in december 2010, the toronto city council put him on the ttc board of directors. he was one of the five people that voted to fire gary webster in 2012, who was the general manager of the ttc. after the firing of webster, the five people were removed from the ttc board. they were removed because many of the councillors did not agree with rob ford. in 2014 he was put back on the ttc board after john tory was elected as mayor.