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RSS FeedsDoug Ford to ignore city clerk´s warning about premature campaigning
(The Star Movies)

 
 

17 january 2018 20:42:41

 
Doug Ford to ignore city clerk´s warning about premature campaigning
(The Star Movies)
 


Doug Ford says he will continue telling people he should be mayor of Toronto despite a warning from the city clerk’s office about premature campaigning.Ford, who lost to John Tory in the 2014 mayoral election, and announced at his family’s September “Ford Fest” gathering that he plans a 2018 rematch, called the warning unfair.“They’re saying, ‘You can’t campaign, but I’m going to let the mayor campaign on a daily basis,’ ” Ford said, referring to the mayor’s steady stream of announcements, including some where he has said Toronto can’t go back to the “chaos” of 2010 to 2014 when Doug Ford’s late brother Rob was mayor and Doug Ford, himself, was a city councillor.Tory is “out there full-swing campaigning,” Ford said. “I want to debate the guy before the election. Let’s sit down. There’s no rule saying we can’t debate. They debate every day at city hall. I want to debate with this guy. You can sell tickets, raise money for charity . . . I don’t care, but I want to debate this guy.”Ulli Watkiss, Toronto’s city clerk, wrote to Doug Ford in September that a Torontonian had complained about his robocalls inviting people to the annual Ford Fest party in his mother’s Etobicoke backyard. Ford confirmed before the event he would announce he intended to challenge Tory, but that was not in the robocall.In the letter, first reported by The Globe and Mail, Watkiss warned Ford he “cannot spend or raise any money to support your candidacy, including paying for robocalls, as that is a violation of the (Municipal Elections Act) provisions” and she would take “appropriate measures” to maintain “peace and order” for the Sept. 22 election.The Act says hopefuls cannot raise or spend campaign funds until they register as candidates.Past Toronto campaigns started Jan. 1 of each election year, but ...


 
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