[quote=CityNews]John Tory’s vow to unite a divided council and usher in a new era of transit with his ambitious SmartTrack plan was embraced by voters who elected him the 65th mayor of Toronto on Monday night.
Throughout the gruelling seven-month campaign Tory’s support steadily grew, with a final Forum poll on Sunday night showing him with a comfortable 12-point lead over second-place Doug Ford. But it was much closer than that on election night, with Ford nipping at Tory’s heels.
It’s not the end of the Ford reign at city hall, though — Rob Ford was elected as councillor in Ward 2, Etobicoke.
Olivia Chow, who was once considered the front-runner to become the city’s next chief magistrate, found herself frustratingly mired in third place in the late polls and couldn’t advance any further on the big day.
Neither was able to halt Tory’s late momentum despite valiant and at-times desperate efforts. Chow questioned the financial feasibility of Tory’s $8-billion 53-kilometre transit overhaul, and said he didn’t have a realistic financial plan to pay for it.
Ford said Tory wasn’t upfront about the need to tunnel to complete portions of SmartTrack and painted his rival as a wealthy elite out-of-touch with the common people of the city.
He also taunted Tory, accusing him of flip-flopping on numerous issues.
Hoping to ride a popular catchphrase like his brother’s ‘Stop the gravy train,’ Doug Ford took to asking, “What’s the story, Mr. Tory?” any time he found himself in the presence of a microphone.
In the end, the ‘folks’ of Toronto answered the question for him, drowning out chants of “Ford More Years” by putting their faith in Tory, who narrowly lost to David Miller when he first ran for mayor in 2003.[/quote]
[url]http://www.citynews.ca/2014/10/27/john-tory-voted-in-as-mayor-of-toronto-in-tight-race/[/url]
Thank God, no more risk of Ford More Years as mayor, though Rob did win councillor in Etobicoke Ward 2. Maybe now Toronto can be the world-class city it's supposed to be.
Here's hoping!
Just what we need in Canadian politics, another Tory :v:
At this point I don't care who won as long as it wasn't Rob.
I think Rob would've probably killed himself if he'd been kicked right out of Toronto city council, and he probably can't do too much damage to Etobicoke with the reputation he carries into his new seat.
Now he can focus more time on his own problems.
I don't really feel like Tory is going to be all that good of a mayor. He is just going to continue previous policies with a marginally higher degree of effectiveness, which means that the municipal government is going to continue to fuck over students and immigrants and basically anyone under a certain income bracket.
[QUOTE=AtomicWaffle;46347791]I don't really feel like Tory is going to be all that good of a mayor. He is just going to continue previous policies with a marginally higher degree of effectiveness, which means that the municipal government is going to continue to fuck over students and immigrants and basically anyone under a certain income bracket.[/QUOTE]
The municipal government does next to nothing for students, most of that is Provincial. I feel he's really going to do good for this city, and that he's the only one who'll be able to unite both the left and right of Council, since Ford wouldn't be able to get the left, and Chow wouldn't be able to get the right. He's also the first mayor to be elected who was never a city councillor, from what I heard.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/rsjA5ux.jpg[/t]
goodnight, old friend :(
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goodnight, old friend :([/QUOTE]
only 116 pictures of him?
[editline]27th October 2014[/editline]
[quote]It’s not the end of the Ford reign at city hall, though — Rob Ford was elected as councillor in Ward 2, Etobicoke.[/quote]
for fuck's sake, what do you have to do in canada to piss off voters!
not apologize?
what i should have asked is what do you have to do to not get elected in canada
Well, the Conservative Party of Canada has had members get dinged for violating the Elections Act in both of the last federal elections that saw the CPC get re-elected and that was in 2010 and they're still in power, so...
[QUOTE=elixwhitetail;46350162]Well, the Conservative Party of Canada has had members get dinged for violating the Elections Act in both of the last federal elections that saw the CPC get re-elected and that was in 2010 and they're still in power, so...[/QUOTE]
And there's the Liberal Party of Ontario who literally bought votes moving some gas plants, and there's some other thing going on with them wasting money on MaRS, and we gave them a majority too.
I'm not too excited, to me, hes just a rich white guy who decided to run for mayor (little experience, is part of the "elite" wealthy class).
And students will always be fucked, Germany made post secondary free, Quebec's tuition is a lot cheaper than Ontario's will ever be (like friggen 40 grand EASY for 4 years university).
nothing will change, just he's not fat and has a past with drugs, that's all that's changed
sorry but it's true
In loving memory.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/1y2pR8W.jpg[/img]
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