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Since Premier Doug Ford believes downsizing Toronto council for the Oct. 22 municipal election is so vital to democracy that he’s going to take the unprecedented step in Ontario of using the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause to impose it, it raises an obvious question.

Why didn’t he campaign on it in the June provincial election?

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This isn’t Ford doing what he said he would do.

He’s doing what he didn’t say he would do, and warning he may use the notwithstanding clause to pass other laws if they’re deemed unconstitutional by activist judges.

While I support the premier’s goal — to downsize Toronto’s dysfunctional council from 47 seats to 25 — all Fordhad to do, given Superior Court Justice Edward Belobaba’s surprising ruling on Monday declaring Bill 5, The Better Local Government Act,unconstitutional, was to re-introduce it with some fine tuning for the 2022 Toronto election.

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Instead, Ford is recalling the legislature on Wednesday to re-pass Bill 5 in order for it to take effect for the Oct. 22 civic election, while appealing Belobaba’s decision to the Ontario Court of Appeal.