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Hutton: Merry Christmas and a Happy Election Year, Ontario should have a resign-to-run law

It’s time to legally require municipal politicians to step down once they have filed their papers for nomination for federal or provincial office, columnist Deb Hutton writes.

Published Dec 21, 2017 at 12:01pm

Hutton: Merry Christmas and a Happy Election Year, Ontario should have a resign-to-run law

TORONTO, ON – NOVEMBER 7 – Shelley Carroll, Toronto Councillor, Ward 33 Don Valley East, speaks in Toronto City Hall council chamber. Toronto Mayor John Tory and councillors debated the Bloor St. cycling lanes and TTC/GO fare integration. November 7, 2017. Bernard Weil/Toronto Star

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