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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 .
Caught a brief blurb of Saunders campaigning on the news last night. The target of his ire? Bike lanes. He said he would remove the bike lanes on University, reverse the decision to make the ones on Yonge Street permanent, and cancel the installation of all proposed bike lanes everywhere in the city. All in the name of "fighting congestion".

What a disgusting troglodyte. The left better coalesce around a single candidate to ensure that this vile idiot doesn't become mayor. I'm furious that he's even suggesting those changes.
 
StevieD said:
I went from being a big Liberal supporter to becoming a Harper Conservative to becoming more of a Blue Liberal. My mother was a Conservative her whole life who became more of a Liberal supporter years ago to going back to being a Conservative (thanks to our current Prime Minister and former Premier Kathleen Wynne). So no, that's not true.
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I get what he's saying though.
People switching parties are usually the exception rather than the rule
 
Fresco said:
Err, not always true.
I've gone from being strong conservative to now completely socially liberal, but fiscally still conservative.

What this country needs is a Libertarian party that can compete with our big 3 parties
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Yeah, Libertarianism is totally what this country needs. SMH.
 
Towered said:
Caught a brief blurb of Saunders campaigning on the news last night. The target of his ire? Bike lanes. He said he would remove the bike lanes on University, reverse the decision to make the ones on Yonge Street permanent, and cancel the installation of all proposed bike lanes everywhere in the city. All in the name of "fighting congestion".

What a disgusting troglodyte. The left better coalesce around a single candidate to ensure that this vile idiot doesn't become mayor. I'm furious that he's even suggesting those changes.
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As headstrong as Matlow is, I think he's pragmatic and smart enough to know that it's ultimately not a competition against Chow but against conservative status quo, and cut bait if he's falling too far behind. I easily see him then getting the Deputy Mayor position if she wins.
 
Just wow, Bradford at it again...............its no longer just his foot in his mouth, he's at least knee-deep.

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Richard White said:
True but Tory was the PC leader prior to being Mayor.

Things change but political views don't. Once a Conservative, always a Conservative
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It's really best to view John Tory through the prism of his '03 Mayoral run, i.e. he was definitely the "right-wing" candidate to David Miller as the "left-wing" candidate, but the two were so fundamentally collegial as opponents as to, shall we say, soften the differential. Thus while the difference was "stark" in left vs right fundamentals, it didn't really play out as starkly as Tory vs Ford in '14--which was really more a matter of high vs low (whereas Miller vs Tory worked on a more mutually elevated level).
 
zang said:
As headstrong as Matlow is, I think he's pragmatic and smart enough to know that it's ultimately not a competition against Chow but against conservative status quo, and cut bait if he's falling too far behind. I easily see him then getting the Deputy Mayor position if she wins.
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My understanding from speaking to people working in his campaign is that he will not drop out, and is hoping to galvanize "progressives" behind him at the debate.
 
Fresco said:
Why not??
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Because it's a many-time-failed form of politics born of selfish interests, ignores the social compact and is comprised in the vast majority by men.

It goes against almost everything this country has built itself up to be. Healthcare and social programs would be wiped out. Pay to play at every opportunity because some jack hole who hated being told no as a kid thinks he shouldn't have to pay for sidewalks he doesn't use. Tens of thousands of years of social cooperation have brought us to where we are now, Libertarianism wishes to ignore all of that.
 
Pacer said:
My understanding from speaking to people working in his campaign is that he will not drop out, and is hoping to galvanize "progressives" behind him at the debate.
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Honestly, with Olivia in the race I cannot see progressives rallying behind Josh Matlow. He can hope all he wants but it will not get him anywhere.
 
Richard White said:
Honestly, with Olivia in the race I cannot see progressives rallying behind Josh Matlow. He can hope all he wants but it will not get him anywhere.
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It's a wait and see kind of situation. I think if he doesn't see a significant bump in the polls after the debate, he'll throw his support behind Chow, presuming she'll still be the front runner (if he's smart).
 
zang said:
Because it's a many-time-failed form of politics born of selfish interests, ignores the social compact and is comprised in the vast majority by men.

It goes against almost everything this country has built itself up to be. Healthcare and social programs would be wiped out. Pay to play at every opportunity because some jack hole who hated being told no as a kid thinks he shouldn't have to pay for sidewalks he doesn't use. Tens of thousands of years of social cooperation have brought us to where we are now, Libertarianism wishes to ignore all of that.
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I am definitely not against government sponsored healthcare.
Most Libertarians want a 2-tier system like they have in Singapore and some Scandinavian countries.

But we're getting off-topic so I digress
 
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