Former TCHC exec Gordon Chu got the city to pay for his car—twice

While Rob Ford wants to sell off Toronto Community Housing homes to raise money for repairs, the TCHC could probably find cash through some further belt-tightening. Case in point: the Globe and Mail reports that Gordon Chu, the corporation’s former CFO, pocketed his vehicle allowance while driving a fancy-sounding car leased by a TCHC subsidiary. Now the corporation is trying to get back the $57,000 it spent on Chu’s superfluous car lease over a five-year period. The story’s not that surprising, given past transgressions at the TCHC—last year, Toronto’s auditor general criticized expense reports that included spa trips, lavish holiday parties and Holt Renfrew chocolates (some of that stuff was exaggerated, but still). Chu retired back in 2010, so he avoided the general ass kicking that followed. Until now, we suppose. Read the entire story [Globe and Mail] »