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BREAKING NEWS: Following a raucous all-night legislative session that began at 12:01 a.m. Monday, the Progressive Conservatives concluded the requisite six and a half hours of second-reading debate of Bill 31.





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Controversial bill reducing the size of Toronto council clears major hurdle



Controversial bill reducing the size of Toronto council clears major hurdle

By ROBERT BENZIEQueen's Park Bureau Chief
Sun., Sept. 16, 2018
A controversial bill reducing the size of Toronto council has cleared a major hurdle.
Following a raucous all-night legislative session that began at 12:01 a.m. Monday, the Progressive Conservatives concluded the requisite six-and-a-half hours of second-reading debate of Bill 31, the Efficient Local Government Act.
Premier Doug Ford scrums outside the Assembly September 16, 2018 as Queen's Park holds a rare midnight session to begin the second reading of Bill 31, a reintroduction of Bill 5 that includes the notwithstanding clause.
Premier Doug Ford scrums outside the Assembly September 16, 2018 as Queen's Park holds a rare midnight session to begin the second reading of Bill 31, a reintroduction of Bill 5 that includes the notwithstanding clause.  (STEVE RUSSELL / TORONTO STAR)
Thwarted by the courts and stymied by legislative procedural wrangling, Premier Doug Ford took the extraordinary step of convening a House sitting beginning at 12:01 a.m. Monday.
Thwarted by the courts and stymied by legislative procedural wrangling, Premier Doug Ford took the extraordinary step of convening a House sitting beginning at 12:01 a.m. Monday.  (RICHARD LAUTENS / TORONTO STAR)
A protester shouts from the public gallery during the rare midnight session at Queen’s Park.
A protester shouts from the public gallery during the rare midnight session at Queen’s Park.  (STEVE RUSSELL / TORONTO STAR)
Former NDP MPP Cheri Di Novo spoke from the public gallery before she was kicked out.
Former NDP MPP Cheri Di Novo spoke from the public gallery before she was kicked out.  (STEVE RUSSELL / TORONTO STAR)
Members of the public gather as Queen's Park holds a rare midnight session to begin the second reading of Bill 31.
Members of the public gather as Queen's Park holds a rare midnight session to begin the second reading of Bill 31.  (STEVE RUSSELL /TORONTO STAR)
Protesters chant in front of a wall of police guarding the public entrance at Queen's Park.
Protesters chant in front of a wall of police guarding the public entrance at Queen's Park.  (STEVE RUSSELL / TORONTO STAR)
Premier Doug Ford scrums outside the Assembly September 16, 2018 as Queen's Park holds a rare midnight session to begin the second reading of Bill 31, a reintroduction of Bill 5 that includes the notwithstanding clause.
Premier Doug Ford scrums outside the Assembly September 16, 2018 as Queen's Park holds a rare midnight session to begin the second reading of Bill 31, a reintroduction of Bill 5 that includes the notwithstanding clause.  (STEVE RUSSELL / TORONTO STAR)
Thwarted by the courts and stymied by legislative procedural wrangling, Premier Doug Ford took the extraordinary step of convening a House sitting beginning at 12:01 a.m. Monday.
Thwarted by the courts and stymied by legislative procedural wrangling, Premier Doug Ford took the extraordinary step of convening a House sitting beginning at 12:01 a.m. Monday.  (RICHARD LAUTENS / TORONTO STAR)
 
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Controversial bill reducing the size of Toronto council clears major hurdle
Following a raucous all-night legislative session that began at 12:01 a.m. Monday, the Progressive Conservatives concluded the requisite six and a half hours of second-reading debate of Bill 31. The House has recessed until 10:30 a.m.

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