Their public spats helped build Toronto. Can they get along in private?

I’ve watched politicians disagree with each other rather badly over the last four decades, and it’s easy to forget that so much of that rude behavior is just theatre.

I got the perfect reminder recently, when more than 40 former Toronto city councillors got together for a lunch in East York, organized by community activist Justin Van Dette. Van Dette has been a political staffer and organizer, and thought a reunion might raise a few thousand bucks for the Second Harvest food bank. So, off he went to put something together. (Coincidentally, Second Harvest is now run by former Toronto city councillor Mike Layton.) … […]

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