![]() ![]() A fee of C$250 ($189) and 25 signatures is all a Torontonian needs to run for mayor. The barrier for entry into the race is remarkably low. ![]() "The difference between last time and this time is we don't know who is going to win," Prof Wiseman said. With him out of the picture, the upcoming by-election on 26 June is "a wide open race," said Nelson Wiseman, a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Toronto. He resigned a few days after it was published. That is, until a scandal of his own forced him out of office a few months later.Ī February article in the Toronto Star revealed the 68-year-old married mayor had an affair with a 31-year-old staffer during the Covid-19 pandemic. ![]() Only a few dozen people had challenged him then, as he was seen as a shoo-in for re-election. Many have pointed to an increase in gun violence, homelessness, housing prices and violence on public transit during his tenure.ĭespite these criticisms, Mr Tory was elected three times - the most recent being in October 2022. He is also blamed for overseeing a Toronto that is seemingly at a crisis point, especially as the city continues to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. A Toronto Star column described him as "rarely inspirational and too often overly cautious". Mr Tory's rise to power in 2014 was seen as a welcome reprieve from the reign of Rob Ford, who made international headlines for admitting to smoking crack cocaine while in office.īut Mr Tory has been criticised for lacking a meaningful vision for Toronto, and for deepening inequality in one of the world's most unaffordable cities. The contest was called after the resignation of John Tory, the city's mayor for the past eight years. It is the first by-election in Toronto's history since seven municipalities joined to form what is colloquially known as the "mega-city" 25 years ago. "I think city hall would make better decisions if there was an animal in the room," he told the BBC.īut along with a desire for change, Mr Heaps said this election is an opportunity he simply could not afford to miss. If he wins, he said he will designate Molly as the city's first honorary dog mayor. His campaign also proposes a fix to housing unaffordability, a tax-hike on billion-dollar businesses and a ban on fossil-fuel heating systems in new homes and commercial buildings. The overuse of salt on roads during the winter, Mr Heaps argued, can hurt the paws of tender-footed canines like Molly. 800 Hiromi Tomb T a Stark six-year-old wolf-husky canine, and her owner Toby Heaps, are running on the promise to "Stop the Salt Assault" on city roads during the winter. ![]()
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