The Toronto mayoral by-election may either be the best thing to happen to the city in ages, or the worst. The city appears to be at a crossroads and in desperate need of a change in direction.
Decades of steady growth and improvements in nearly all areas launched Toronto into a rarefied tier of world cities. Then, the pandemic. Toronto came out the other side not just worse for wear, but in a cacophony of crises: housing affordability, transit, a downtown core in economic decline.
It doesn’t help that Ford is “not endorsing” a candidate few seem to want:
After pledging to stay out of Toronto mayor election, Doug Ford jumps in (again)
Premier Doug Ford has yet again weighed in on the Toronto mayoral race, despite previously saying he was staying out of the election.
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.
