This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
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Even though the verdict has been announced, the legal chronicle following the decision against Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s conflict-of-interest case is far from over. Ford is preparing himself with an attitude to fight “tooth and nail” against the court order asking him to vacate his office in 13 days.
Only a few hours after the Ontario Superior Court Judge, Charles Hackland, announced his decision on the verdict on Monday, Ford stated in a hinting tone that he is going to appeal and seek a stay-of-removal order. If that is granted, it will hold Hackland’s decision from being applied in effect until further considered by the courts, making Ford’s job valid for the time being. Ford even implied that incase his appeal fails, he will still find a way to come back. Ford stated on Monday that “If they do for some reason get me out, I’ll be running right back at them” and “as soon as the next election is, if there’s a byelection, I’ll have my name — first one on the ballot.”
However, the legal experts totally disagree and comprehend that Ford will never be allowed to participate in a byelection, and if he is somehow allowed to do so, he will still have to wait until Toronto’s next general election in 2014. Ford’s case is almost similar to a separate conflict-of-interest case involving William Hawrelak, a mayor of Edmonton in the 1950s, who was allowed to return to political office four years later. Hawrelak was removed due to a Sun-Alta land scandal.
Ford will never learn from his mistakes. His blatant refusal to accept the court’s ruling and his promise to not respect a failed ruling on his appeal, is only going to hurt him more. I’d say Ford is grasping at straws, but he used up all the straws in the first court case.