Ford doesn’t sit on the committee, but the motion was introduced by fellow Etobicoke councillor Stephen Holyday on his behalf. The motion was a last-minute addition to the meeting agenda and no TTC staff were present to speak to it. In pursuing the study Councillor Ford was following in the footsteps of his uncle, the late mayor Rob Ford, who rarely missed an opportunity to rail against streetcars, which he claimed unfairly obstructed car traffic. Perruzza, who voted against the motion, jokingly suggested deleting the word “streetcar” from Councillor Ford’s motion and replacing it with “trolley,” the term that Rob Ford frequently used to deride the vehicles. The committee approved a motion for staff to come back to council next month with more information about Councillor Ford’s request.

Source: thestar June 08, 2017 19:41 UTC