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Premier Doug Ford’s announcement Friday that he will chop the size of Toronto Council in half and cancel four regional chair elections set off a furious game of political musical chairs.

By the time the window on mayoral nominations closed, former city planner Jennifer Keesmaat had joined the Toronto mayoral campaign and former Peel Regional Chair candidate Patrick Brown had decamped to the Brampton mayoral campaign.

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Toronto Councillors were lining up in the pro and anti Ford camps, and eyeballing each other as new competitors.

Toronto Councillor Joe Mihevc likened it to the movie and book, “Hunger Games.”

The Ford government will shortly introduce legislation that will decrease the size of Toronto Council to 25 seats from the current 44 seats, instead of increasing it to 47 seats as previously planned.

Ward boundaries will be aligned with federal and provincial riding boundaries.