Appeal granted: Toronto printer Rob Ford keeps his job as mayor

The verdict is just in:  Toronto’s printer Mayor Rob Ford will remain in office after winning his appeal of a November court ruling evicting him as mayor over a conflict-of-interest violation.  

His legal opponents plan to apply for leave to appeal yet again, this time to the Supreme Court of Canada.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1319970--mayor-rob-ford-wins-appeal-will-stay-in-office

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2013/01/25/toronto-mayor-rob-ford-decision.html

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/toronto-mayor-rob-ford-wins-appeal-will-stay-in-office/article7848448/

http://metronews.ca/news/toronto/523947/breaking-rob-ford-wins-appeal-keeps-his-job-as-mayor-of-toronto/

http://www.680news.com/2013/01/25/verdict-in-ford-appeal-expected-friday/

http://o.canada.com/2013/01/25/rob-fords-legal-opponents-comment-on-appeal-ruling-that-favours-toronto-mayor/

For more background, please see my blog post of 27 November 2012:

http://vicg8.blogspot.ca/2012/11/torontos-printer-mayor-rob-ford-will.html 

Toronto’s printer Mayor Rob Ford will fight court ruling to remove him from office

Toronto’s printer Mayor Rob Ford says he will appeal yesterday’s verdict by Ontario Superior Court Justice Charles Hackland to remove Mr. Ford from office. The judge ruled that the mayor of two years violated the Municipal Conflict-of-Interest Act by speaking and voting in city council on a motion that recommended Mr. Ford repay $3,150 he improperly solicited from city hall lobbyists for his private football foundation.  In anticipation of potential disruptions to both Toronto’s civic government and the judicial system, Mr. Justice Hackland put his ruling on hold for 14 days to go into effect December 10^th.

In response, Mr. Ford (left centre) says that besides appealing the decision, he will also seek a stay from Divisional Court to keep him in office beyond December 10^th until the appeal process is finished.  He also says that, if he loses the appeal, he will run again in the by-election to fill the office he has vacated pending the general election of 2014.

Rob Ford and his family are owners of Deco Labels and Tags (Toronto, Chicago, and New Jersey).
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As you can see from the sampling of Web links below, journalists and bloggers are having a field day of speculation as they consider possible interpretations and future results of these latest events.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/toronto-mayor-rob-ford-removed-from-office-vows-to-appeal/article5661417/

http://www.globalnews.ca/video/raw+video++rob+ford+confirms+he+will+appeal+guilty+verdict/video.html?v=2309524527#canada

http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/toronto/citynews/news/video/237927--mayor-rob-ford-to-appeal-judge-s-guilty-ruling-in-conflict-of-interest-case

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1293190--mayor-rob-ford-guilty-kicked-from-office-but-can-run-again
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/11/25/toronto-ford-conflict-case-decision-release.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/11/26/f-rob-ford-mayor-future.html

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/cityhallpolitics/article/1293441--fiorito-judge-s-rob-ford-decision-was-not-about-the-money

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/rob-ford-too-stubborn-to-be-mayor/article5707594/

Addendum:  A few more links from 28 November 2012:
http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/28/rob-ford-says-hes-sorry-but-pledges-to-fight-to-stay-as-mayor-to-finish-job/

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/cityhallpolitics/article/1293585--rob-ford-s-appeal-will-be-filed-in-the-next-couple-days
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/cityhallpolitics/article/1294164--plan-c-a-ford-switcheroo

http://metronews.ca/news/toronto/456483/if-rob-ford-cant-run-in-byelection-its-dougs-turn-for-mayor/

http://news.nationalpost.com/tag/rob-ford/

Packaging updates

"Pack Balancing Act", my October-2010 column in PrintAction, reports on the latest developments in packaging in Canada--including the recently implemented PACSecure food safety certification program. https://www.box.net/shared/8xzv4kk0tn

Regrettably, I just noticed a typo in the October issue (paragraph 4, page 32), which erroneously states:  "Already PACSecure has certified a dozen or so progressive Canadian packaging companies ...".  Instead, it should have read "half a dozen or so".  In fact, as recently as PAC's 27-Oct-2010 recall and traceability workshop in Toronto, the number of companies to have become certified under PACSecure was exactly 6.  The program is that new!  Additionally, my November-2010 column reports that Deco Labels and Tags is poised to become Canada's first label company to achieve certification under PACSecure. https://www.box.net/shared/lx31eionez

Prior to the publication of both these columns, I was delighted to have begun exchanging news with several international packaging contacts via LinkedIn.  Now or in future, I'd welcome further feedback on the complex and urgent demands being placed on packagers regarding food safety, environmental sustainability, and other topical issues, in Canada, the U.S., and other countries around the globe.

Doug Ford to donate councillor's salary to charity

Doug Ford, president of Deco Labels and Tags, recently elected Toronto city councillor, and older brother of Toronto mayor-elect Rob Ford, plans to donate his entire councillor’s salary (about $100,000 annually) to community organizations during his four-year term of office.

http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontovotes2010/2010/10/26/15840566.html

Label printer Rob Ford elected Toronto's 64th mayor

In today’s municipal election, Rob Ford, CFO and principal of Deco Labels and Tags and a Toronto city councillor for the past decade, has just been elected mayor of Toronto.  His older brother, Doug Ford, Jr., has also just been elected the replacement city councillor in Rob's old ward.  

http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20101025/election-day-101025/20101025/?hub=TorontoNewHome

http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/10/25/ford-brothers-to-band-together-at-city-hall-doug-wins-ward-2/

Rob is scheduled to take over as mayor on December 1^st. As far as we know at PrintAction Magazine, it will be the first time a printer has occupied the city’s mayoral office since William Lyon Mackenzie was elected Toronto’s first mayor in 1834.

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0004947