Mayor Olivia Chow's Toronto

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Chow is just putting a show on for the media in an election year she knows she won't win.

Expropriation is the legal, sovereign act of a government or public authority seizing private property for public use without the owner's consent, typically requiring fair compensation. It is used for infrastructure projects like roads or schools,

The Province probably CAN do this (though the Supreme Court reasoning about the size of Council leaves some legal doubts) but if Ford and his cronies realise it is unpopular both inside and outside Toronto he will give up. His popularity is already slipping as people see him proposing mad schemes like the 401 tunnel and buying jet planes that can't actually land where he says he wanted to. It is worth noting that the motion at Council had overwhelming support, I think the final vote was unanimous.

 

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The city disputes the Province taking over our role in the Tripartite Agreement which has kilometres of legal ink going back decades and implications for the city and its residents.
The city disputes the airport extension itself and its destruction of hundreds of billions in damage to land value along the route, including investments over the last 20 years in Waterfront Toronto.

Take your pick, this gets locked in litigation for years. Doug Ford backs off after the public turns against him: Torontonians insulted by him attacking our city, Ontarians outside Toronto pissed off that Doug only focuses on Toronto. Doug Ford isn't a lame duck (or he doesn't think he is). If this drags on close enough to the next election, he's going to feel the heat.

My cynical view? Ford passes the "Toronto Exists As The Personal Fiefdom Of The Premier Act" (TEAT-PFOT-PA) where the premier becomes the Mayor, all Councilors, and runs the school boards at the same time.