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On Monday, Toronto City Council voted to take the provincial government to court over its sudden decision, in the middle of an election campaign, to reduce council’s complement from 47 members to 25 — one for each federal and provincial riding in the city.

The vote was 27-15, and if that strikes you as less-than-resounding opposition to unprecedented political meddling by a score-settling premier in the economic capital of a G7 country, you should know the vote was only 24-17 even to politely convey city council’s displeasure.

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The takeaway: Even a lot of people who run this city don’t take this city very seriously. And on Tuesday, yet more compelling evidence arrived: official notice that King Street between Spadina and University avenues will yet again be closed to all but pedestrian traffic for four days, Sept. 6-9, for the Toronto International Film Festival.

TIFF calls the sealed off area “Festival Street.” It “promises four jam-packed days of free activities and a new rooftop party.” It is, we are to believe, incompatible with King Street streetcars which, as of June, carry 80,000 people a day.