Hazel McCallion, also known as ‘Hurricane Hazel’ (‘Hurricane Hazel’), has signed the contract for her new runway at Canada’s largest airport. The Guardian writes that the former mayor is not yet ready to take it easy.
‘Encyclopedic knowledge’
Canada’s transport minister congratulated the centenarian and praised her four decades of service to the state. He is confident that McCallion will oversee Canada’s largest airport in the coming years.
In recent years, McCallion served as a special counsel to the University of Toronto, who admired her “encyclopedic knowledge of politics.”
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According to The Guardian, the Canadian is known for ruling ‘with a blunt axe’. Her combativeness made her famous and infamous during her time as mayor of Mississauga, a city near Toronto.
‘An icon’
The Prime Minister of Ontario, the Canadian state of which Toronto is a part, called McCallion “a Canadian icon” during her 100th birthday party last year.
Scientist Tom Urbaniak wrote a book about McCallion. “A former prime minister once said, ‘She’s the only politician in Ontario who terrifies me,'” Urbaniak told the British newspaper.
Urbaniak couldn’t help but smile when he learned that the 101-year-old will be the airport manager, he says. “She will remain active for as long as possible. In the past, she fought for years with the former head of the airport. He thought he would beat McCallion, but failed.”
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