‘Someone needed to call out’ Toronto Mayor John Tory for his affair with staffer, says women’s advocate

Despite the fact that Tory had a consensual relationship with a woman who worked for him as mayor, ‘you cannot separate the power dynamic from the relationship,’ says Kristin Raworth.

The fact some people are encouraging John Tory to stay on as Toronto’s mayor after he announced his resignation on Feb. 10 in the wake of news he’d had an affair with a staffer ‘normalizes the behaviour’ that's all-too prevalent in political workplaces, says an advocate. Screenshot courtesy of CBC News

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BY CHRISTOPHER GULY

February 15, 2023

If John Tory holds to his intention to step down as mayor of Toronto following his Feb. 10 announcement of an inappropriate relationship with a younger female employee in his office, former MP John Nunziata told The Hill Times that he would consider entering the rac...

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