Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will keep his job after an Ontario divisional court today overturned a removal order.
The path that led to Ford's possible ouster from office began in March of last year, when Toronto resident Paul Magder brought forward a complaint alleging that the mayor had violated the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act during a council vote.
Magder alleged the mayor had violated conflict-of-interest rules when participating in a February 2012 council vote on a matter in which he had a financial interest — a vote that ultimately absolved him of paying back $3,150 in funds donated to his private football foundation while Ford was still a councillor.
In 2010, the city's integrity commissioner had recommended in a report to council that Ford repay the funds, as they had been collected from lobbyist and corporate donors.
Council accepted the integrity commissioner's report, though Ford did not repay the funds as time passed.
Months after the report to council, Ford was elected mayor of Toronto. But the controversy surrounding the funds continued, with the integrity commissioner reporting to council in 2011 that Ford had not complied with her recommendations.
That led to an occasion in which a motion was moved to rescind council's original decision from two years before, which would mean that the mayor wouldn't have to reimburse the donors of the $3,150. Ford voted on this motion and spoke to a preceding motion that same day, both of which were part of Magder's contention that the mayor had violated conflict-of-interest rules.
That complaint led to a short trial in September, in which Ford admitted that he had never read the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act, or a handbook given to city councillors about their obligations regarding conflicts of interest.
In late November, Justice Charles T. Hackland of the Ontario Superior Court ordered that Ford should be removed from office, ruling that the mayor did violate the act by speaking and participating in the council vote.
But his ruling did not take effect immediately, as Hackland acknowledged that the decision would "necessitate administrative changes in the City of Toronto."
After Hackland's decision, Ford applied for and was granted a stay of the decision, which allowed him to remain in office while his appeal went ahead.
The divisional court heard his appeal during a hearing on Jan. 7, after which the judges indicated they would return a decision on the matter expeditiously. That decision was publicly released at 10:30 a.m. on Friday.
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