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Rocco Rossi says if elected mayor he would work to institute a system that would give voters the power to throw out municipal politicians before their four-year term is up.

Known as “voter recall” and employed in jurisdictions in the United States and British Columbia, Mr. Rossi said he would start working on the issue on “day one” of his administration, and within six months forward a resolution to the province “demanding that voter recall become law.” It’s up to Queen’s Park to make it a reality.

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“The sad fact is that in this town, it’s a whole lot easier to get rid of a broken blender than it is to recall a rogue politician,” Mr. Rossi said. “And that’s not right.”

He said he would use community consultation to determine the right threshold number for recall. In British Columbia, a petition to recall a member of the legislative assembly requires the signatures of more than 40% of registered voters in the last election, in the district in question.