The Responsible Government Group was a caucus

Caucus

A caucus is a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement, especially in the United States and Canada. As the use of the term has been expanded the exact definition has come to vary among political cultures.-Origin of the term:...

 of centre-right Toronto City Councillors who formed an unofficial opposition to then Toronto Mayor David Miller

David Miller (Canadian politician)

David Raymond Miller is a Canadian politician. He was the 63rd Mayor of Toronto and the second since the 1998 amalgamation. He was elected to the position in 2003 for a three-year term and re-elected in 2006 for a four-year term...

 and his mostly left-wing supporters on council in the last two years of Miller's final term.

The group was launched in March 2009 and included Case Ootes

Case Ootes

Case Ootes is a former city councillor in Toronto, Canada, for Ward 29 Toronto—Danforth. He represented one of the two Toronto—Danforth wards...

, Karen Stintz

Karen Stintz

Karen Stintz is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada. She represents Ward 16, one of two municipal wards enclosed within the federal-provincial riding of Eglinton—Lawrence....

, David Shiner

David Shiner (politician)

David Shiner is a city councillor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He represents ward 24, one of the two wards in Willowdale.-Background:He is the son of the late Esther Shiner, who served on the borough and later city council of the City of North York as alderman, and later as a member of the Board of...

, Peter Milczyn

Peter Milczyn

Peter Milczyn is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada. He represents one of the two Etobicoke—Lakeshore wards, Ward 5 Etobicoke-Lakeshore. Born in Etobicoke, he attended Etobicoke Collegiate Institute and the University of Toronto where he got a degree in architecture.He set up his own...

, John Parker

John Parker (Canadian politician)

John L. Parker is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 1999. He is now Toronto city councillor for Ward 26, Don Valley West.-Background:...

, Chin Lee

Chin Lee

Chin Lee is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada from Scarborough for Ward 41 Scarborough-Rouge River.Lee is a Malaysian-Chinese Canadian who was elected to Toronto City Council in the November 2006 civic elections to Ward 41 - Scarborough-Rouge River. He replaces former councillor and current MPP...

, Frances Nunziata

Frances Nunziata

Frances Nunziata is a Toronto city councillor for Ward 11 York South-Weston . She is the sister of former Member of Parliament John Nunziata....

, Cesar Palacio

Cesar Palacio

Cesar Palacio is a Toronto city councillor for Ward 17 Davenport . He is the first Hispanic person to be elected to Toronto's City Council.-Biography:...

, Cliff Jenkins

Cliff Jenkins

Cliff Jenkins was a city councillor in Toronto, Canada, for Ward 25, one of the two Don Valley West wards. He was defeated in the election held on October 25, 2010....

, Brian Ashton

Brian Ashton (politician)

Brian Ashton was a city councillor in Toronto, Canada, representing Ward 36 Scarborough Southwest. He did not run for re-election in the 2010 municipal election and was succeeded by Gary Crawford.-Career:...

, Michael Feldman

Mike Feldman

Michael "Mike" Feldman was city councillor for Ward 10 from 1992 to 2010, and former Deputy Mayor, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Feldman was first elected in 1992 to the City Council of what was then the City of North York...

, Michael Del Grande and Denzil Minnan-Wong

Denzil Minnan-Wong

Denzil Minnan-Wong is a Toronto city councillor representing one of the two Don Valley East wards, Toronto City Council Ward 34. He is the son of Denzil Minnan-Wong, Sr., a Chinese immigrant who became a prominent member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. His father died in 1988 at...

. The group was led by Ootes and Stintz.

Several other right-wing councillors, most notably Rob Ford

Rob Ford

Robert Bruce "Rob" Ford is the 64th and current Mayor of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was first elected to city council in the 2000 Toronto municipal election, and was re-elected to his council seat in 2003 and again in 2006...

 and Doug Holyday

Doug Holyday

Doug Holyday is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada, who represents Ward 3 which is part of Etobicoke Centre, He is also Deputy Mayor of Toronto.Holyday has lived his entire life in Etobicoke, and was a successful businessman before entering political life....

, never joined the group.

In the summer of 2009 the RGG was critical of Mayor Miller's handling of the 2009 City of Toronto inside and outside workers strike

2009 City of Toronto inside and outside workers strike

The 2009 City of Toronto inside and outside workers strike was a legal strike action that was undertaken by the Toronto Civic Employees Union, a subsidiary of the Canadian Union of Public Employees in the city of Toronto.It involved approximately 24,000 city employees.-Background:On June 22 at...

 and announced that it would be voting against ratification of the settlement between Miller and the striking CUPE locals.

The RGG was not active as an organised entity during the 2010 election

Toronto municipal election, 2010

The 2010 Toronto municipal election was held on October 25, 2010 to elect a mayor and 44 city councillors in Toronto, Canada. In addition, school trustees were elected to the Toronto District School Board, Toronto Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest and...

and did not issue a campaign platform or run candidates.

Following the election, which saw conservative Rob Ford elected mayor, a number of former RGG members were appointed to senior positions in Ford's administration.