Who is torontos mayor

Despite his retreat, many are encouraging him to run. He will be one of the people vying to be the left-wing candidate next October.

He has served on the Toronto Police Services Board and has been an advocate of a subway extension for Scarborough. From our newsroom to your inbox at noon, the latest headlines, stories, opinion and photos from the Toronto Sun.

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Toronto Sun Manage Print Subscription. Main Menu Search torontosun. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Asked to choose between Minnan-Wong and Layton, 23 per cent chose Layton, 8 per cent chose Minnan-Wong and 69 per cent were undecided. During the interactive voice response telephone survey, considered accurate within three percentage points, 19 times out of 20, Forum also asked Torontonians about potential election issues.

Asked about property tax levels, 44 per cent said they want them to stay the same; 34 per cent wanted lower taxes even if it meant less services; and 22 per cent wanted higher property taxes to get better city services. The Star reached out to five councillors considered potential mayoral candidates; with all eyes on Tory, none were willing to rule themselves in or out. The staunch progressive has championed initiatives to reduce climate change, tearing down the Gardiner Expressway, bike lanes on Bloor Street, affordable housing mandates and supervised injection sites.

Affable, he gets along with many council colleagues but is firmly a member of the left-leaning caucus. He did rule out running for any other level of office, including as Ontario NDP leader, anytime soon.

Josh Matlow Ward 12 Toronto—St. Decidedly a member of neither, he has raised his own profile through fighting developers at Yonge-Eglinton in his Toronto-St. The subway fight has brought him often toe to toe with Tory, who has in two successive elections promised to build the billions-dollar project amid ongoing controversy and provincial takeovers. With a lack of allies on council, Matlow would face a difficult administration as mayor if the makeup of council remained much as it is today.

Like the others, Matlow said little about his plans whether Tory runs or not. Thompson, chair of economic and community development, says he has been too busy to consider his role in the election. He is not ruling out a mayoral run. Thompson is considered a council conservative and Tory ally who challenged the mayor and police services board in over carding — arbitrary police stops that were later scrapped.

He also fights for anti-Black racism initiatives. I continue to support his leadership. Copyright owned or licensed by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited.

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