8 mayoral hopefuls weigh in on how they'd handle the Eglinton Crosstown debacle
Candidates' solutions range from suing Metrolinx to mediating talks
The consortium of companies building the troubled Eglinton Crosstown project, Crosslinx, says it plan to sue Metrolinx and Infrastructure Ontario, alleging the provincial transit agency has failed to retain an operator for the unfinished transit line.
Metrolinx CEO Phil Verster has said the provincial Crown corporation will "defend this latest legal challenge." But many worry the move will delay an already years-late project.
Although the line is a provincial project, some candidates running for the city's top political post want to assure residents similar issues won't plague other transit projects.
CBC Toronto asked eight mayoral candidates what they would do about the transit debacle if elected and why Torontonians should put their faith in them. Here's what they had to say.
Change public-private partnerships: Josh Matlow
Josh Matlow says he would ensure that a public inquiry happens into the
Eglinton Crosstown takes place if he is elected mayor. (Claude
Beaudoin/CBC)
Josh Matlow called the public-private partnership between the provincial crown corporation and Crosslinx a "complete boondoggle".
If elected, he says, he would ensure an independent inquiry into the Crosstown project.
"We have private contractors mismanaging transit expansion projects in the middle of our city that legally, because they're working for the provincial agency, have more power than city hall... That's not functional. It's not acceptable and I'm going to be demanding that changes as mayor."
Matlow says he would ensure projects are done publicly to ensure direct control for the city.
Mitzie Hunter says 'we need to stand up' to consortium
Mitzie Hunter says she would ensure that there is competency in the oversight of major large-scale projects. (CBC)
Mitzie Hunter said Metrolinx must push back against the consortium.
"We need to stand up to those who have let us down," she said.
Hunter said she is particularly concerned about the impact the delays have had for small businesses in Little Jamaica, some of whom were forced to close their doors for good because of construction delays.
"As mayor, I will ensure that there is competency in the oversight of major large-scale projects like the transit projects that are underway and hold those responsible, absolutely accountable for the delivery of on time, on budget projects," she said.
Sue Metrolinx, says Anthony Furey
Anthony Furey says he would sue Metrolinx over the handling on the project. (CBC)
Anthony Furey said he'd commence legal action against Metrolinx "for their contractual breaches and persistent failures over the Eglinton Crosstown LRT."
"As mayor, my suing Metrolinx for breach of contract over the Crosstown fiasco sends the signal that the people of Toronto won't be willing to accept the same situation with the Ontario Line," he said.
"We can't take this quietly anymore," said Furey. "Toronto has to start making some noise."
Furey also said he'd distribute any proceeds received from legal action to businesses and BIAs along Eglinton Avenue.
'The era of passing the buck is over': Brad Bradford
Brad
Bradford says he would do all he could to ensure the city is doing
everything it can to make the provincial project move along as quickly
as possible. (Shawn Jeffords/CBC)
Brad Bradford called the situation "another example of failed leadership at Metrolinx."
He said the province needs to hold Metrolinx to account for the project going off the rails and has repeatedly said there should be a change in leadership at the transit agency.
"The era of passing the buck is over," said Bradford, adding he would do everything he could to ensure the city's relevant divisions and agencieshelp move the project along as quickly as possible.
"At the end of the day, people don't care who is building the transit, they just want the transit to open," he said.
Pause contracts with those involved, says Olivia Chow
Olivia Chow says she thinks that the province shouldn't award other
contracts to the companies involved in Crosslinx for now. (Heather
Waldron/CBC)
Olivia Chow said the toll of the long-delayed project on businesses and residents has been "terrible."
"I feel that the government should stop awarding all contracts to companies involved in the mess until the lawsuit is settled," said Chow
As mayor, she would talk to the city's lawyers and see whether the city has "any clout in this, especially with these companies that are holding the local residents and all of us transit riders hostage," she said.
Chow also said she would look closely at the results of public inquiries and reviews of other transit projects in the province for important lessons.
Ana Bailão would seek 'solutions-oriented' review
Ana Bailao says she would take a solutions-oriented approach to working through the issues. (CBC)
Ana Bailão said as mayor she would bring people from the province, Metrolinx and the TTC together to find answers and solutions to issues plaguing the project
"We need to be solutions-oriented," she said.
Bailão said she would make sure the third-party review of the Crosslinx project comes back to the city and is reviewed as quickly as possible.
She said she'd also have the city conduct an immediate and full review of all of its contracts related to transit expansion projects to ensure Torontonians don't face something like this again.
Mark Saunders says he'd work closely with province
Mark Saunders says he would work with the province to get the line finished. (CBC)
Mark Saunders called the news "disappointing" but said in a statement that "sadly — Torontonians are so jaded about this project I doubt anyone is surprised."
He said "enough is enough," adding the city "desperately" needs accountability driven by city hall.
"There is only one taxpayer, and all levels of government need to ensure promises made by governments and agencies are kept," he said.
Saunders said he would work closely with the province to get the line finished, if elected.
City must push province to finish: Anthony Perruzza
Anthony Perruzza says these types of issues wouldn't happen with him as mayor. (Anthony Peruzza/Twitter)
Candidate Anthony Perruzza said giving a big public works project over to private companies and then taking a step back was a mistake.
It's a situation he said "would never happen with me as mayor."
"The public sector has to be more hands on: administer the contract, manage the project and deal with disputes as they arise."
Perruzza said the city must urge the province to finish the project even if it means going outside the consortium.
Any court disputes should be dealt with after the project is complete, he added.
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We still don't know how much it's going to cost to ride the Eglinton Crosstown. If it's like the UP, it could cost $20 and no one would ride it and this would have been an even worse boondoggle.
I think the only real solution is for Toronto become its own province and divorce itself from Metrolinx and the Province.
just like they did in Montreal.
Too many contracts that affect the city are dubious
It’s going to be heavy reading.
Toronto has enough candidates for 15 federal by elections.
The ballot will be three pges or more
Four federal byelections will be held on June 19
Seats left vacant by three retirements, death of Jim Carr
Christian Paas-Lang, Peter Zimonjic · CBC News · Posted: May 14, 2023 11:27 AM ADT
Metrolinx is a mess.
Don't get me started on how VISA threatened to revoke the use of their card since Metrolinx is a non-compliant entity with too many security violations exposing customers personal information.
These are Toronto's top 6 candidates for mayor (for now) and what they'll need to win
Breaking down the polling numbers and key policy planks of those leading the 102-candidate deep field
Toronto's mayoral ballot is a record 102 names long.
Like going to a restaurant with a too-long menu, you probably want to know: What's good here?
By examining a combination of polling — which is always challenging at the municipal level — endorsements, policy and the number of public events staged to this point, here's a look at six of the top candidates.
Note: You can find a link to the full list of candidates at the bottom of this story as well as additional detail about the polling cited. CBC Toronto is reaching out to every candidate this week and is aiming to publish a subsequent article featuring all of their pitches to become mayor. For now, you can use the City of Toronto site to access most of the candidates' websites if you're trying to learn more about them.
These top contenders — most of whom took part in a Monday night debate held by the Daily Bread food bank — face challenges to win the city's top job and here's what their path to victory on June 26 might look like.
Olivia Chow. (Martin Trainor/CBC)
Olivia Chow
Chow is a former city councillor and NDP MP and someone who has been involved in civic life for decades. She's been leading early polling since entering the race by a wide margin.
But she's been here before.
Chow led early in 2014, when she was facing John Tory and Doug Ford, and couldn't hold on to win. Her team has even tackled that loss in a recent campaign video.
Chow has already won some key endorsements and is the most experienced politician in this top grouping, but will it be enough?
What the polling shows: Forum Research has Chow at 36 per cent, Mainstreet Research has her at 30 per cent, and Liaison Strategies has her at 31 per cent.
Mark Saunders. (CBC)
Mark Saunders
The former Toronto police chief has launched a public-safety focused campaign and is touting his decades of experience as a public servant.
That said, his political positions — reviewing bike lanes, urging the city to drop its drug decriminalization efforts — run counter to the direction city hall has been moving in and will likely provoke sharp criticism in debates.
As of Friday, Saunders is the only candidate in this list who is not set to join Monday night's Daily Bread debate.
Polling: Forum Research has Saunders at 18 per cent, Mainstreet Research has him at 12 per cent, and Liaison Strategies has him at 16 per cent.
Josh Matlow. (Claude Beaudoin/CBC)
Josh Matlow
The current councillor for Toronto-St. Paul's (the Yonge-Eglinton area) has put forward a wide range of policy proposals already.
The challenge for Matlow — and one his rivals will be keen to point out — is how he'll get his agenda passed if he's elected. On the council floor last week, for example, Matlow lost a vote seeking updated costs on the Gardiner East rebuild.
Matlow's opponents will likely question whether he can build a council coalition to pass his agenda, while refusing to use the "Strong Mayor" powers as he has promised.
Polling: Forum Research has Matlow at 10 per cent, Mainstreet Research has him at 10 per cent, and Liaison Strategies has him at 15 per cent.
Ana Bailão. (CBC)
Ana Bailão
The longtime Davenport councillor dominated the last ward election she ran in (2018), winning 82 per cent of the vote. She rose to become John Tory's deputy mayor and his point person on housing before resigning to work for the development company, Dream Unlimited Corp, as its head of affordable housing and public affairs.
Now jumping back into city politics, Bailão has a powerful team behind her and scored some key council and union endorsements early.
Torontonians may look at her as picking up where Tory left off. For some, that's a good thing. Others, however, may see her policies as not going far enough to deal with the challenges the city's facing, or being too reliant on other governments (like her demand the province upload the Gardiner Expressway and Don Valley Parkway, which the province has rejected.)
Polling: Forum Research has Bailão at seven per cent, Mainstreet Research has her at 15 per cent, and Liaison Strategies has her at seven per cent.
Brad Bradford. (Shawn Jeffords/CBC)
Brad Bradford
The Beaches-East York councillor and former planner is also an ally of Tory, and like Bailão, became the former mayor's go-to housing person.
But Bradford is running a more right-leaning campaign than some may have expected.
His campaign — backed by prominent Ontario conservatives — has focused on things like battling traffic and attacking the "NDP activist agenda." But if polling is to be believed (and that's a question you should always ask yourself) Saunders, and even former Toronto Sun columnist Anthony Furey, appear to be beating him to the punch when it it comes to securing the conservative vote.
That said, Bradford's young and is running an energetic campaign, which might wind up giving him a boost as more tune in.
Polling: Forum Research has Bradford at six per cent, Mainstreet Research has him at 12 per cent, and Liaison Strategies has him at six per cent.
Mitzie Hunter. (Michael Wilson/CBC)
Mitzie Hunter
Hunter resigned from her position as an Ontario Liberal MPP to enter the race.
The Scarborough-Guildwood politician has been making several policy announcements a week, including a signature transit plan. Her housing platform draws on her past experience as the chief administrative officer of Toronto Community Housing.
Hunter's challenge will be getting on to Torontonians' radar. She has a strong base of support in Scarborough, but she'll need to raise her profile city-wide to win the byelection.
Polling: Forum Research has Hunter at 10 per cent, Mainstreet Research has her at nine per cent, and Liaison Strategies has her at 12 per cent.
Wait, you didn't mention…
There are some other candidates who are trying to break into this grouping and who just might in the weeks to come.
Anthony Perruzza, another sitting councillor, is in the race and has plenty to say, although he's put out little in the way of costed policy proposals.
Chloe Brown, who finished third in the last mayoral election and delivered some of the sharpest critiques of John Tory during the debates, has plenty of interesting policy out.
Anthony Furey, a former Toronto Sun columnist, has at points polled higher than Bradford and has also lashed out at Saunders claiming the former police chief is stealing his ideas when it comes to things like removing the University Avenue bike lane.
Those polls and what they (could) mean
Pollsters have been in the field gauging public opinion on the race since John Tory resigned. Three of the latest polls give a snapshot of where the race stands. But as always, they are just a point in time and there are six weeks left in this campaign.
In other words, things are likely to change.
It's also important to note a lot of voters are still undecided ranging from 20 to 39 per cent in these polls. So, there are a lot of votes out there that could swing support one way or the other.
The results above are drawn from three recent polls released by Forum Research, Liaison Strategies and Mainstreet Research. It's worth noting all three of the polls use interactive voice response (IVR), a polling method that often struggles to reach younger demographics.
The poll by Forum Research was conducted on May 13 and 14 by interviewing 1,029 Torontonians via IVR. We cannot accurately calculate a margin of error for IVR polls. For comparison purposes only, a probability sample of the same size would yield a margin of error of two per cent.
The poll by Liaison Strategies was conducted on May 12 and 13, by interviewing 1,318 Torontonians via IVR. We cannot accurately calculate a margin of error for IVR polls. For comparison purposes only, a probability sample of the same size would yield a margin of error of 2.7 per cent.
The poll by Mainstreet Research was conducted on May 10 and 11, by interviewing 1,205 Torontonians via IVR. We cannot accurately calculate a margin of error for IVR polls. For comparison purposes only, a probability sample of the same size would yield a margin of error of 2.8 per cent.
Find the full list of candidates on the City of Toronto's website.
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See how all 102 candidates fared in Toronto's mayoral byelection after polls close
Toronto voters went to the polls Monday to choose a new mayor
Toronto voters chose a new mayor Monday in a byelection that saw a record 102 candidates on the ballot.
The 1,445 polls throughout Canada's most populous city were scheduled to close at 8 p.m. ET.
For full coverage of the results, you can watch our live streaming special here, on cbc.ca/toronto or on the CBC News YouTube channel. You can also listen by tuning in to CBC Radio or CBC Listen.
The byelection was triggered by the surprise resignation of former mayor John Tory in February after he admitted to an extramarital affair with a former staffer.
You can find more in-depth coverage of the results here after polls close:
And here are the most current results for all of the candidates:
1,383 out of 1,451 polls reporting
Showing results as of 09:00 PM on June 26 Refresh these results
| Olivia Chow |  Projected winner | 261,550 votes | 37.2% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ana Bailão | 227,984 votes | 32.4% | |
| Mark Saunders | 60,593 votes | 8.6% | |
| Anthony Furey | 34,869 votes | 5% | |
| Josh Matlow | 34,537 votes | 4.9% | |
| Mitzie Hunter | 20,645 votes | 2.9% | |
| Chloe Brown | 18,199 votes | 2.6% | |
| Brad Bradford | 8,886 votes | 1.3% | |
| Chris Saccoccia | 7,749 votes | 1.1% | |
| Anthony Perruzza | 2,965 votes | 0.4% | |
| Xiao Hua Gong | 2,928 votes | 0.4% | |
| Lyall Sanders | 2,687 votes | 0.4% | |
| Giorgio Mammoliti | 1,054 votes | 0.2% | |
| Bahira Abdulsalam | 879 votes | 0.1% | |
| Sharif Ahmed | 785 votes | 0.1% | |
| Raksheni Sivaneswaran | 760 votes | 0.1% | |
| Dionysios Apostolopoulos | 685 votes | 0.1% | |
| Logan Choy | 662 votes | 0.1% | |
| Toby Heaps | 578 votes | 0.1% | |
| Roland Chan | 490 votes | 0.1% | |
| Reginald Tull | 471 votes | 0.1% | |
| Rob Davis | 365 votes | 0.1% | |
| Frank D'Amico | 349 votes | 0.1% | |
| Jamie Atkinson | 347 votes | 0.1% | |
| Gru Jesse Allan | 337 votes | 0.1% | |
| Frank D'Angelo | 331 votes | 0.1% | |
| Eliazar Bonilla | 297 votes | 0% | |
| Heather He | 293 votes | 0% | |
| Kiri Vadivelu | 287 votes | 0% | |
| Jose Baking | 271 votes | 0% | |
| Danny Chevalier Romero | 271 votes | 0% | |
| Monica Forrester | 269 votes | 0% | |
| Cleveland Marshall | 257 votes | 0% | |
| Blake Acton | 252 votes | 0% | |
| Kevin Clarke | 252 votes | 0% | |
| Mark LeLiever | 246 votes | 0% | |
| Asadul Alam | 245 votes | 0% | |
| Celina Caesar-Chavannes | 245 votes | 0% | |
| Thomas Hall | 242 votes | 0% | |
| Knia Singh | 239 votes | 0% | |
| Rick Lee | 232 votes | 0% | |
| Faizul Mohee | 226 votes | 0% | |
| Emmanuel Acquaye | 225 votes | 0% | |
| Willie Reodica | 220 votes | 0% | |
| Patricia Johnston | 205 votes | 0% | |
| Gordon Cohen | 204 votes | 0% | |
| Habiba Desai | 196 votes | 0% | |
| Feng Gao | 194 votes | 0% | |
| Ben Bankas | 191 votes | 0% | |
| Sarah Climenhaga | 187 votes | 0% | |
| Bob Murphy | 186 votes | 0% | |
| Darren Atkinson | 181 votes | 0% | |
| D!ONNE Renée | 181 votes | 0% | |
| Nathalie Xian Yi Yan | 174 votes | 0% | |
| Ari Grosman | 162 votes | 0% | |
| Sandeep Srivastava | 162 votes | 0% | |
| Paul Collins | 161 votes | 0% | |
| Monowar Hossain | 152 votes | 0% | |
| Norman MacLeod | 151 votes | 0% | |
| Jody Williams | 150 votes | 0% | |
| Claudette Beals | 145 votes | 0% | |
| Mason Carrie | 142 votes | 0% | |
| Atef Aly | 138 votes | 0% | |
| Syed Jaffery | 138 votes | 0% | |
| Kris Langenfeld | 132 votes | 0% | |
| Matti Charlton | 122 votes | 0% | |
| Partap Dua Singh | 122 votes | 0% | |
| Meir Straus | 122 votes | 0% | |
| Peter Handjis | 121 votes | 0% | |
| Steve Mann | 121 votes | 0% | |
| Weizhen Tang | 120 votes | 0% | |
| Michael Lamoureux | 117 votes | 0% | |
| Samson Deb | 115 votes | 0% | |
| John Winter | 113 votes | 0% | |
| David Gulyas | 111 votes | 0% | |
| Glen Benway | 108 votes | 0% | |
| Brian Buffey | 107 votes | 0% | |
| Michael Jensen | 107 votes | 0% | |
| Scott Furnival | 105 votes | 0% | |
| Robert Shusterman | 105 votes | 0% | |
| James Guglielmin | 97 votes | 0% | |
| Walayat Khan | 97 votes | 0% | |
| Adil Goraya | 96 votes | 0% | |
| Cory Deville | 91 votes | 0% | |
| Simryn Fenby | 91 votes | 0% | |
| Serge Korovitsyn | 91 votes | 0% | |
| Brian Graff | 87 votes | 0% | |
| Michael Nicula | 86 votes | 0% | |
| Isabella Gamk | 84 votes | 0% | |
| Rocco Schipano | 83 votes | 0% | |
| Jeffery Tunney | 78 votes | 0% | |
| Yuanqian Wei | 76 votes | 0% | |
| John Ransome | 72 votes | 0% | |
| Mitchell Toye | 68 votes | 0% | |
| Phillip D'Cruze | 61 votes | 0% | |
| Walter Rubino | 60 votes | 0% | |
| John Letonja | 40 votes | 0% | |
| Sheila Igodan | 39 votes | 0% | |
| Jamil Nowwarah | 37 votes | 0% | |
| Erwin Sniedzins | 37 votes | 0% | |
| Daniel Irmya | 27 votes | 0% | |
| Jack Weenen | 27 votes | 0% |
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Toronto's top job is up for grabs and 102 candidate are vying for it. Here's what you need to know
Where things stand after the 6th week of Toronto's mayoral race
With 102 candidates now vying for the city's top job, Torontonians will have a lot of options when they go to the polls to elect a new mayor on June 26. And while there's still a chance a candidates could drop out, the deadline to enter the race passed Friday.
Like the day nominations opened, there was a flurry of activity, with 15 more candidates signing up ahead of the cut-off.
This week the campaign shifted in part to city hall itself, as council meet for a packed three-day session.
Here's a glimpse of where things stand after the sixth week of the campaign.
Crowded field will present challenges to voters
Experts closely following the campaign worry that the size of the candidate pool, and the physical ballot itself, could be frustrating to some voters.
"It's a record by far in terms of the number of people who've thrown their hat into the ring," Toronto Metropolitan University political science professor Myer Siemiatycki said.
"I think without question it's going to have a sort of confusing, and hopefully not too distorting, impact," he said. "We're going to be handed a record sized multi-fold accordion-like ballot."
Former city councillor Joe Mihevc said despite the size of the pack, there are six main contenders to watch at this point in the race — Ana Bailão, Brad Bradford, Olivia Chow, Mitzie Hunter, Josh Matlow and Mark Saunders.
"I would suggest that the vast majority of the candidates know that they are not really players," he said.
"There really are six candidates that have some degree of public profile, a certain degree of money and a team that can maybe carry them over the finish line."
Toronto
City Councillor and Speaker Frances Nunziata, seen in this photo from
February. She clashed with mayoral candidate Coun. Anthony Perruzza over
the timing of a council meeting when it came into conflict with a
campaign debate. (Michael Wilson/CBC)
Housing, transport dominate council and campaigns
At city hall, council's legalization of multiplexes across Toronto gave one of the campaign's top challengers an opportunity to claim a victory.
Bradford, who is also planning and housing committee chair, delivered a fiery speech, slamming councillors who tried to defer the debate. He even used his campaign slogan, "less talk, more action" to frame the situation.
"Why is there a motion for a deferral?" he asked. "Endless debate, deferral, delay — the hallmark of housing in this chamber for too many years."
But that same day, Bradford's campaign faced allegations that it used social media videos about women's TTC horror stories without their permission.
Coun. Anthony Perruzza fought two unsuccessful battles at the meeting, one against the bid to legalize multiplexes and the other to re-open High Park to allow car traffic in on weekends.
Matlow's push to revisit the controversial billion-dollar Gardiner East project was also a key item on the agenda. With no new construction scheduled on the rebuild until 2026, Matlow wanted the city to temporarily pause entering into any new contracts.
Matlow's campaign team released a video about his opposition to the project just as debate began at council on Thursday. In the end, council voted the measure down.
Chow also claimed a victory when it came to the debate over the future of the Scarborough RT.
Last week, after a key city committee seemed to stumble when it asked Ontario to fund a $3-million study of a more efficient busway to replace the SRT, she jumped on the issue.
Chow said if elected mayor, she'd not only fund the study, but the $60 million to build the busway.
On Thursday, council voted to pay for the study.
"This is what happens when we stand up for Scarborough together," she said in a statement.
Mitzie
Hunter announces a new plan to build affordable housing in Toronto.
It's part of her overall plan to address the city's housing crunch. (CBC)
Campaign creeps onto council floor
With three mayoral candidates sitting on council, it's a recipe for thinly-veiled campaigning to take place.
And no one appeared more unhappy about that than Speaker Frances Nunziata. It's her job to keep the marathon meetings moving.
So she wasn't pleased with the objections registered by candidate Perruzza about extending Wednesday's session later than normal.
Extending would have made Perruzza and the other candidates late for a mayoral debate.
"This (debate) was set up weeks ago thinking that the council would adjourn at six o'clock and now you're, at the last minute, extending it, making it difficult," he said.
"Coun. Perruzza, you have to remember that you still have your obligation to be here and do your job even though you're running for mayor ... or take a leave of absence," Nunziata shot back, adding that the deputy mayor had given councillors advance notice of the extension.
In the end, the debate start time was pushed back to accommodate the councillors.
Former city councillor Joe Mihevc said these blow-ups happen every election year. Candidates use the council floor to highlight a position, raise profile or just grandstand, he said.
"It's the silly season," Mihevc said. "The blessing for Torontonians is that it's a two-month silly season, not a six-month or eight-month silly season."
More endorsements on campaign trail
In terms of endorsements, Bailão continues to rack up them up from sitting city councillors. Coun. James Pasternak became the latest to sign on to Bailão's campaign, following in the footsteps of Chris Moise, Shelley Carroll, Paul Ainslie and Nick Mantas.
Chow also earned the endorsement of Progress Toronto, which formally registered this week as a third-party advertiser in the campaign. The group had a formidable machine in the 2022 civic vote, endorsing a slate of left-leaning candidates.
Premier Doug Ford has said he's staying out of Toronto's election, but he came as close as ever on Friday to endorsing a candidate.
Policy planks you may have missed
On the policy front, Saunders pitched ideas aimed at making getting around the city easier. He plans to limit summer road closures that take place on weekends if elected mayor. He would also stop the annual weekend closures of the Gardiner and DVP, requiring the work to be done at night.
Bailãopromised to reduce fares on the 501 street cars and the on-street bus replacement for the Scarborough RT to $2.
Chloe Brown is taking a different tact to talk to voters after introducing a proposed city budget at an event last week. People can book time with her at a cafe in Rexdale to chat.
Hunter unveiled a five-point plan to address the housing crisis. If elected she pledged to unlock public lands to help build affordable housing. She would also speed up building approvals and create a tenant advocate.
Anthony Furey pitched a plan to create "Buy-and-Hire Toronto" procurement policies. If elected he would require municipal projects to favour Toronto suppliers, manufacturers, city workers and apprentices.
Chow made another housing announcement, this one aimed at building 25,000 new rental homes.
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20 years on, David Miller's 2003 win looms over Toronto mayoral race
Progressives running this time can learn from Miller's first successful campaign, expert says
Jordan Omstead · The Canadian Press · Posted: May 14, 2023 12:04 PM ADT
Reply to Kari Chung
Perhaps we all should study Federal Court Rule 55
That’s why Mark Saunders is the only real choice. Respected and experienced with a solid lens into crime and the social issues behind some of it, and the factors which encourage it.
I say almost because there are some real six sigmas on the list, like Chris (Sky) Saccoccia who is an extreme conspiracy theory guy.
These far left politicians will spend spend spend.
"Chow would be your choice...unikorns and fairees free for all....thugs get a free pass.
20 years on, David Miller's 2003 win looms over Toronto mayoral race
Progressives running this time can learn from Miller's first successful campaign, expert says
The battle lines in Toronto's upcoming mayoral race may feel familiar to some: A conservative has left office and a wide open race to replace him has taken shape. Candidates lament a city in disrepair and spar over the future of the waterfront.
It all resembles 2003, city hall watchers say, when Toronto elected its first — and only — centre-left mayor since amalgamation in 1998.
Not since David Miller left office in 2010 has a progressive candidate stood a better chance of winning the mayor's seat, said Zack Taylor, political science professor at Western University. Progressives running this time can learn from Miller's first successful campaign, Taylor added.
Miller told The Canadian Press that he hears the echoes too.
"There was a feeling that the city wasn't investing in the priorities of the people," Miller said of his 2003 run. "And I think there's a parallel today. We do see a lot of services declining."
Miller's tenure interrupted 18 years of conservative mayoralties starting with his predecessor Mel Lastman, through to Rob Ford and John Tory.
Tory secured a third term, winning a landslide victory in the October 2022 election, before resigning in February after admitting to an affair with a staffer.
There is evidence that Tory remains popular, with some polls ahead of the June 26 mayoral byelection putting him in first place – even though he's not running in the field that included a whopping 102 candidates when nominations closed on Friday.
Progressive candidates need mass appeal
In the packed race, veteran politician Olivia Chow, a former federal lawmaker and a long-standing member of the left-wing New Democratic Party, is a leading candidate. Coun. Josh Matlow is also being championed by the progressive left.
The list of others seen as vying for centre-left votes includes former deputy mayor Ana Bailão, former provincial education minister Mitzie Hunter and Coun. Anthony Perruzza.
Even though voters overwhelmingly backed the conservative Tory less than a year ago, Miller and Taylor argued that Toronto may be ready to turn the ideological page.
For Miller, a successful progressive candidate needs to be "straightforward, clear and consistent," including by talking candidly about the need to hike taxes to boost services, as he did in 2003.
The
battle lines in Toronto's upcoming byelection may feel familiar to
some: A conservative mayor has left office and a wide open race to
replace him has taken shape. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
Miller said progressives can also gain traction by running against what he described as a "raft of backroom dealing, particularly between the mayor and the premier." When Miller first ran, his predecessor Lastman's final term had been marred by a municipal finance scandal and a confession to an extramarital affair.
During Tory's administration, many criticized the so-called strong mayor powers granted by Premier Doug Ford, which allow the mayor to pass a budget with one-third council support.
And then there's the waterfront. While Miller's campaign made headlines for his opposition to island airport expansion, several centre-left candidates have turned Ford's plans for a privately-owned spa at Ontario Place into a larger battle over a publicly accessible waterfront.
The issues that fuelled Miller's rise may have resurfaced but, "whether it (resonates) as much, you know, time will tell," the ex-mayor said.
Taylor, the political science professor whose expertise includes local election campaigns, stressed another crucial element of Miller's winning campaign: his ability to retain the support of voters in downtown wards, who lean left, while making inroads with suburban voters who skew conservative.
"The lesson for progressives is that they need to figure out how to broaden their appeal without sacrificing their principles that they hold dear," Taylor said.
Mayoral race highlights modern issues
To some, comparisons between 2003 and 2023 don't hold up.
Deepening inequality, political polarization and the provincial government's intrusion in city politics are standout issues for this campaign, said first-term city Coun. Alejandra Bravo, who forms part of council's progressive wing.
"We're coming out of a pandemic, which is going to define a generation. With that, it brings a whole host of problems, including a mental health crisis," said Bravo.
Coun. Alejandra Bravo says a progressive candidate needs to refuse strong mayor powers from the province. (Michael Wilson/CBC)
Bravo helped found Progress Toronto, a progressive advocacy group that backed her 2022 council run and has endorsed Chow.
A progressive candidate needs to commit to majority rule at city hall and reject strong mayor powers, Bravo said.
She also wants to see who takes money from individuals, versus developers, and who is willing to discuss tax hikes and the need for new sources of municipal revenue.
The crowded field has also prompted speculation about whether support will coalesce around a progressive standard-bearer, another echo from the 2003 campaign. Barbara Hall, a former New Democrat and a pre-amalgamation mayor, started as the clear 2003 front-runner, but as her campaign faltered, Miller strengthened in what turned into a two-way race with Tory.
But this mayoral byelection campaign is "uncharted territory," said longtime Coun. Gord Perks, a chief Tory critic and friend to Miller.
In an abbreviated byelection campaign, without conspicuous party banners, and with hundreds of thousands of eligible voters casting ballots only for mayor, this election is unlike any other in Canada, he said.
"Anyone who's forecasting that there's going to be vote splitting, or that somebody's going to have to bow out, or that one candidate from each political flavour will emerge, just doesn't understand how unique this election is," he said.
For Miller, there's one clear takeaway from the chapter of the 2003 campaign when he leapt into front-runner status.
"Things can change dramatically," he said.
Campaign creeps onto council floor
With three mayoral candidates sitting on council, it's a recipe for thinly-veiled campaigning to take place.
And no one appeared more unhappy about that than Speaker Frances Nunziata. It's her job to keep the marathon meetings moving.
So she wasn't pleased with the objections registered by candidate Perruzza about extending Wednesday's session later than normalCouncillor Josh Matlow
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Toronto mayoral candidates kick off campaign at City Hall
After pledging to stay out of Toronto mayor election, Doug Ford jumps in (again)
Premier's comments show Mark Saunders is his preferred candidate, rivals claim
Ford delivered his most pointed endorsement to date for the candidacy of Mark Saunders, the former Toronto police chief and failed 2022 provincial Progressive Conservative candidate.
"We need someone that has experience dealing with crime," Ford said Friday when asked about the city's mayoral byelection during an unrelated news conference in Oshawa.
"I believe we need someone that has actually run an operation with a number of employees," Ford added.
He went on to make a statement that appeared to target some of Saunders' chief rivals in the race, including former councillors Ana Bailão and Olivia Chow, as well as current councillors Brad Bradford and Josh Matlow.
"We need someone that knows all of Toronto, not a little ward that they've been representing, but all of Toronto."
WATCH | Doug Ford says he's 'staying out' of mayoral election, then steps into it:
This is not the first time Ford has spoken out to tell Toronto voters what kind of mayor he wants them to choose, although just a few weeks ago, the premier professed neutrality in the race.
"I'm staying out of that election," Ford said on March 22, when asked by a reporter about the growing number of candidates in the race.
"It doesn't matter who gets elected," Ford added. "Good luck to all of them."
Less than a week later, Ford was taking sides.
'Don't vote for them'
On March 28, Ford took aim at candidates who he described as "sitting councillors that voted to defund the police."
Although he didn't name names, Ford appeared to be targeting Matlow, who had moved an unsuccessful motion in 2020 for a 10 per cent funding cut to the Toronto police budget, and Bradford, who voted in favour of it.
"The people that voted for defunding the police, don't vote for them, simple as that," Ford said, adding that the next mayor should be someone who understands policing.
"There's only maybe one or two people that I think could actually run the city," Ford said.
Mark Saunders, the former chief of the Toronto Police Service, is running for mayor. (CBC)
In early March, before Saunders declared his candidacy for mayor, Ford said he "did a great job as police chief" and said it would be great if he ran.
'Lefty mayor ... we're toast'
Ford has also been clear about what he doesn't want the next mayor's political leanings to be
"If a lefty mayor gets in there, God help the people of Toronto," Ford said on Feb. 15. "If a left-wing mayor gets in there, we're toast."
Asked Friday for his reaction to Ford's tacit endorsement, Saunders downplayed the premier's comments.
"The endorsements I really care about are from the thousands of people who live in parts of the city that the downtown politicians don't like to go to," Saunders said in an email to CBC News.
"When parents go to sleep at night, they're not worried about endorsements of candidates. They're worried about the safety of their kids at school, or family members on the TTC. They're wondering if their car will be stolen. They're worried about the cost of rent and food."
Ana
Bailão called a news conference with Queen's Park in the background, to
respond to Ford's latest comments on the Toronto mayoral race. (Pelin Sidki/CBC)
In the same email, Saunders criticized two rival candidates by name.
"I'm surprised that Olivia Chow and Josh Matlow think that Torontonians would be better off in constant conflict with the provincial or federal governments," he said. "It is absolutely essential that Toronto's mayor is able to sit at the table and have productive discussions with all levels of government."
Saunders was chief of police in Toronto Police Service from 2015 to 2020. In 2021, he became Ford's hand-picked adviser on Ontario Place, appointed by cabinet to the $700-a-day job. Last year, he was selected as the Ontario PC Party candidate in Don Valley West, but lost to Liberal Stephanie Bowman.
Several mayoral candidates slammed Ford on Friday for appearing to endorse Saunders:
- Ana Bailão: The former councillor said that Ford "indicated Mark Saunders is his preferred candidate. What that means is that Doug Ford intends to run City Hall." Bailão also took a swipe at Ford for his "little ward" comment. "Someone who only represented a little ward became premier," she said. (Until Ford led the PCs to victory in 2018, his only time in elected office was as a one-term city councillor.)
- Mitzie Hunter: "I don't believe that it is appropriate for the premier to be meddling in the city election," Hunter said in an interview. "He said he would not do that." Hunter rejected Ford's statement that the city needs a mayor who has experience dealing with crime. "I believe that the mayor should be someone with a vision for the city," she said.
- Josh Matlow: "Premier Ford falsely said he wouldn't interfere in our city's mayoral election," Matlow said in an email to CBC News. "Since then, he's gone back on his word, supported Mark Saunders and attacked my campaign. Mark Saunders may want to be an agent for Doug Ford. As mayor, I'll be taking a stand for Toronto."
- Olivia Chow: "Doug Ford is obviously worried that his preferred candidate is falling behind, but he needs to let the people of Toronto have their say and to stop meddling in our local democracy," said a statement from Chow's campaign. On Twitter, Chow said: "Doug Ford doesn't get to choose your new Mayor, YOU do."
- Brad Bradford: Less direct in his criticism of Ford, Bradford referenced an 86 per cent non-confidence vote in 2018 by members of the Toronto Police Association, the union that represents officers, when Saunders led the force. "They voted non-confidence in chief Saunders for his failed track record of as police chief. So I'm surprised the premier doesn't see that," Bradford told reporters outside city hall.
Asked whether it's appropriate for the premier to take sides in a mayoral election, Ford's spokesperson Caitlin Clark provided a one-line statement: "The premier said he will work with anyone and that's what he intends to do."
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Chris Sky | Assaulted By Toronto Police Officer in a Parking Lot
Activists want Toronto police board meetings moved to city hall after alleged assault
Ontario's Special Investigations Unit looking into incident that took place before last meeting
Activists are calling on the Toronto police services board to immediately move its meetings from police headquarters to city hall.
D!ONNE Renée, an activist and former mayoral candidate, alleges she was physically and sexually assaulted by an officer moments after entering the building ahead of the board's Sept. 21 meeting.
Ontario's Special Investigations Unit (SIU), which probes allegations of death, serious injury or sexual assault involving police officers, is looking into what happened.
Reporters awaiting the start of the meeting heard Renée's screaming and saw her on the floor of the lobby surrounded by officers moments later. She was not arrested and later made it to the meeting, where she tearfully spoke on several matters.
On Wednesday, Renée and nearly a dozen supporters, including Desmond Cole, spoke to reporters at city hall setting out six demands, including that the police force suspend the officer allegedly involved in the incident, and that the police services board immediately move its meetings.
"Why do police control the building in which meetings about their accountability are being held?" Cole asked.
In recent months, the police board has become a flashpoint for heated arguments centred on race, and at several points demonstrations by groups like Black Lives Matter Toronto have forced the board to put its work on hold.
Mayor John Tory says the board is in "active discussion" about moving the meetings, suggesting they could be held at city hall or other locations.
"We are responsive to the notion that meetings should happen at other places than police headquarters from time to time." he told reporters gathered outside his office.
However, Tory didn't rule out having future meetings at police headquarters, nor commit to a timeline on when the meetings would move to an alternate location — suggesting only it could be possible by the end of this year or early in 2018.
Previously, the police board did meet at city hall, and many other agencies, like the TTC, do the same.
Tory says if the police board does move, additional security — likely in the form of metal detectors and bag searches — would come along with it.
"We are dealing here with the senior command of the police service," he said.
"They have an obligation to keep everybody else safe, and we have an obligation to keep them safe."
Cole wants that stopped, suggesting police unilaterally moved to add the security checkpoints at its doors. He's calling for them to stop "warrantless searches" and "arbitrary detention" at its doors.
CBC Toronto contacted Toronto police on Wednesday to ask about the potential of moving the meetings, but has yet to receive an official statement.
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Security screenings at Toronto police headquarters violate rights, says complainant
Police headquarters not suited for public hearings because of 'hostile environment for civilians': complainant
Searching people who enter Toronto police headquarters to participate in disciplinary tribunals violates their constitutional rights, a complainant and his lawyer argue in calling for such hearings to be held elsewhere.
The assertion is in a motion filed this week with the police tribunal adjudicator in which complainant Waseem Khan calls for a change of venue in light of the recently implemented security measures.
"Police headquarters is not the appropriate place to have a public hearing and keep police accountable because of the hostile environment for civilians, particularly public complainants," Khan says in his filings.
Khan, 33, is one of two complainants in a misconduct case against Toronto police Sgt. Eduardo Miranda, who is accused of using excessive force in January by deploying his stun gun six times on a handcuffed man lying on the ground.
Video prompted police service to apologize
Khan was video recording the takedown when officers on scene ordered him to stop, threatened to seize his cellphone, and suggested he could get AIDS from the suspect. Broadcast of the video caused an uproar and prompted the police service to apologize.
Police spokesman Mark Pugash said the motion had just been received and it would be inappropriate to comment.
Disciplinary tribunals for Toronto officers have long been held at police headquarters, which until recently had no special security at the entrance. In June, however, Chief Mark Saunders implemented measures that require visitors to go through metal detectors and have their belongings searched.
The official police view is that the searches are not "involuntary" because the public has a choice about entering the
building.
At Miranda's first appearance in late September, Khan's lawyer Selwyn Pieters was also searched, a process he said he found uncomfortable and demeaning. In a letter to the prosecutor in the case, Pieters said he had no quarrel with the increased security.
Motion requests hearing be moved to another building
"However, as it relates to an administrative tribunal hearing where my client is a public complainant with standing, he, his
lawyers, the media and any other observer must be able to attend with
the minimal intrusiveness of their person and belongings."
In response to the letter, procedures were changed to allow lawyers with valid credentials to bypass the screening but Pieters says that's not enough. No other administrative tribunal in the province subjects participants to such security measures, he said.
The motion, expected to come before Insp. Richard Hegedus, the hearing officer presiding over Miranda's case, formally requests that the hearing be moved to another building — such as a hotel — to get away from the security measures.
"It would not result in unfairness or an undue hardship to the Toronto police service to move the tribunal," Pieters says in the motion.
Court filings unrelated to the current application make the case for the screening measures by including reference to security incidents at Toronto police buildings. In 2015, for example, a man attacked a female officer with a sledgehammer at a detachment, and, more recently, a knife-wielding man threatened to kill officers at headquarters.
Insp. Stephen Irwin, who is responsible for national security investigations in the Toronto area, calls the current screening protocol reasonable.
"Firearms, metal knives, explosive devices and other obvious weapons are less likely to make it into the interior of the
building, thus enhancing the safety of those legitimately working and visiting the premise," Irwin says in a court filing.
Court decision leaves searches to enter police HQ in doubt
Judge says says warrantless searches at door limit expression at police board meetings
Toronto police are reviewing a decision by an Ontario Superior Court judge that says searching members of the public in order for them to attend police board meetings violates their Charter right to freedom of expression.
Ontario Superior Court Justice Jill Copeland issued her decision Monday.
Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders implemented a policy last June that requires everyone who enters police headquarters, at 40 College Street, to submit to a search. That search involves a sweep by a metal detecting wand and a manual search of any bags, and anyone who refuses to be searched is not permitted to enter the building.
Kristian Langenfeld, who regularly attends Toronto Police Services Board (TPSB) meetings, argued the policy — when it serves as a condition to attend TPSB meetings, which are held at headquarters — violates the right to freedom of expression under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
The effect of the searches is to limit expression by making public access to TPSB meetings contingent on submitting to a warrantless search.
- Justice Jill Copeland, Ontario Superior Court
In her decision, Copeland notes Saunders argued the searches don't infringe on Charter rights because the act of attending a meeting "does not have expressive content."
Saunders also noted that individuals can watch TPSB meetings via video and make submissions remotely, Copeland wrote. According to the chief, "if the applicant's freedom of expression was infringed, the infringement did not result from government action, but from the applicant's choice not to submit to a search," Copeland wrote.
"I reject each of these arguments," Copeland continues.
"I find that the searches as a condition precedent to attending a public TPSB meeting infringe the applicant's freedom of expression."
The right to attend such meetings and be informed about the activities of a government agency via a public meeting "has expressive content," whether or not the attendee plans to speak, and is protected by the Charter, Copeland stated.
Saunders's intention with the search policy was not to limit political expression, Copeland wrote. "However, the effect of the searches is to limit expression by making public access to TPSB meetings contingent on submitting to a warrantless search."
Last October, a number of community activists called for police board meetings to be moved to city hall over similar issues.
TPS 'carefully reviewing' decision
In her decision, Copeland said Saunders also made submissions arguing that the Occupiers' Liability Act (OLA) and the Occupational Health and Safety Act gave him authority to impose searches upon entry to headquarters, including prior to attending a TPSB meeting.
Copeland rejected those arguments, writing that although the OLA may give the Chief the right to impose searches on anyone attending headquarters for business other than a board meeting, the legislation doesn't allow a government occupier of a property the authority to impose warrantless searches, without reasonable and probable grounds or reasonable suspicion, as a condition to attending a public meeting of a government agency.
It was not immediately clear how the decision will affect the search policy. Asked for the Chief's reaction to the decision, a spokesperson for the Toronto Police Service did not answer specific questions about whether searches will continue or cease, or whether provisions will be put in place for those attending TPSB meetings.
"The Service is carefully reviewing the decision and will make any changes that are appropriate," Meaghan Gray told CBC Toronto in an email.
"No final decision has yet been made on an appeal."
'Would certainly surprise me to win': Lesser-known Toronto residents run for mayor
53 people so far have entered the race to be Toronto's next mayor
While he didn't raise funds or use volunteers in his previous attempts, he says he's building a campaign website this time around and is taking donations that could see him hire staff and pay for advertisements for the first time.
But he knows he faces an uphill battle.
"I put my faith in God," he says in an interview. "It would certainly surprise me to win."
The carpenter and former accountant is among the 53 candidates who have registered to run in Toronto's mayoral byelection, set for June 26. The race was triggered after John Tory resigned in February following an admission of an affair with a staffer.
While much attention has focused on the high-profile contenders — including councillors past and present, a provincial politician and a former police chief — the race also features dozens of lesser known residents, like Langenfeld.
Experts say the so-called "fringe" candidates are an important feature of an open, democratic election, although a crowded field could make it tougher for voters to make a choice.
For Langenfeld, running a third time was motivated by his opinion that "career politicians" have led Toronto in the wrong direction for too long.
"Those are the people that got us into the situation we are in now," he says. "The idea that they're now saying, oh well, the only reason that we have all these problems is that they weren't in charge, while they were sitting at the table — I just don't buy it."
The 56-year-old's campaign promises include building more affordable housing and tackling violence on transit.
Disillusionment with past leaders
Sandeep Srivastava, who ran unsuccessfully in the last municipal election, also feels city services have deteriorated and has thrown his name into the ring once more.
"They're not working for (the) people of Toronto," he says, referring to Toronto's past leaders.
Srivastava, who says he deserves votes because he's a "positive thinker," is promising more affordable housing as well as a four-year tax freeze and stronger support for those experiencing a mental health crisis.
Isabella Gamk, who currently receives disability benefits and lives in a seniors' housing complex in Toronto, is running for mayor to draw attention to issues she says need tackling.
She would work to increase disability benefits and create more affordable housing as mayor.
"I have the nerve to stand up and fight," she says. "I have the nerve to stand up to the federal (and) provincial government."
Possible confusion for voters
Randy Besco, who teaches political science at the University of Toronto, says in a crammed electoral slate, some candidates have clearer shots at office, others compete to highlight issues they care about and some participate to gain recognition that could help their future ambitions.
"In an open democracy, everyone should be eligible for office, or at least most people should," he says. "That is just part of running free and fair elections."
But too many names on the ballot could be hard on voters, he says.
"With a lot of candidates, it can be very confusing for voters," he says. "For them to learn what are the policy positions of 40 different candidates, that is very hard."
Geoffrey Cameron, a political science assistant professor at McMaster University, says the lack of an incumbent in this mayoral byelection is a key reason for the large number of competitors.
"Toronto mayoral elections have generally had at least one very strong candidate who has won by a significant margin," he says.
"The fact that there is no incumbent this time would be the primary reason we are seeing so many people run."
Nomination's for Toronto's mayoral byelection close May 12.
Langenfeld v. TPSB et al
| Court of Appeal for Ontario [Fr] | ||||||
| Chief Saunders' successful Appeal setting aside the decision of Copeland J: | ||||||
| Court File #: C65691 — LANGENFELD v. TPSB et al | ||||||
| • Appeal Book and Compendium (SAUNDERS) | ||||||
| • Factum of the Appellant (SAUNDERS) | ||||||
| • Factum of the Respondent (TPSB) | ||||||
| • Factum of the Intervener (Ontario) | ||||||
| • Factum of the Respondent (LANGENFELD) | ||||||
| 2019-09-12 | Decision: | LANGENFELD v. TORONTO POLICE SERVICES BOARD, 2019 ONCA 716 | ||||
| • HTML at CanLII | ||||||
| Order of the Court of Appeal | ||||||
| Supreme Court of Canada [Fr] | |||||
| My appeal of the decision of the Court of Appeal for Ontario: | |||||
| Court File #: 38909 — Kristian Langenfeld v. Toronto Police Services Board, et al. | |||||
| • Application for Leave to Appeal (LANGENFELD) | |||||
| The application to the Supreme Court of Canada, for leave to appeal the Court of Appeal for Ontario's decision, was filed on November 6th. | |||||
| Responding parties, Chief Saunders and the TPSB, filed their materials on this application for leave in January 2020. | |||||
| No reply materials were filed and the application was placed before the justices. | |||||
| The Supreme Court of Canada publishes public information of the docket; this is available at: | |||||
| https://www.scc-csc.ca/case-dossier/info/dock-regi-eng.aspx?cas=38909 | |||||
| If the court had granted leave, they would have published public materials at that address. | |||||
| A panel of judges of the Supreme Court of Canada considered the application for leave to appeal and only if they had granted leave would the costly process of appealing the decision actually have begun. | |||||
| Instead, the court refused to grant leave to appeal the decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal; and, as is normal, provided no explanation for their decision. | |||||
2023 By-Election for Mayor: List of Certified Candidates & Third Party Advertisers
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Candidates for Mayor
| Name | Nomination Date | Phone | Connect: (opens in a new window) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdulsalam, Bahira | 03-Apr-2023 | bahira@mayorfortoronto.ca | 647-785-3729 |     |
| Acquaye, Emmanuel | 01-May-2023 | candidateemmanuel@gmail.com |  | |
| Acton, Blake | 03-Apr-2023 | |||
| Ahmed, Sharif | 08-May-2023 | sharif4change@gmail.com | 416-693-7824 | |
| Alam, Asadul | 12-May-2023 | |||
| Allan, Gru Jesse | 01-May-2023 | office@gru4mayor.ca | | |
| Aly, Atef | 02-May-2023 | |||
| Apostolopoulos, Dionysios | 10-May-2023 | |||
| Atkinson, Darren | 28-Apr-2023 | |||
| Atkinson, Jamie | 12-May-2023 | |||
| Bailão, Ana | 03-Apr-2023 | info@anabailao.ca | 416-200-6733 | |
| Baking, Jose | 14-Apr-2023 | josebaking@gmail.com | ||
| Bankas, Ben | 05-May-2023 | |||
| Beals, Claudette | 06-Apr-2023 | |||
| Benway, Glen | 19-Apr-2023 | glenbenway@rogers.com | ||
| Bonilla, Eliazar | 12-May-2023 | |||
| Bradford, Brad | 03-Apr-2023 | info@votebradford.ca | 416-972-6368 | |
| Brown, Chloe | 11-Apr-2023 | volunteer.cb4to@gmail.com | 437-261-5433 | |
| Buffey, Brian | 05-May-2023 | |||
| Caesar-Chavannes, Celina | 04-Apr-2023 | info@celinaformayorTO.com | | |
| Carrie, Mason | 11-May-2023 | |||
| Chan, Roland | 11-Apr-2023 | voterolandchan@gmail.com | | |
| Charlton, Matti | 26-Apr-2023 | retromatti@gmail.com | | |
| Chevalier Romero, Danny | 12-May-2023 | |||
| Chow, Olivia | 17-Apr-2023 | info@oliviachow.ca | 647-955-2469 | |
| Choy, Logan | 08-May-2023 | |||
| Clarke, Kevin | 25-Apr-2023 | kevinclarkemayor@gmail.com | 647-745-2768 | |
| Climenhaga, Sarah | 03-Apr-2023 | info@votesarah.ca | 416-553-6386 |  |
| Cohen, Gordon | 03-Apr-2023 | mayor@mayorgordcohen.com | 416-748-9700 | |
| Collins, Paul | 12-May-2023 | |||
| D'Amico, Frank | 28-Apr-2023 | votedamico@hotmail.com | 647-563-8923 |  |
| D'Angelo, Frank | 03-Apr-2023 | mrfrankdangelo@hotmail.com | | |
| D'Cruze, Phillip | 03-Apr-2023 | phil_17us2002@yahoo.ca | 416-443-1486 | |
| Davis, Rob | 03-Apr-2023 | info@robdavis.ca | 416-427-4413 | |
| Deb, Samson | 01-May-2023 | |||
| Desai, Habiba | 08-May-2023 | votehabibadesai@gmail.com | 647-895-7934 | |
| Deville, Cory | 03-Apr-2023 | Cory@devilleparty.ca | | |
| Fenby, Simryn | 09-May-2023 | scfenby@hotmail.com | | |
| Forrester, Monica | 11-May-2023 | |||
| Furey, Anthony | 03-Apr-2023 | ask@furey.ca | | |
| Furnival, Scott | 12-May-2023 | |||
| Gamk, Isabella | 03-Apr-2023 | info@isabellafortoronto.ca | 647-679-2904 | |
| Gao, Feng | 02-May-2023 | tocitycoin@gmail.com | | |
| Gong, Xiao Hua | 11-Apr-2023 | gong4mayor@gmail.com | | |
| Goraya, Adil | 26-Apr-2023 | |||
| Graff, Brian | 13-Apr-2023 | briangraff2023@gmail.com | 416-510-8141 | |
| Grosman, Ari | 28-Apr-2023 | grosmanari@gmail.com | | |
| Guglielmin, James | 11-May-2023 | |||
| Gulyas, David | 01-May-2023 | |||
| Hall, Thomas | 20-Apr-2023 | |||
| Handjis, Peter | 06-Apr-2023 | peterhandjisformayor@protonmail.com | 416-357-6320 | |
| He, Heather | 11-Apr-2023 | heatherhemayor@gmail.com | 647-923-8168 | |
| Heaps, Toby | 12-May-2023 | |||
| Hossain, Monowar | 17-Apr-2023 | Monowar@bell.net | 416-743-8455 | |
| Hunter, Mitzie | 03-Apr-2023 | info@mitzieformayor.ca | 647-846-4896 | |
| Igodan, Sheila | 01-May-2023 | |||
| Irmya, Daniel | 11-May-2023 | |||
| Jaffery, Syed | 03-Apr-2023 | JafferyforMayor@gmail.com | 416-938-5786 | |
| Jensen, Michael | 03-May-2023 | |||
| Johnston, Patricia | 25-Apr-2023 | |||
| Khan, Walayat | 12-May-2023 | |||
| Korovitsyn, Serge | 25-Apr-2023 | |||
| Lamoureux, Michael | 04-Apr-2023 | |||
| Langenfeld, Kris | 03-Apr-2023 | Kris@MayorKris.ca | 647-281-3343 | |
| Lee, Rick | 12-May-2023 | |||
| LeLiever, Mark | 04-May-2023 | | ||
| Letonja, John | 12-Apr-2023 | john.letonja@yahoo.ca | 647-785-5055 | |
| MacLeod, Norman | 11-May-2023 | |||
| Mammoliti, Giorgio | 03-Apr-2023 | info@giorgiointo.com | 647-969-5578 | |
| Mann, Steve | 12-May-2023 | |||
| Marshall, Cleveland | 12-May-2023 | |||
| Matlow, Josh | 03-Apr-2023 | info@votematlow.ca | 647-478-5448 | |
| Mohee, Faizul | 09-May-2023 | Dr.Faizul.Mohee.2023June@gmail.com | | |
| Murphy, Bob | 12-May-2023 | 437-227-6775 | ||
| Nicula, Michael | 01-May-2023 | mayor@crimetransitinfrastructure.ca | 416-598-7777 | |
| Nowwarah, Jamil | 11-May-2023 | |||
| Perruzza, Anthony | 12-Apr-2023 | vote@perruzza.ca | 437-552-5919 | |
| Ransome, John | 28-Apr-2023 | |||
| Renée, D!ONNE | 04-May-2023 | mycity@torontomail.com | | |
| Reodica, Willie | 04-May-2023 | |||
| Rubino, Walter | 03-Apr-2023 | |||
| Saccoccia, Chris | 03-Apr-2023 | chrisskyforchange@mail.com | 416-400-9994 | |
| Sanders, Lyall | 06-Apr-2023 | |||
| Saunders, Mark | 03-Apr-2023 | | ||
| Schipano, Rocco | 09-May-2023 | schipanoformayor@gmail.com | | |
| Shusterman, Robert | 11-May-2023 | rob.shusterman@gmail.com | 416-837-1787 | |
| Singh, Knia | 03-Apr-2023 | info@electkniasingh.ca | | |
| Singh, Partap Dua | 12-May-2023 | |||
| Sivaneswaran, Raksheni | 11-May-2023 | raksheni4the6ix@gmail.com | ||
| Sniedzins, Erwin | 04-Apr-2023 | esniedzins@gmail.com | | |
| Srivastava, Sandeep | 03-Apr-2023 | Info@SrivastavaForMayor.Com | 647-855-4466 | |
| Straus, Meir | 03-Apr-2023 | meir4mayor@gmail.com | | |
| Tang, Weizhen | 11-Apr-2023 | |||
| Toye, Mitchell | 12-May-2023 | |||
| Tull, Reginald | 03-Apr-2023 | tullformayor@gmail.com | | |
| Tunney, Jeffery | 03-Apr-2023 | smallguycleaner@hotmail.com | 647-769-8609 | |
| Vadivelu, Kiri | 03-Apr-2023 | socialistmayor@kiri-vadivelu.ca | 647-986-1917 | |
| Weenen, Jack | 03-Apr-2023 | jcwformayor@gmail.com | 437-239-2491 | |
| Wei, Yuanqian | 13-Apr-2023 | |||
| Williams, Jody | 06-Apr-2023 | jody17Williams@gmail.com | 437-777-6828 | |
| Winter, John | 12-May-2023 | |||
| Yan, Nathalie Xian Yi | 06-Apr-2023 |
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