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RSS FeedsLIVE: Legislature sitting all night to speed passage of controversial Toronto council bill
(The Star Food)

 
 

17 september 2018 09:30:39

 
LIVE: Legislature sitting all night to speed passage of controversial Toronto council bill
(The Star Food)
 


MPPs are pulling an all-nighter thanks to Premier Doug Ford’s frantic efforts to cut Toronto city council down to size in time for next month’s municipal election.Thwarted by the courts and stymied by legislative procedural wrangling, Ford took the extraordinary step of convening a House sitting beginning at 12:01 a.m. Monday.Scores of Legislative Assembly employees were called in on overtime to ensure the building is fully staffed for the rare overnight session.Ford could not say how much it was costing taxpayers, but insisted he has no regrets with streamlining Toronto city council to 25 members from a planned 47 after the Oct. 22 election.“I’m feeling great because hopefully this is one further step to get this bill moving forward,” the premier told reporters in a brief scrum shortly before midnight.The midnight sitting is being held in order to allow for the requisite six-and-a-half hours of debate for the second reading of Bill 31, the Efficient Local Government Act, which downsizes Toronto council.That’s a reintroduction of Bill 5, the Better Local Government Act, struck down as unconstitutional by Ontario Superior Court Justice Edward Belobaba.In an unprecedented move, Ford will invoke the notwithstanding clause of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to override Belobaba’s decision.The Progressive Conservatives had some good news from Speaker Ted Arnott early Monday.Arnott rejected a formal NDP complaint that Bill 31 was out of order because it is virtually identical to Bill 5, which is against the rules because duplicate legislation cannot be tabled in the same session.The Speaker ruled that because Bill 31 includes the notwithstanding clause, it is significantly different from Bill 5.Hundreds of people lined up in the wee hours to gain access to the public galleries.Former NDP MPP Cheri Di Novo, a United Church minister, was ejected from the members’ gallery for protesting moments after being introduced to ...


 
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Live: Doug Ford says hes `feeling great as overnight legislature session gets underway to speed passage of Toronto council bill
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