Mayor Mel contracted Hepatitis C during a blood transfusion in 1989 while he was still mayor of North York, Ontario. He was elected mayor of Toronto and served until his retirement in 2003. It has been reported that he started to appear frail on the job due to his Hepatitis.
Lastman was the subject of a judicial inquiry in 2002 over the misappropriation of about $43 billion of tax payer money in which he admitted that he had no idea how the cities funds had been spent.
This report has been updated to include a video of Mel Lastman and his son supporting the Streetsville Santa Claus Parade. The source URL has been updated as well.