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Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Israel must “take back control of Gaza,” Israeli MP tells Toronto audience

By
Dave Gordon
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Dan Illouz, a member of Benjamin Netanyahu’s Knesset caucus, had been scheduled to speak to a Toronto crowd about Israel’s legal land claims, but recent circumstances necessitated a hard pivot.

The Tuesday speech provided a glimpse into the heart of Israeli mettle, and resolve, amidst the recent harrowing incidents of wide-ranging Hamas violence. He shed light on the complex military challenges, while emphasizing the Jewish state’s unwavering commitment to peace and security that fuels the nation’s resilience.

“Everything changed (last) Saturday morning. Massacre happened – there’s no other way to put it. The destruction is massive and hard to digest. It’s the worst disaster known in its history,” the Montreal-born politician said.

Initially advertised as a talk on “What is happening, what needs to be done… and the importance of San Remo,”  the sudden change of topic was somber and reassuring.

“Almost every Israeli lost someone, or knows someone who lost someone. We’re all like family,” said the Likud party member to a full auditorium at Shaarei Shomayim synagogue.

The event was arranged and sponsored by Canadians for Israel’s Legal Rights, in partnership with ZOA.

Illouz alluded that if the timing were different, he would have touched upon the fractiousness of Israeli society, once-embroiled in nine-month long fierce debates about judicial reform.

“Today the people of Israel are incredibly united – a couple of weeks ago we’d be talking about divisions. Right now Israel is more united than it ever was,” he said.

He noted that even though many Israelis vowed to refuse army service to protest the judicial reforms, all of those called into action this week reported for duty, in addition to thirty percent more people who volunteered despite not being called up. Others travelling abroad came home to serve, he said.

“Israelis don’t want war. We all know the cost of war. If we don’t go to war, Saturday will be the new normal,” said the 37-year old Illouz.

“If we don’t eliminate Hamas, we will see more of this in the future… Not that we want vengeance or violence, but we want to succeed.” The counteroffensive will be “a clear message – understood by Beirut and Teheran.”

The Iranian regime is said to have played a role in financing, material support, or training, of the Gazan terrorists.

“We have a duty to Israel, and the free world, to respond forcefully to these attacks. If Hamas doesn’t eventually regret what it did, we have failed in our mission.”

As of Wednesday, reports say the conflict escalated in the region, with missiles being fired from southern Lebanon and Syria. Illouz is confident that the Jewish states’s military strength will overtake these and other attacks.

“I have no doubt Israel will be much stronger when all of this is said and done,” he said. “We will send a clear message to all of our enemies: if they thought we are weakened, we will show them that it is not true. We have a strong army and a strong people.”

In an interview with True North, Illouz elaborated that part of the end goal should be to “take back control of Gaza,” and he signed a letter calling  on the Israeli government to do just that.

“That’s the best path until proven otherwise,” he said.

There has been some speculation that the attacks were timed to scuttle recent peace talks with Saudi Arabia, but senior Hamas official Ali Baraka told Russian television that the invasion was in the planning for two years, with Russian and Iranian support. Illouz said that normalization discussions will continue with the Saudis.

Allies in the Arab world have expressed their support in diplomatic circles, including a high-level UAE official, who he kept anonymous, that sent Illouz a text that encouraged Israel to eliminate Hamas. 

“It’s because Hamas is a threat to the Western world, and the Arab world – because the moderate Arab world wants to see the world a better place,” he said.

Inside Israel meanwhile, Druze, Bedouins and Israeli Arabs have also condemned the Gazan terrorists, he added.

On the other side of the globe, Toronto showed the biggest support rally of any city, attracting tens of thousands of people..

As a next step, Illouz encouraged Canadians to speak to their political representatives to express outrage about the abducted Canadians.

“This is our message to Hamas: if you use the hostages as pawns, you will fail,” he said.

Illouz remarked to True North on whether the current crisis might dampen immigration to Israel.

“That’s an interesting question,” he noted, explaining that his decision to move to Israel was made 23 years ago, Oct. 12, 2000, at the beginning of the second Intifada, on the day of the infamous lynching of Israeli soldiers in Ramallah. “On the day the (Palestinian boys’) bloody hands were proudly shown to the cameras.”

“I think times of crisis actually create solidarity,” he said. “The sense of solidarity is the biggest fuel for making Aliyah, more than economic or other considerations. The will of people to be a part of the great story that is Israel – in trying times, the sense is even stronger.

“If anything, I’d predict that this would only cause more solidarity and therefore more Aliyah, and not less.”

Calgary Liberal MP calls for halt to Alberta ads against federal net-zero regs

By
Isaac Lamoureux
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A Calgary Liberal MP wants the Alberta government to stop its ad campaign criticizing the feds’ clean electricity regulations.

George Chahal says the campaign trumpeted by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is causing unnecessary fear and confusion among Albertans.

“Eight million dollars of Alberta taxpayers’ dollars are funding a campaign of misinformation. That’s a problem for me as a Calgarian and as an Albertan,” he said, according to a Calgary Herald report.

The ad campaign asserts that the proposed regulations, which push for an accelerated transition to clean energy, will lead to blackouts and render energy unreliable and unaffordable. Smith has been unwavering, branding the regulations as “massively unaffordable, dangerously unreliable, and utterly unconstitutional.” 

Chahal believes that the premier’s government is using the draft clean electricity regulations as a scapegoat for the sharp rise in electricity rates in Alberta, which have increased fivefold under the current leadership.

“(Smith) is playing on people’s fear by talking about blackouts,” he said.

Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz hit back at Chahal, saying he’s been “spending too much time in Ottawa listening to his ideological, out of touch, environment minister, Steven Guiltbeault.”

“Albertans and Canadians are very concerned about the impact the 2035 Clean Electricity Regulations will have on reliable and affordable electricity,” Schulz said. “But Ottawa seems intent on moving forward with their destructive and unconstitutional plans to reduce emissions on an unachievable timeline.”

Alberta Electric System Operator CEO and president Mike Law said that due to the fact that nearly 72% of Alberta’s energy supply comes from natural gas, adopting the proposed federal regulations would have devastating consequences. 

Smith’s government has been urging Canadians to put pressure on the federal government to reject its plans for a net-zero electrical grid in the next 12 years.

“Alberta will incur the highest costs of any province in Canada as a result of the federal electricity regulations. Alberta’s government believes these additional dollars should be coming from the federal government, not the pockets of Alberta’s ratepayers,” read a statement from Smith and Schulz.

Smith will be in Ottawa next week testifying before the Parliamentary Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.

The timing of the proposed regulations is another point of contention in this dispute. Smith, along with officials from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, deems the 2035 deadline for achieving clean electricity unrealistic. They advocate for delaying the imposition of these regulations until 2050, emphasizing the need for a more realistic timeline.

Chahal’s call for ending the ad campaign comes in the midst of Alberta’s vigorous resistance against the federal regulations. Smith has pledged to protect the province’s energy interests, even saying that she will use the Sovereignty Act to assert provincial jurisdiction.

CAMPUS WATCH: Profs voice support for “anticolonial resistance” amid Hamas attacks

By
Elie Cantin-Nantel
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Issam Rimawi/APA images

As Hamas rockets rain down on Israel with more than a thousand Israelis killed by a string of terrorist attacks, several Canadian academics have expressed support online for Palestinians “taking their land back,” decrying so-called Israeli “colonialism.”

Canadian universities also issued vague statements following the attacks – with some not even acknowledging Israel.

Canadian scholars voice support for Gaza: 

As reported by the National Post, Wilfrid Laurier University social work professor Jessica Hutchison, who describes herself as a “white settler, abolition feminist,” claimed Palestinians were “taking their land back” from “settler colonizers.”

She also urged her colleagues to include Palestinians in their land acknowledgement rituals, writing “I hope your upcoming acknowledgements will include support for Palestinians who are taking their land back from settler colonizers.”

University of Toronto political science assistant professor Uahikea Maile, whose bio notes that he is interested in “feminist and queer theories,” wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that he stood for “decolonization and deoccupation” and “behind freedom for Palestine.”

“As Hawaiians wake up to the news of Palestinian anticolonial resistance in Gaza to Israeli settler colonialism, remember that – from Hawaii to Palestine – occupation is a crime. A lähui that stands for decolonization and deoccupation should also stand behind freedom for Palestine.”

Neither Hutchison nor Maile responded to a request for comment. 

McMaster social work associate professor Ameil Joseph, whose bio says he embraces the perspectives of postcolonial theory and critical race theory, noted that “postcolonial, anticolonial, and decolonial are not just words you heard in your EDI workshop.”

Following outrage over his initial post, he added “my tweet about colonialism is about attending to more than superficial analyses, to think about the historical, social, & political contexts of violence to undermine it. The disingenuous claims of that being support for violence are mostly via hate for analyses of coloniality.” 

In a statement to True North, Ameil said his initial post “did not mention Israel or Hamas or Palestine. It was about colonial analyses more broadly. I do not condone violence. My work is about understanding the contexts of violence to stop it.”

Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) local 3906, which represents over 3000 academic workers at McMaster, wrote “Palestine is rising, long live the resistance” in a now-deleted X post.

Before the post was deleted, it was liked by CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn – who also lauded “resistance” on social media.

Universities issue vague statements:

Several of Canada’s public universities responded to the attack in Israel with vague statements.

In an X post Sunday, the University of Ottawa shared a link offering support to those affected by “the current hostilities between Israel and Hamas.”

The University of British Columbia (UBC) said it was “deeply saddened and concerned by the recent violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict” as well as the loss of life across “the region.” The statement added that UBC’s thoughts are with all students, faculty and staff with family, professional, and academic ties to “the region.”

Toronto Metropolitan University, Brock University, Concordia University and King’s College at Western all issued social media statements about this weekend’s horrific events that did not explicitly acknowledge Israel.

Jewish groups disappointed:

Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs spokesperson Cory Hann slammed Canadian academics who chose to side with Gaza.

“Hamas terrorists have beheaded Israeli babies, they’ve raped young women, and paraded their tortured hostages around. They’ve kidnapped more than 100 Israelis, including children and Holocaust survivors. Hamas is responsible for the massacre of over 900 men, women, and young kids, and responsible for wounding 2,600 more. All the while eating sweets or singing in celebration, or worse calling the victims’ family so they can hear their loved one’s screams as they are being brutalized,” Hann said.

“To put it nicely, any professor choosing to stand on the side of those committing these utterly depraved and inhumane acts against innocent civilians is nothing short of morally corrupt and shows a complete lack of any human decency. Finding the words to unequivocally condemn such barbaric crimes is not difficult.

“Shame on these individuals.”

B’nai Brith Canada spokesperson Richard Robertson also shared his disappointment. 

“There can be no moral equivalency, no question of two sides, and no question of who is wrong, when placing sole responsibility on Hamas for the unimaginable atrocities it has committed,” he said. “Canadians understand that every country has the right and obligation to protect its citizens and sovereignty from terrorists.”

He added that B’nai Brith Canada is “disappointed that so many Canadian institutions of higher learning with students representing diverse communities, including the Jewish community, have failed to address with moral clarity these inhumane attacks.

“It is incumbent upon our universities to condemn these acts of terror by Hamas as they would a similar act in any other country.”

LAWTON: Liberals extend gun ban amnesty for second time

By
Andrew Lawton
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The federal government has quietly extended the amnesty period on firearms banned in its 2020 gun grab scheme until October 30, 2025. Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights spokesperson Tracey Wilson joined True North’s Andrew Lawton to discuss the challenges and uncertainty faced by gun owners in the weeks leading up to the extension.

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Calgary to vote on forced perpetual “anti-racism” re-education for councillors

By
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
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Source: Facebook

Calgary City Council members could soon have to undergo perpetual anti-racism training as the city pursues an amendment to its Code of Conduct for elected officials. 

On Wednesday, the city’s Integrity and Ethics Office recommended that all elected officials attend “yearly in-person training, and ongoing customized training throughout the year.” Councillors will vote during an afternoon meeting of the Executive Committee.

Calgary hopes to add a provision “to mandate anti-racism training facilitated by the Ethics Advisor. This will build awareness, knowledge skills on racial justice and anti-racist leadership.”

The provision will also impose “a duty on Members of Council to educate themselves about the impact of systemic racism and racial discrimination on Indigenous, Black and diverse Racialized Calgarians.” 

By adding the new provision the city “signals that anti-racism is central to the discharge of Members’ offices.” 

Additionally, a by-law amendment will change the wording around intimidation and harassment expectations. Originally a section of the code specified that councillors “must communicate” respectfully without “abuse, bullying, intimidation, harassment or discrimination” but the new proposed wording asks that members “must treat” others with respect. 

“Specific conduct that may be discriminatory will continue to be addressed under s. 19, although we recommend that s. 19 is amended to replace ‘communicate’ with ‘treat’. The difference in language is subtle and is intended to clarify that the kind of conduct captured by the provision is Broad,” writes the Integrity and Ethics Office. 

According to the recommendations, the training plan will include sessions on specific topics and “continuing training of a more customized nature throughout the year, whether through online modules, self-directed learning, in-person discussions or other gatherings.” 

The Integrity and Ethics Office claimed that anti-racism training was also essential for the city’s environmental efforts. 

“The absence of anti-racism training and mandatory learning for Council Members could indirectly impact the environment by potentially perpetuating environmental injustices and limiting diverse perspectives in sustainable decision-making, which may hinder racially equitable environmental policies and practice,” reads the recommendation. 

The Rupa Subramanya Show | The barbarity of Hamas (Ft. Gerald Steinberg)

By
Rupa Subramanya
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Israel Defense Forces

Israel is currently witnessing the worst terrorist attack in its history as Hamas terrorists have infiltrated Israel to launch a brutal attack, leaving hundreds dead, including two Canadians. Hamas terrorists have demonstrated their complete disregard for human lives by targeting innocent civilians, including women, the elderly, and even babies.

In response, Israel has declared war on Hamas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Hamas “will pay a price it has never known.”

On this episode of The Rupa Subramanya Show, Rupa is joined by Gerald Steinberg, a professor at Bar Ilan University, to help make sense of what’s happening in Israel.

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“They crossed a line”: Israeli teen recounts four days of sirens, shelters, and rockets

By
Isaac Lamoureux
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As the world sees footage of Hamas kidnappings and rockets firing into Israel from Gaza, many Israelis are confined to their homes or shelters. One of them is Yaniv Moshe, who has been unable to leave his home since the air raid sirens first sounded Saturday morning.

“You have to run to a safe place,” Moshe said of the protocol when the sirens blare.

For the 17-year old and his family, that was his parents’ bedroom.

After the sirens, you have about 90 seconds to get to shelter, where you have to stay for 10 minutes – until the siren sounds again. Over 3000 rockets were launched from Gaza on Saturday alone, with 1500 more in the days since. More than 1000 Israelis have died, and Hamas is holding dozens of captives, including children and seniors.

Moshe witnessed a nearby building engulfed in flames from a missile strike. He saw only the aftermath because he was in his parents’ room when the building was struck.

Despite being near the front line, Moshe was seeing much of the same footage the rest of the world was.

Two stood out as particularly jarring. In one, a dead Israeli soldier is being stomped on. In another, a girl finds her friend’s burnt dead body.

“They crossed a line that should have never been crossed,” Moshe said. “Kidnapping and murdering children, kids, babies, mothers, grandmas, grandpas. There’s no stop to it. If they caught you, they killed you. It doesn’t matter who you are or what age.”

Moshe, who lived in the United States for three years before returning to Israel, fears there’s no good outcome to this conflict.

“Even if we win this war, we don’t win,” he said. “There is no winning when you lose more than 1000 people that have been tortured and murdered.”

The best case scenario, he said, is that he and his fellow Israelis can proceed with  “no more losses and no more families crying over dead members.”

Moshe’s view of the international response was favourable.

“Most people support us instead of believing lies on the Internet,” he said, aware that not all do. “There’s still a lot of people hating us and somehow justifying what has happened, but that’s not new.”

While there are people throughout the world supporting Palestinians, as seen with rallies held across Canada, Moshe remains unbothered, saying “I know we are in the right.” 

He reflects on years of experiencing judgment and prejudice due to his identity as an Israeli and a Jew. Moshe says he can recall various situations where he avoided telling people that he was from Israel, “because people will start judging me, saying that I’m a dirty Jew.” 

Throughout Moshe’s life, he’s rarely seen anyone support Israel when they were at war. “I’m used to being in the situation where Israel and the Jews are alone.”

Liberals extend gun ban amnesty amid legal challenge from firearms group

By
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
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The Liberal government has announced that it will extend the amnesty order for owners of prohibited firearms until October 30, 2025. 

The order, which was issued on May 1, 2020, banned the possession, sale and use of nearly 1,500 types of firearms that the government deemed as “assault-style” weapons. 

Ottawa also promised a buyback program to compensate the affected owners, but the details and implementation of the program have been delayed.

The extension of the amnesty order means that owners of the banned firearms will not face criminal charges for possessing them, as long as they keep them securely stored and do not use them. 

Additionally, they will not be able to sell or transfer them to anyone else, except to a licensed dealer or a museum. 

The government has said that the extension is necessary to ensure public safety and to give more time for the development of the buyback program.

Ottawa’s extension comes after a legal challenge by the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights (CCFR), a gun advocacy group that argues that the order is unconstitutional and infringes on the rights of law-abiding gun owners. 

The CCFR has also launched a public campaign to raise awareness and opposition to the order, and to pressure the government to reverse it. 

According to the gun-rights group, the order is based on political motives and not on evidence, and that it targets firearms that are rarely used in crimes.

In a CCFR Radio segment, the group’s CEO and executive director Rod Giltaca said that the move was an attempt to trip up Canadians.

“Obviously, it’s not us that’s forcing the government to renew the amnesty, they would do it anyway but as I said in the last episode the reason we’re doing this is they should have renewed that three months ago,” said Giltaca. 

The CCFR is awaiting a decision from Justice Kane of the Federal Court, who heard their case in June. 

The decision is expected by the end of October, and could have significant implications for the future of the order and the buyback program. The CCFR has said that it will continue to fight for the rights of gun owners and to challenge the order in court and in public opinion.

The Andrew Lawton Show | CBC refuses to call Hamas terrorists

By
Andrew Lawton
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Canada’s state broadcaster, CBC, is refusing to refer to Hamas as terrorists in its coverage of the terrorist group’s attacks on Israel over the last four days. A memo sent to its journalists also forbids them from mentioning Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza in 2005. True North’s Andrew Lawton says this shouldn’t come as a surprise given the way the media covers Israel in general, including the latest attacks. Honest Reporting Canada executive director Mike Fegelman joins the show to discuss.

Also, CUPE is doubling down after its Ontario president, Fred Hahn, lauded “resistance” in a Thanksgiving message.

Plus, the federal government is extending its amnesty on firearms banned by order-in-council in 2020 to 2025, meaning the amnesty will last until after the next federal election.

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LEVY: Integrity report digs into affair that ended John Tory’s career (and gave us Olivia Chow)

By
Sue-Ann Levy
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A newly released integrity report says former Toronto mayor John Tory failed to disclose his romantic relationship with an underling to the required players at City Hall and did not arrange his private affairs in a manner that ensured “public confidence” in him as the city’s leader.

The 120-page report from integrity commissioner Jonathan Batty, which took eight months to produce, also determined that Tory used his influence (improperly) when he voted on Toronto’s Bid for the FIFA World Cup while his paramour worked at the MLSE – the outfit which would be providing “exclusive services” at the World Cup.

Batty’s report says Tory’s gal pal was given a permanent position with MLSE shortly after the vote.

While Tory claimed he had no conflict of interest, Batty concludes that “Mr. Tory, as a special friend and mentor of Ms. A, had to have known that voting on these matters would be of direct benefit to Ms. A’s future at MLSE.”

But then Tory forever denied conflicts over the years, most especially continuing to sit on the Rogers board while serving as mayor.

That is the upshot of the three-year on-again, off-again relationship between Tory and a staffer in his office, 38 years his junior. While her name was released months ago, Batty goes out of his way to protect her privacy by calling her Ms. A.

In my view, the integrity commissioner is far too easy on Tory, considering there was power imbalance between the two players in this City Hall soap opera, that the on-again, off-again relationship was kept secret for nearly three years, that there were conflicts all over the place and that it occurred during the pandemic when Tory’s eye needed to be on the ball.

The report speaks to Tory’s lack of judgment, his sense of entitlement, his perpetual conflicts of interest and the extreme incestuousness between Tory and the political class in Toronto.

Batty claims that Ms. A experienced “trauma” from the media attention and that he conducted his investigation in a “trauma-informed” manner (whatever that means).

Still I can’t feel sorry for Tory’s paramour.

She was a grown woman who made an informed decision to pursue a married man 38 years her senior. She got herself a prize job as a result. 

According to the report, Ms. A. began working for the mayor in January of 2018 and left in April 2021 to work with the Scarborough Health Foundation, a job that gave her a foot in the door to MLSE.

In January 2020, when Tory learned Ms. A. had broken up with her boyfriend, he invited her to dinner because “he felt sorry” that she was alone on her birthday. 

Tory indicated it was not unusual to extend such an invitation because he was “alone a lot of time in the winter” and looking for people to be with instead of just going home.

I don’t know about anyone else but I never agreed to have dinner alone with a male boss during my nearly 40-year career. But this speaks to Tory’s narcissism.

Ms. A joined Tory on two official trips prior to the pandemic – one in March of 2020.

I wrote about that trip, indicating he snuck off to London when COVID lockdowns were already starting to occur.

In the story I mentioned Ms. A’s name as part of the tour.

I experienced tremendous pushback from the mayor’s office for exposing his trip. Tory even did an interview on a friendly radio station claiming I was inaccurate and lacked integrity.

That notwithstanding, the integrity report indicates that Ms. A was not only on the trip but invited Tory to join her for dinner on March 9, while there, and they met in a restaurant outside their hotel.

She claimed it was “entirely professional.”

Again I ask who eats dinner alone with a married boss 38 years one’s senior without a motive in mind.

When the lockdowns came about, Ms. A contended that she believed Tory spent time holed up in Toronto and his wife at their family cottage because they were “estranged and lived separate lives.”

Tory denied this.

Nevertheless, as the demands on Tory increased, Batty’s report indicates that he came to “welcome emotional support” from Ms. A and to express “romantic affection” towards her.

The report says that Tory became “her best friend” and a “close mentor” while she became a “calming presence” in his life.

“When they spent personal time together, they went on walks and watched sports on TV…they talked politics… they exchanged gifts. Mr. Tory would buy Ms. A flowers…Ms. A. would often cook or order dinner online,” the report says.

Tory even met members of her family and visited her in her hometown after the 2022 municipal election.

They confirmed that while Tory was romantically interested in Ms. A., they shared “limited physical contact” and their relationship was “not exclusive.” Ms A also went out on dates arranged through dating apps.

Although Ms. A. was spun as Tory’s “work daughter,” his wife Barbara Hackett began to see signs in early August 2020 of a personal relationship. Tory told his wife he would end it and wrote Ms. A had an email to that effect, the report says. 

But it quickly reignited – and continued to ebb and flow over three years. 

When it originally reignited, Navigator consultant and former staffer to Tory Amanda Galbraith was called in to deal with “communications issues” between Tory and his wife.

According to the report, Galbraith counselled Tory to continue “business as usual” (in other words hide the affair) and help Ms. A. with future career possibilities. She also offered Tory’s paramour “woman-to-woman” assurance.

I guess this is what we call a John Tory version of a three-way.

It shows how bizarrely incestuous the people involved in this soap opera are. Galbraith was a curious choice given that she had protected Tory for many years and only perpetuated the secrecy. She helped facilitate a job for Ms. A. outside the mayor’s office – getting rid of one problem, it seems.

The report also says Tory was questioned at length about why he ran for another term in 2022, given the spectre of his relationship with Ms. A becoming public.

He said he continued on because he believed “there was unfinished business coming out of the pandemic” and was the best choice to get those things done because of his experience and political connections.

Yet again this speaks to his narcissism and complete lack of judgment.

The rest is well-documented. 

Tory resigned in February of this year leaving the city in a deteriorated state, $1.6-billion in the hole and costing Toronto taxpayers a $13-million by-election.

He also gave us socialist Olivia Chow as our current mayor, someone who is financially illiterate and totally unable to handle the tremendous issues facing Toronto.

The city may take years to recover.

His romantic entanglement and his attempts to hide his indiscretions had to have distracted him from the business of running a city. How could he keep his eye on the business at hand? For that he should be resoundingly condemned. 

Never mind that he completely betrayed the public trust.

Let us never forget that while he was ordering others to isolate, he was running around chasing a young woman 38 years his junior.

It was hubris at its finest.

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