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.

"What you see time and time again is that the municipal level of government is often closest to the day-to-day lives of most people", said Clark.

Asked why he didn't campaign on the plan or hold public consultations on it, Ford said he heard from thousands of people while canvassing this spring that they want a smaller government. "I said that was impractical ... and the subject was dropped after that". "People tell me that we have too many politicians making it hard to get things done and making it harder to get things built".

Ford says having fewer city councillors "will dramatically improve the decision-making process at Toronto City Hall" and save taxpayers $25 million.

The mayor says Mississauga is "perfectly capable" of governing itself and working with an appointed chair.

Calgary's city council has 14 councillors to represent 1.26 million people, resulting in each council member representing upwards of 90,000 Calgarians.

Toronto Councillors were lining up in the pro and anti Ford camps, and eyeballing each other as new competitors. Changes to Toronto's municipal election timelines would only apply to city council and school board trustee elections and would only apply for the current election cycle. "Why do we need 47 councillors?"

At a news conference Friday morning, Tory said he will propose a referendum on the issue as part of the October 22 municipal election.

"That is a discussion that I think should happen with the people", Tory said.

"This is a flawless time to do the right thing for taxpayers, not for us.... that's democracy".

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The number of wards was supposed to increase from 44 to 47 in time for this year's municipal election following a years-long boundary review process that included extensive public consultation.

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

A smaller group of councillors have supported the motion. The report also said that the model would not meet the "test of effective representation going forward", as the population of the 25 wards would vary from 96,614 to 135,298 by 2026.

"Just to do this, without any of that, seems to me undemocratic and unhelpful in terms of providing the public at large an opportunity to have their say". I stated early in my campaign, that Downsview would get change one way or another...this is a gateway to that change.

"If we hadn't scheduled the meeting here today we would have had no ability to debate this - absolutely no ability to debate this".

He said that he will also seek a legal opinion on whether the province is within its rights to unilaterally alter the size of city council. "It's not just for Toronto, it's for all of us".

"How is cutting a bunch of democratically elected local politicians square with Doug Ford's claim that his government is "for the people"?" Gord Perks accused Ford of "taking a wrecking ball to democracy".

Tory, who once practiced law, admitted that the province has broad powers over the city, but hinted that there could be language within the City of Toronto Act that could power a defence.

Several councillors joined Tory in opposing Ford's plan. Giorgio Mammoliti told CP24 on Friday morning. "I said, 'Well I don't even think that was anything that was even possible'".