory should quit being a drama queen, he got tired of being Mayor, he wanted to retire. Would you believe if Emmanuel Macron had an affair he would resign as President of France

He got tired of being Mayor yet sought re-election last fall?

 

[Leimonis]

How are we supposed to properly judge it without the 31 year old’s pictures?

 

[K Douglas]

This is paving the way for that left wing nut, Gil Penalosa, to run in the by-election and put the final dagger in this once great city.

 

[Grist]

How are we supposed to properly judge it without the 31 year old’s pictures?

Plenty of pictures. Just google Emily Hillstrom. She was Miss Northern Ontario in 2012

 

[Resetset]

How are we supposed to properly judge it without the 31 year old’s pictures?

Post 77.

 

[danmand]

John Tory should quit being a drama queen, he got tired of being Mayor, he wanted to retire. Would you believe if Emmanuel Macron had an affair he would resign as President of France

He found out that Doug monopolized all the kickbacks, none left for him.

 

[Insidious Von]

He got tired of being Mayor yet sought re-election last fall?

It's called ego my dear explorezip. John Horgan won the BC NDP a majority, he stepped down, he's fighting cancer - no dramatics from him.

 

[explorerzip]

It's called ego my dear explorezip. John Horgan won the BC NDP a majority, he stepped down, he's fighting cancer - no dramatics from him.

Maybe or maybe not. I don't know any of them personally. Everyone deals with things how they see fit. Maybe you should be an image consultant for these guys since you know so much?

 

[chrispalen]

Tory has been enjoying the free Viagara benefit paid for by the city. No wonder we have big budget deficits.

CP

 

[Insidious Von]

Maybe or maybe not. I don't know any of them personally. Everyone deals with things how they see fit. Maybe you should be an image consultant for these guys since you know so much?

I'm retired, in my former line of work you had to know how to read people. Doesn't mean I'm right but his announcement came out of the blue.

 

[explorerzip]

I'm retired, in my former line of work you had to know how to read people. Doesn't mean I'm right but his announcement came out of the blue.

I'm sure that Tory also knows how to read people. It's hard to get anywhere in life let alone be the CEO of a major corporation or political leader without that skill. The announcement did come out of the blue, but that doesn't mean he made the decision that way. He's spent his whole career controlling the narrative on things like all leaders do. This is just standard operating procedure for him.