Source: www.huffingtonpost.com --- Thursday, September 06, 2012
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has no credibility and can't be believed when he says he did no wrong in connection to allegations he violated conflict of interest rules, says the lawyer who has cross-examined Ford. Ford was questioned for four hours on Wednesday by Clayton Ruby about his refusal to repay $3,150 in donations to his football foundation ? something Janet Leiper, the city's integrity commissioner, had first asked him to do in 2010, and then repeated that request on several occasions. The court will decide if Ford's participation in a debate on Feb. 7 over the issue and in a subsequent council vote that let him off the hook for the money put the mayor in a conflict of interest as defined by the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act (MCIA). Ruby told a Toronto courtroom on Thursday that he doesn't believe Ford made an honest error of judgment when he spoke and voted on the issue. Ruby said Ford, who was first elected to council in 2000, and then as mayor in 2010, has no credibility on the matter. The mayor's "peculiar definition of conflict" doesn't mesh with his extensive experience on council, Ruby said. Ford asserted in court on Wednesday that his interpretation of a conflict of interest, as defined by the act, only occurs if a council member speaks or acts on a matter in which both the city and that member stand to benefit. Ruby said that is not the correct interpretation of the act, which Ford admitted on Wednesday he had ne ...
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/09/06/toronto-mayor-rob-ford-la_n_1862913.html
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