The mayor of Toronto, one of Canada’s largest cities, John Tory, resigned following admitting to having been unfaithful to his wife for having an extramarital affair with his employee.
Just four months following being re-elected, Tory, 68, surprisingly left the Mayor’s Office through a press conference. “During the pandemic, I had a relationship with an employee of my services in a way that does not meet the standards that I set for myself as mayor and as a father,” he said.
In this way, he communicated that he made the decision to resign from his position “to have time to reflect on the mistakes you made” y “do what is necessary to regain trust” of his family.
After that, he defined his extramarital relationship as “a serious error of judgment” before apologizing to society, his colleagues, his wife and his family, according to information from AFP.
The relationship ended “by mutual consent earlier this year”; In turn, the mayor assured that he reported this relationship to a Toronto ethics officer. The employee, for her part, abandoned her position at the City Hall.
The transition following the scandal in Toronto
Tory’s resignation came just an hour following the scandal was uncovered thanks to a publication in the local newspaper Toronto Stara note that brought to light the extramarital relationship with a much younger employee.
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Although the mayor assured during the conference that he will start working on the transition, He has not yet submitted his formal resignation.so the deadlines and steps to follow are unknown.
In this regard, the Premier of Ontario, Doug Ford, issued a statement to thank Tory for his management and said that “he will be remembered as a dedicated and hard-working mayor who served as a constant leader during the most difficult days of the pandemic.”
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