turini2
Active Member
"His approval ratings are north of 60 per cent" apparently - TVO in December.
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Videodrome
Senior Member
This doesn't surprise me. If he wants to run again, he won't have a problem winning.
ShonTron
Moderator
Exactly. The ones who oppose Tory (like me) are the ones who follow local politics closely. Tory is not a great mayor by any measure, but if you don't pay attention to city hall, why would you care? The types of controversies that Tory gets into, like his continuing involvement with Rogers, aren't going to arouse much anger from the average voter (a homeowning household worried more about property tax than anything else).
Videodrome
Senior Member
He also has a notable lack of personal scandals, compared the mayor before him. Bland works.
Amare
Senior Member
Real exciting news today. I'm really just so thrilled, this is just amazing news. Goes to show if you have no real ambition to change anything on the grand stage of politics, you'll be rewarded time and time again.
Might as well just stamp him in for yet another term:
www.thestar.com
Might as well just stamp him in for yet another term:
John Tory says he will seek a third term as Toronto’s mayor
The city’s 65th mayor says he will register to seek re-election in the October civic election.
www.thestar.com
toronto647
Active Member
Real exciting news today. I'm really just so thrilled, this is just amazing news. Goes to show if you have no real ambition to change anything on the grand stage of politics, you'll be rewarded time and time again.
Might as well just stamp him in for yet another term:
John Tory says he will seek a third term as Toronto’s mayor
The city’s 65th mayor says he will register to seek re-election in the October civic election.
Certainly agree Tory will win easily! Believe it or not this is actually a boost for Ford as voters will recognize his working relationship with Tory and vast number of transit projects they both have agreed upon and the desire to create more supply in the housing market. Seems like we will have Trudeau till 2025 atleast and Ford/Tory till 2026. Status quo for the next little bit
picard102
Senior Member
Thank god. The alternatives were looking like real duds already.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
We need to go after the councillors. Especially the ones who are anti-public transit, anti-cyclists, and pro-automobile.
The mayor has only one vote on city council.
City Council is made up of 26 members: the Mayor, who is elected city-wide, and 25 Councillors who are elected in each ward across the city. Work on getting 25 councillors who will improve Toronto the way you want.
The mayor has only one vote on city council.
City Council is made up of 26 members: the Mayor, who is elected city-wide, and 25 Councillors who are elected in each ward across the city. Work on getting 25 councillors who will improve Toronto the way you want.
turini2
Active Member
Agreed!
Towered
Superstar
Exactly. The real meat is in going after stubborn regressives like Stephen Holyday. I'm often tempted to do so myself!
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Remember what happened with Mayor Rob Ford. It took some of the councillors to rein him in. It was unfortunately only a little, because he did continue to do damage because of other councillors (IE. Councillor Doug Ford, at the time) who still supported him.
Amare
Senior Member
I would definitely agree that getting rid of a lot of our city councillors would do wonders for this city. But we already know ~95% of them will be re-elected since people refuse to do their homework and just lazily vote for whoever has been in office because: "they are doing a good job" without being able to list 3 things their councillor has done for their ward.
There's a whole list of councillors who need to be turfed, but it's basically guaranteed that they arent going anywhere.
There's a whole list of councillors who need to be turfed, but it's basically guaranteed that they arent going anywhere.
ShonTron
Moderator
I’d argue that all should be turfed apart from three. Maybe 5 if I’m feeling very generous.
Northern Light
Superstar
Name-drop your 3-5 please!
Admiral Beez
Superstar
My guess is Tory runs one last time in 2026, and retires at age 76 in 2030.