A look behind the scenes; the unseen platforms that might make the cut
Rahman Mohamed
John Tory, Olivia Chow, and Doug Ford are considered front-runners in Toronto’s 2014 mayoral race. They have online platforms that include transit plans. But there’s still a total of 65 candidates in the race, 24 of whom have online platforms listed on the City of Toronto’s candidate list. John Tory’s isn’t listed. What do the online outliers have to say?
Mayoral front-runner’s transit plans
Rahman Mohamed
After 20 candidates, including Karen Stintz withdraw, the battle for the Office for Toronto has dropped to only 65 candidates (seriously) with Doug Ford taking the torch from incumbent Rob Ford, withdrawing on September 12 before being diagnosed with cancer. But only 11 candidates have complete contact information – phone, email and website, including media-declared front-runners Olivia Chow and John Tory. Doug Ford’s contact info isn’t listed on the City’s site.
So what do they say about the future of Toronto transit?
Elector apathy growing; Political how shrinking
Rahman Mohamed
According to Elections Ontario voter turnout has been steadily declining. On June 9 CBC reported that Elections Ontario reported a 6% drop in turnout for advance polls. Compared to 603,785 electors for advanced polls and a total of in 48% in 2011, only 566,845 Ontarians voted in 2014 advance polls. Why? Because they don’t know what to expect from leaders.
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