The motion passed, prompting an victorious press release from the Bailão campaign, but was ultimately meaningless. Moise - whose motion was cheered on with calls of “Chris for mayor” - has endorsed Bailão. Chris Moise asked council to request the province take on the cost of the Gardiner Expressway and Don Valley Parkway - a central campaign promise made by former councillor Ana Bailão. “I just had to get them all in there - you guys can use them too,” he said to council.Ĭandidates didn’t even have to be a sitting councillor to make an appearance in the chamber. This is more talk, less action,” he said, opposing a motion to cost out alternatives to the Gardiner Expressway east rebuild (he has promised as mayor to speed up the construction).

“This is endless debate, deferral, delay. Frances Nunziata, who runs the council meetings.īradford wasted no time in using his campaign slogans in his fiery speeches. “You still have your obligation to be here and do your job even though you are running for mayor,” snapped Coun. The meeting began with Perruzza objecting to council sitting late on Wednesday because of a pre-scheduled mayoral debate at a galaxy-themed bar. If you didn’t know councillors Anthony Perruzza, Brad Bradford and Josh Matlow were running for mayor, even a cursory look at this week’s city hall session would make it clear. He also worked on Ralph Nader’s presidential campaign and co-founded the Corporate Knights media organization. Heaps, the co-founder of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. Heaps himself has an impressive political pedigree: he’s the son of former Scarborough councillor Adrian Heaps, and great grandson of A.A.

Her biggest concern is the city’s excessive use of road salt, which stings her paws when she goes for winter walks and corrodes vehicles. Heaps said Molly has assembled “a stellar team of advisers” and will roll out a full slate of “common sense” policies around pressing issues like transit and affordable housing over the course of the campaign. “She’s got a lot of big ideas she’s going to introduce to this campaign, and she’s going to excite a lot of people’s imaginations,” he said, touting her plan to enact a law requiring any mayor who breaks their promises to pick up poo for a year, “including hers.” But as he explained to reporters, although he filed the papers, he’s only a stand-in due to the city’s “anthropocentric” election rules, and Molly was the real candidate. on Friday, Toby Heaps rollerbladed into city hall with Molly, a seven-year-old Russian rescue dog, in tow just in time to be the last person to sign up to run for mayor.

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