Beginning at 9:30 a.m. and extending through to the next morning, the City of Toronto’s Executive Committee — led by Mayor Rob Ford — heard more than one hundred and fifty deputations from a diverse group of citizens. In a sincere bid to ensure that the passion, insight and creativity displayed over the course of that epic meeting is not forgotten, Ford For Toronto will be posting a deputation video every weekday for the month of August.
Deputant: Alison Gorbould (twitter)
Occupation:Â Unspecified, though she assures the committee she is not a union member
Political History:Â Former member of the Toronto Public Space Committee
Scheduled Speaker No.:Â 219;Â Actual Speaker No.:Â 134
Note:Â Alison’s response to Matlow, where she asks “May I respond as if you asked me a question?”, is incredibly witty, especially given that it was like 5 a.m. when she spoke.
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