TORONTO — The mayor of Toronto is recommending that a stadium be named after his infamous predecessor — the late Rob Ford. In a letter to council, John Tory calls for the renaming of a stadium at Centennial Park, in the city’s west end, to Rob Ford Memorial Stadium. He also established the Rob Ford Football Foundation, a program that helps fund football programs in high schools across the city. Tory says it would be fitting, in light of Ford’s many years of work on football programs, to rename a football stadium to honour Ford, who died in March 2016 from a rare and aggressive form of cancer. Tory also is recommending council honour two other city council members who have died recently — deputy mayor Pam McConnell, and Coun.

Source: National Post September 28, 2017 22:30 UTC