ShonTron
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- Joined
- Apr 24, 2007
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- Ward 13 - Toronto Centre
I cannot take Chow seriously after the mayoral election. Outside of her areas of expertise, homelessness and community housing, she came across as clueless in so many other areas, especially transit and infrastructure.
Those qualities made her a great person to have on city council; with the right team, she could have been a decent mayor. But she ran a terrible campaign. When I saw her leading polls in Spadina-Fort York, I was surprised; I figured Adam Vaughan would clean up in a condo-dominated riding. After all, Chow couldn't even win in Ward 20 in the 2014 municipal election.
I'm surprised to see polls favouring Bill Morneau over Linda McQuaig in Toronto Centre while the NDP are still favoured in the other two downtown ridings. Toronto Centre is the lowest-income of the three; Bill Morneau's great wealth and corporatist views are a far cry from more progressive past Toronto Centre MPs like Bill Graham and Bob Rae.