Toronto Mayor John Tory spoke at City council on Oct. 4 in support of the motion to rename the Centennial Park Stadium to the "Rob Ford Memorial Stadium." City council rejected the plan by a vote of 11-24. (courtesy: Toronto City Council/YouTube)
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There will be no “Rob Ford Memorial Stadium” in Toronto.
City council rejected the proposal late Wednesday night to rename Centennial Park Stadium after the late Ward 2 Etobicoke North city councillor whose turbulent 2010-2014 term as mayor included revelations he smoked crack cocaine and lied about it for months.
Mayor John Tory tabled the proposal, along with recommendations for consultation, saying that he knew it was controversial.
The proposal came at the request of the Ford family, Tory noted. “In all of my dealings as mayor ... I try to be generous and to put politics to the side,” the mayor, who beat Rob Ford’s brother Doug to become mayor in 2014, told council.
Tory said he was “erring on the side of generosity.” He said Ford had his supporters, who saw him as a diligent public servant but, Tory said, he also recognized that Ford as mayor had done things “hurtful” to many people in Toronto.
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