This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
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Toronto’s Mayor and Deputy Mayor have clashed over two crucial decisions as confusion prevails over who exercises authority over city’s response to the ice storm. Both leaders have difference of opinion over whether or not to call in the army for help, and whether the city should have declared a state of emergency during the recent ice storm.
In a statement issued on Friday by Toronto’s Mayor, Rob Ford, he stressed that his office is “concerned” about Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly’s inclination towards calling in the army to help with the cleanup. Meanwhile, on the other hand, Mr. Kelly has repeatedly criticized Mr. Ford’s decision of refusing to declare a state of emergency after the storm last month, as he mentioned that the city will “never know” what resources it might have lost because of that decision. Apart from that, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne also alleged that she has spoken with Mr. Kelly on Friday about asking Ottawa to request military assistance on Toronto’s behalf. She alleged that “if the city has a request to make, they can make that request of us and then we’ll work with them.”
In response to Mr. Kelly’s statement from earlier this week about his staff making “exploratory calls” about the possibility of asking the army to help clear away fallen tree branches, Mayor Ford alleged that calling in the army would “undermine the efforts” of city staff. In a statement issued by the mayor’s office, it was mentioned that “the mayor sees no need to call in the army when we have over 600 staff dedicated to clean up efforts.”
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