Ontario Premier Doug Ford has defended his Conservative government's bill to slash the size of Toronto City Council, and the province's use of a rarely used constitutional provision to push it through.
The legislature held a ruckous and rare sitting overnight, beginning at midnight, to speed up the passage of a bill to cut Toronto's city council to 25 members from 47.
The bill was struck down by an Ontario judge last week as unconstitutional due in part to its timing so close to October's municipal election, prompting Premier Doug Ford to invoke the notwithstanding clause to override the ruling and reintroduce the bill.
Despite strong protests both inside and outside the legislature, Ford promised that the money saved by trimming government will be used to build infrastructure, housing and better transit.
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