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Next Mayor of Toronto?

PinkLucy said:
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I agree that it is likely public transit. I'd just like to see Ford taken out of the equation in these polls :). Well, to be frank, I'd like to see him taken out of the equation,period.
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CityTV did a similar survey last summer. By a huge margin, Torontonians prioritized building a better city over low taxes.
 
WislaHD said:
How are people still willing to vote for Ford?
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Well, he has become a celebrity and has put Toronto in the limelight through international media attention. I can't recall another Toronto Mayor who has been interviewed by the big U.S. networks before and lampooned in U.S. late-night talk shows. As someone once said, no publicity is bad publicity. He has the name recognition, that's for sure; for good or for bad.

What Council has done these last few days will likely backfire and turn into a David and Goliath story, an us vs. them. If Rob cleans up his act then he could totally turn this around by next fall to be a success story and appeal to the majority of lower income, working class who don't relate to Toronto's elite.

Olivia Chow has good strategists but still represent's Toronto's elite...even if she does run on a centre-left campaign no one can forget about her and Jack living in social housing lol. Tax and spend...you better believe it!

Time will tell. A week in politics is a long time. But the election really is Rob's to lose. He just needs to clean up his personal life!!
 
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Just as a matter of interest as someone who isn't from Canada (and picking up a point that Doug Ford made yesterday) - is a 10 month campaign for council elections common in Canada?
 
RiverCity1 said:
Well, he has become a celebrity and has put Toronto in the limelight through international media attention. I can't recall another Toronto Mayor who has been interviewed by the big U.S. networks before and lampooned in U.S. late-night talk shows. As someone once said, no publicity is bad publicity. He has the name recognition, that's for sure; for good or for bad.

What Council has done these last few days will likely backfire and turn into a David and Goliath story, an us vs. them. If Rob cleans up his act then he could totally turn this around by next fall to be a success story and appeal to the majority of lower income, working class who don't relate to Toronto's elite.
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This is exactly what I fear.

Olivia Chow has good strategists but still represent's Toronto's elite...even if she does run on a centre-left campaign no one can forget about her and Jack living in social housing lol. Tax and spend...you better believe it!

Time will tell. A week in politics is a long time. But the election really is Rob's to lose. He just needs to clean up his personal life!!
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I think you're overstating how easy it will be for Ford to win. Even before the scandals hit Chow consistently polled higher than Ford. Now only 38% of people say that they'll consider voting for Ford. I'm not saying that Ford can't win, but he's going to have an uphill battle.
 
From Macleans:
"Ms. Chow is considering a run for mayor of Toronto. Asked about the possibility of running, she said October 2014 was “very far awayâ€"

October 2014 is very far away, but there's only six weeks until candidates need to declare themselves.

And her comments on the Rob Ford situation:

" I also want to comment on the Rob Ford situation. I just came back from China as part of the parliamentary delegation to promote trade in China, and I also had a mission to push to have Toronto designated as a trading hub for yuan, which is the Chinese currency. But everywhere I go, the Chinese are talking about Rob Ford. You see it in the front page of the China Daily News. Even on Saturday, I saw it in the Shanghai Daily News. It’s on CNN. And I’m really frustrated that because of Rob Ford’s scandal, we are embarrassed because of his lies and that a great deal of important work such as dealing with the gridlock, providing affordable housing and child care and creating green jobs, youth employment issues are being sidelined because of Ford’s scandal.

But Toronto is much more than Rob Ford. We deserve a lot better. Toronto has passionate citizens that very inspiring in their cultural and musical or artistic talents. Toronto has beautiful parks and amazing neighbourhoods. It is a financial centre. It is the second largest financial service centre in North America. And we really deserve a lot better. And I’m very glad that Toronto City Council is taking corrective action so that they could soon go back to the issues that matter to ordinary Torontonians and Canadians."

Source: http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/11/18/olivia-chow-toronto-is-much-more-than-rob-ford/
 
Here's an analysis of the 2010 election from U of T professor Zack Taylor and his comments on how the center-left can recapture the mayor's office. Interestingly, he refutes a lot of the cottage industry about Ford Nation being mostly poor visible minorities etc. Income had little to do with support for any candidate and areas with a higher percentage of visible minorities were actually more inclined to vote for Smitherman.

http://metapolis.ca/?p=202
 
TheTigerMaster said:
From Macleans:
"Ms. Chow is considering a run for mayor of Toronto. Asked about the possibility of running, she said October 2014 was “very far away”"

October 2014 is very far away, but there's only six weeks until candidates need to declare themselves.

And her comments on the Rob Ford situation:

" I also want to comment on the Rob Ford situation. I just came back from China as part of the parliamentary delegation to promote trade in China, and I also had a mission to push to have Toronto designated as a trading hub for yuan, which is the Chinese currency. But everywhere I go, the Chinese are talking about Rob Ford. You see it in the front page of the China Daily News. Even on Saturday, I saw it in the Shanghai Daily News. It’s on CNN. And I’m really frustrated that because of Rob Ford’s scandal, we are embarrassed because of his lies and that a great deal of important work such as dealing with the gridlock, providing affordable housing and child care and creating green jobs, youth employment issues are being sidelined because of Ford’s scandal.

But Toronto is much more than Rob Ford. We deserve a lot better. Toronto has passionate citizens that very inspiring in their cultural and musical or artistic talents. Toronto has beautiful parks and amazing neighbourhoods. It is a financial centre. It is the second largest financial service centre in North America. And we really deserve a lot better. And I’m very glad that Toronto City Council is taking corrective action so that they could soon go back to the issues that matter to ordinary Torontonians and Canadians."

Source: http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/11/18/olivia-chow-toronto-is-much-more-than-rob-ford/
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Does Olivia Chow now represent Chinese views? Wow, that's arrogant. I know many Chinese conservatives who support RF. There is a reason why they left red China after all. (Listen up Justin Trudeau!)

She really should keep her mouth shut. Are people just supposed to forget about Jack's incident in a rub-and-tug? Now that's embarrassing. I guess people did forget because it didn't seem to affect his career. At all.
 
RiverCity1 said:
Well, he has become a celebrity and has put Toronto in the limelight through international media attention. I can't recall another Toronto Mayor who has been interviewed by the big U.S. networks before and lampooned in U.S. late-night talk shows. As someone once said, no publicity is bad publicity. He has the name recognition, that's for sure; for good or for bad.

What Council has done these last few days will likely backfire and turn into a David and Goliath story, an us vs. them. If Rob cleans up his act then he could totally turn this around by next fall to be a success story and appeal to the majority of lower income, working class who don't relate to Toronto's elite.

Olivia Chow has good strategists but still represent's Toronto's elite...even if she does run on a centre-left campaign no one can forget about her and Jack living in social housing lol. Tax and spend...you better believe it!

Time will tell. A week in politics is a long time. But the election really is Rob's to lose. He just needs to clean up his personal life!!
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I completely agree with you ! I indicated as such in the Mayor Ford thread but his 'core' group of clearly irrational votes will be unswayed regardless of what new information comes out. One would imagine / hope that % of the population that fall into this group is low but I wouldn't be surprised if it is in the 10-20%.

Moreover the general public always loves an us vs them story, where 'them' will be labeled as a group of left wing / tax and spend evil doers. Also I know a group of, albeit small, component folks who find this all very entertaining and would love to see Ford stay in office merely for this fact; They know he has (and will have) very little actual power.


It'll be very interesting to see what time will do to this story, the general public / media will not be kept entertained by Ford for a whole year, so things will inevitably die out ! I actually perdict this will happen sooner then later. Maybe inflating for a month again when and if the video comes out. So the release of the video will dictate a lot as well.
 
RiverCity1 said:
Does Olivia Chow now represent Chinese views? Wow, that's arrogant.
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Settle down.

Who else would you send to represent Toronto in China? She's well-versed in Toronto city affairs and she's fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese. And trying to lure foreign exchange trading to Toronto doesn't strike me as particularly socialist in its agenda.
 
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