The mayor of Toronto resigns after admitting that he had an extramarital affair with an employee

The mayor of the Canadian city of Toronto, John Tory, presented his resignation unexpectedly after it was made public that he maintained a extramarital affair during the height of the pandemic with whom he was an employee at the time, 37 years younger than him. “At that time, I had a relationship with an employee from my office who did not meet the standards that I have set for myself as a mayor and a family man,” the mayor declared at a press conference reported by the ‘CBC’ chain.

The relationship ended at the beginning of the year “by mutual consent,” added the mayor, before reiterating that he made “a serious mistake” on his part. “I am very sorry and I apologize unreservedly before the people of Toronto and all those whom I have harmed with my actions, including my colleagues and public servants whom I respect so much,” Tory said, adding: “Above all, I want to apologize to my wife , Barb, and my entire family, whom I have disappointed more than anyone.”

Tory announced her resignation at a press conference an hour after the newspaper ‘The Toronto Star’ reveal the details of the relationship. The 68-year-old mayor, who had been re-elected to office in October 2022, called the relationship “an error of judgement.”

The politician has been married since 1978 and He has four children and six grandchildren.. Tory, a prominent conservative businessman who first became mayor of Toronto in 2014, said he was resigning because he doesn’t want the mayor’s image to suffer from the scandal.

Precisely, in 2014, Tory replaced another conservative politician, Rob Ford, who between 2010 and 2014 plunged the mayoralty into a chain of scandals. Ford, who suffered from drug and alcohol addiction, appeared on several occasions drunk in public. In 2013 He was accused of sexually assaulting a woman. and shortly thereafter, a video was released showing the mayor of Toronto smoking “crack”, a form of cocaine.