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Ontario Premier Doug Ford has suggested that Ottawa city council might soon come under the same kind of scrutiny as Toronto’s.

In an interview with Global News Radio 640 Toronto, Ford was asked if he intends to shrink other city councils in the province in the same way he’s cutting Toronto’s almost in half.

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“Right now, we said we’re going to focus on this. But I’ve had numerous calls from Ottawa. I tell you, I don’t know what’s going on out in Ottawa,” Ford told guest host Anthony Furey, who normally hosts National Post Radio on SiriusXM Canada.

“But I’m getting endless calls from the Ottawa region,” the premier continued. “As a matter of fact, I’ve been getting calls from all over the province.”

Ford made the comments after announcing that his government will use the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause to effect a dramatic reduction in the size of Toronto city council.

“We’ve made a lot of decisions over the years politically,” Ford said, “and I’ve never made a decision that was so popular than this decision. And again, it’s within the constitution. We’re following the constitution, because if it wasn’t in the constitution, we wouldn’t be doing it.”