The number of homeless encampments in Toronto is once again on the rise, after falling last year to a quarter of their footprint during the pandemic.
With twice as many camps this May as there were a year prior, it represents another symptom of the city’s deepening homelessness crisis.
Chow’s lead slips, Bailao’s support jumps up: Mainstreet poll
Ana Bailao has gained ground in the race for mayor of Toronto as support for frontrunner Olivia Chow has slipped this week, according to a new poll released on Friday morning.
If the election was held today, 29 per cent of decided voters would cast their ballots for Chow while 20 per cent would choose Bailao.
Sadly for Toronto that’s about as good as the news gets. We can hope someone, anyone gains enough momentum to stop Chow. Remember her “overwhelming” polling lead vanished last time she ran. The more people learned about her the more they backed away. Nothing has changed with Chow. Jack Layton she ain’t.
Saunders calls on other candidates to support him to ‘stop Chow’
Mayoral candidate Mark Saunders on Thursday urged others who are running to get in line behind him in order to “stop Olivia Chow,” but the appeal is drawing little enthusiasm.
With less than three weeks left in the election, Saunders issued a press release Thursday, calling for “unity” and claiming that “a vote for any other candidate is a vote for Chow.”
To me Saunders simply lacks curb appeal but Ford’s non-endorsement-endorsement may have killed any hope of a win.
I can’t see any of the “right” candidates dropping out, mainly because only Furey can be called “right”. The rest are like Saunders “Lesser Chows.”
