a conservative candidacy for mayor. Thompson denied he was thinking of a mayoral run. Thompson and other Scarborough-area city councillors are currently campaigning to replace the Scarborough RT with a tunnelled extension of the Bloor-Danforth subway, arguing they could gain more ridership than the proposed Spadina line extension to York University. Thompson had an expense claim of $300 to have his office blessed by a local Baptist Pastor in December 2010. In November 2013, during the Rob Ford scandal over his behavior and drug use, city Councillors met to question Ford. Thompson questioned Ford about an alleged crack house. Ford replied "Have you visited the house? Have you walked in the house?" Thompson replied "I have no interest in being in that house. I am not a crack user." Thompson was re-elected in the 2014 municipal election with over 80% of the vote. In May 2017, Thompson helped Air Canada crew and other passengers restrain an unruly passenger who allegedly tried to open a cabin door on a flight from Jamaica to Toronto, which had to subsequently be diverted to Orlando, Florida. Thompson ran for Councillor for Toronto City Council in the 2018 municipal election in the newly expanded Ward 21 Scarborough Center, created as a result of the Toronto ward boundary changes imposed by the Ontario government of Doug Ford in the middle of the campaign, winning with a large plurality. He largely supported the proposed cut in the number of city councillors from 50 to 25. In 2019, Toronto Mayor John Tory named Thompson the city's first Ambassador for the Night Economy, a role created to help spotlight and support businesses that flourish when the daytime economy sleeps. During the 2022 municipal election, Thompson was charged with two counts of sexual assault by the Muskoka district Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment. In a statement following the news, Mayor Tory announced that Thompson had agreed to step down as chair of the city's economic development committee and as deputy mayor. Election results References External links Living people Businesspeople from Toronto Toronto city councillors Concordia University alumni People from Scarborough, Toronto Black Canadian politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Black Canadian businesspeople Canadian people of Jamaican descent