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BAR FULL OF PLAYERS
Andrea Bargnani of Toronto Raptors signs a white hard hat for Melanie Kirkpatrick at the Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) Players Gala. MLSE hosted its annual fundraiser at Real Sports Bar. Toronto Marlies, Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Raptors and Toronto FC squads were all on hand to mingle with the crowd and work the bar and serving stations. RICK MADONIK/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
New NDP leader Landmark ruling on is talking tough prostitution expected Thomas Mulcair brings a far more forceful — Tories say “vicious” — persona to the official Opposition
An Appeal Court will decide whether banning brothels, soliciting and living off the avails of the sex trade puts sex workers in danger and is therefore unconstitutional
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Party politics at city hall?
Balance of power. Mayor Rob Ford says he wants to take control of the agenda by running a group of likeminded councillors together, to oust those who backed LRT
Mayor Rob Ford says he and his supporters want to run a slate of candidates in the next municipal election to take control of the agenda at city hall. Still stinging from his defeat over light-rail transit, Ford used his radio show to invite potential candidates to call him. He then read out the phone number of the mayor’s office at city hall. “Doug and I and the 19 councillors who want to change the city are doing everything we can,” Ford said, referring to his brother, Coun. Doug Ford (Ward 2, Etobicoke North). “But you know what? We need to run a slate next time,” Ford said.
‘Mushy middle’
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The Ford brothers said council has become polarized into left and right wings, and said there is no longer a “mushy middle” that can go in either direction.
“We have to get rid of these other 24 councillors.” He was referring to the 24 councillors who backed light rail over Ford’s proposal to extend the subway system. Doug Ford said it would take very little to change the balance of power on council. “There are eight or nine councillors that won by only a few hundred votes, and those eight or nine councillors are left-wing councillors that are dictating the way we have transportation, the way we’re spending the money,” he said. “All you need is two or three or four of these councillors to get in, and it’s a game-changer.” TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE