RideFairTO also cited Keerthana Rang, who was senior manager of communications in Tory’s office from 2015 to 2018, and worked on his 2018 campaign. Given the contentiousness of the issue, it wasn’t unusual for the mayor’s office to be lobbied from all sides, including the taxi industry that was opposed to Uber, Peat said. Glen said she has never used her connections in the mayor’s office to improperly advance Uber’s interests. Toronto’s integrity commissioner investigated Uber’s connections to the mayor’s office in 2016, following a complaint focused on Duffy and Kouvalis. But she found that a former campaign staffer lobbying the mayor’s office on behalf of Uber could give rise to the “reasonable perception” that the mayor’s office might give “preferred treatment” to someone who helped him get elected.

Source: thestar July 14, 2022 20:30 UTC