- Michael Thompson
As they are saying in soccer, Scarborough councillor, Micheal Thompson has thrown within the towel. Seven months after being named to an elite crew of metropolis politicians put collectively by Mayor Olivia Chow to maintain a reign on Toronto’s FIFA World Cup internet hosting duties, Thompson has stop the crew.
The Digicam tried to contact the councillor final week on quite a lot of points, with out success. The paper was unaware of his resignation till phrase got here from the mayor’s workplace.
In an announcement to the media Mayor Chow mentioned Michael Thompson notified her final Wednesday that he can be “stepping away” from the 2026 FIFA World Cup 2026 steering committee.
When Chow arrange a committee to make sure Toronto makes it by way of the FIFA World Cup in 2026 with out dropping its monetary shirt, Thompson was one among solely 4 councillors to be positioned on the committee. Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie, in addition to councillors Shelley Carroll, Deputy Mayor Mike Colle, and Michael Thompson had been made members on the committee together with different metropolis officers.
Michael Thompson has not issued a public assertion as to why he left the FIFA World Cup high-profile committee.
