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2023 Toronto Mayoral by-election

Who gets your vote for Mayor of Toronto?

  • Ana Bailao

    Votes: 18 16.4%

  • Brad Bradford

    Votes: 3 2.7%

  • Olivia Chow

    Votes: 58 52.7%

  • Mitzie Hunter

    Votes: 2 1.8%

  • Josh Matlow

    Votes: 20 18.2%

  • Mark Saunders

    Votes: 4 3.6%

  • Other

    Votes: 5 4.5%
  • Total voters
    110
  • Poll closed .
JacindaArdern said:
Haha this is great:
https://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/11w0vv4
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Ok, the key bit needs to be brought forward here. Note this is not from Bradford, but so far as I can discern, not inaccurate in the least.

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ShonTron said:
I’m disappointed though, I’m not thrilled about Bailao, and I’m really surprised that someone who had Progress Toronto’s support would turn for such a mediocre pro-Tory centrist so quickly.

Bailao also has LIUNA’s support, which is no surprise, but that’s also a dirty union local.
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Plus I consider Bailao's association with such a vile asshole like Kouvalis as a significant obstacle to support her. Huge red flag there.
 
Bailao was my councillor for a five years and she was pretty good at local constituency issues but I always got the sense she was taking marching orders from the mayor's office on city council items.

I recall her doing work on cross-ward issues with Cressy and Layton, so perhaps she would extend an olive branch to progressive councillors.

I'd vote for Bailao before Bradford, and maybe Matlow pending his housing platform.
 
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toonderly said:
I feel like maybe they should have dug deeper to find something damning that Stephanie Smyth is "known for" or just not mentioned it at all.
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I feel like maybe they should have found anything at all if they want to dissuade people from voting for him that weren't going to already.
What moderate is clutching their pearls that he has support from a journalist and former political staffers?
 
I'm not putting too much weight in the composition of a candidate's advisory committee, like Bradford. Candidates want to find the people they need to win. Keep in mind, Olivia Chow hired Liberal pitbull Warren Kinsella in 2007 and David Miller hired former PC strategist John Laschinger in 2003.

Likewise, GR firms like Navigator and StrategyCorp are betting on Bradford as their golden goose so that their clients will have an open door to the mayor's office. This is just politics.

To me, Bradford's inconsistent voting record, his allegiance to Tory, and his recent comments on the Gardiner are bigger red flags than the membership of his advisory committee.
 
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mjl08 said:
I'm not putting too much weight in the composition of a candidate's advisory committee, like Bradford. Candidates want to find the people they need to win. Keep in mind, Olivia Chow hired Liberal pitbull Warren Kinsella in 2007 and David Miller hired former PC strategist John Laschinger in 2003.

Likewise, GR firms like Navigator and StrategyCorp are betting on Bradford as their golden goose so that their clients will have an open door to the mayor's office. This is just politics.
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Same with Ana Bailao working with Nick Kouvalis. It's just politics. He is there to provide strategy. Nothing more.
 
JacindaArdern said:
I'm just thinking we can expect really disgusting things anyone that can stomach Kouvalis. There has to be a line somewhere.
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I get that. However, I don't recall John Tory running on a smear campaign or diving into clear bad campaign politics with his three campaigns. Kouvalis got nasty with Patrick Brown's re-election campaign in Brampton, however, that felt really personal. As there is not an incumbent running, I expect Kouvalis to help with strategy without anything nasty. And I think Ana Bailao doesn't want a nasty campaign.
 
StevieD said:
I get that. However, I don't recall John Tory running on a smear campaign or diving into clear bad campaign politics with his three campaigns. Kouvalis got nasty with Patrick Brown's re-election campaign in Brampton, however, that felt really personal. As there is not an incumbent running, I expect Kouvalis to help with strategy without anything nasty. And I think Ana Bailao doesn't want a nasty campaign.
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Tory did get pretty mean and petty during the 2014, 2018 election and arguably in the 2022 election. The robocalls to get his picks onto council was unprecedented for a mayoral campaign, and in 2022 that’s how he spent nearly all the time. Remember that in 2018, his campaign was calling Layton, Cressy, and Wong-Tam “radical socialists.”

https://twitter.com/x/status/1025043911071473664
 
So does Saunders keep making Ontario Place "advising" money through the campaign or?

According to information posted on the government’s website, Saunders will be paid $700 a day for a maximum of up to $171,500 a year in the part-time role. An order-in-council said Saunders was appointed on Feb. 25 and will serve until Feb. 24, 2024 at the latest.
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I hope some journalists ask him on the campaign trail what he's been doing for this potentially pretty significant amount of money.
 
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Saunders really seems to be scrambling for his next meal ticket. His resignation was sudden and I often wondered what was behind it.
 
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