Mayor John Tory says he’d like to see the Expos return to Montreal.

And he’s willing to sign on the dotted line to make it happen.

Tory will travel to Montreal this weekend to sign a cooperation agreement with the city which includes a baseball pledge.

Under the agreement, Toronto will support Montreal’s bid to return Major League Baseball to the city.

“The Ville de Montreal and the City of Toronto shall work together on promoting baseball in the hopes of eventually re-establishing another great sports rivalry between the two cities,” the agreement states.

Tory, who will head to Montreal Saturday to see a sold-out Toronto Blue Jays exhibition game, told the Toronto Sun he’d like to see that city get its team back. He will meet with Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre Saturday for the game and a business meeting.

“It would be fun to have a team back in Montreal,” he said. “It certainly looks like there is some kind of a fan base to support it.”

Tory said he knows Coderre is working through a number of challenges on the issue, including the condition of Olympic Stadium. But don’t count Coderre out, he said.

“This is a guy you don’t mess with,” he said. “He’s like a freight train coming down the track when he wants to do something.”

Tory said he will attend the game but will leave throwing out the first pitch to Coderre. He will be on the field to talk to players but said he’ll avoid fraternizing with the enemy since the Jays play the Boston Red Sox.

“I probably won’t speak to the Red Sox players because, well, I don’t want to be discourteous,” Tory joked. “I don’t have any interest in making friends with them particularly.”

Beyond baseball, the cooperation agreement with Montreal would also see the cities work together on issues like infrastructure, social housing and sustainability.