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Originally Posted by Roughneck
Whether or not it should be allowed is up to the provincial government of Ontario. As the law is written the bench didn't have a choice. Would you rather the bench make decisions based on harsh laws, or overrule the laws made by a democratically elected legislature?
Ford let it get to that point and gave the judge no other choice. He convinced them he knew what he was doing and that it wasn't a trivial dollar amount. It was probably one of the easiest rulings the judge has had to make, all the while wondering how the leader of the biggest city in the country could have let it get to that point.
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I think Ford's arguement that given his Salary as mayor relative to the 3000 dollars is valid. The amount is inconsequential. For example this trial probaly lasted a day so you had 2 lawyers, a judge, a clerk minimum billing 8hrs to the case. So minimum this case cost $7500 to the taxpayer. So a conflict of interest over 3000 dollars is insignificant relative to the costs of pursuing justice.
To say the judge did not have a choice is not true. He ruled specifically that 3000 was not an insignificant amount. I argue that this is incorrect