Full disclosure, I like John Tory and I will probably vote for him.
I used to listen to him on Newstalk 1010 all the time. I appreciated his common sense and his stance against the rhetorical, ideological, non-sensical stances held by Mayor McCrackey and others on that side of the political spectrum. On the radio, and for that matter in his work with Civic Action, he advocated for transit modes appropriate for the setting, and that mean LRT when LRT was warranted, subway when that was warranted.
And so this stance against the Finch and Sheppard LRT's is not the John Tory that I liked on the radio, and the John Tory that I was super-excited when I heard he was running for Mayor. This makes me think this is the "John Tory for Mayor", or the "John Tory controlled by his campaign/Nick Kouvalis", and not the Newstalk 1010 John Tory. He has to be against LRT, or at least not support them strongly, because (unfortunately) that's what the prevailing culture is with conservatives in Toronto. Sad, but true. He's saying this to win.
Having said that, the John Tory I know from the radio was also willing to change his stance according to expert opinion and sober after-thought. This makes me think that if he becomes Mayor, the pandering for the anti-LRT vote may be dropped. If council re-affirms their support for the LRT's, which they strongly have supported in the past, I think he will too. If Tory can get Smarttrack/RER with his idea of a revenue tool prioritized, he would accept the LRT's and a down-payment on starting the DRL. Let's not forget, the city has to rally behind some kind of revenue tool that will support the LRT's, Smarttrack/DRL, whatever, to complement the provincial $15B contribution to GTHA transit.
Anyway, my point is, I think we may see a different, more reasonable and compromising Mayor Tory than Candidate Tory that has to speak out against LRT in order to steal Ford voters. I'm not convinced that Tory will stick to everything he is pledging in the campaign -- it's debatable whether this is a good quality (not stubborn, willing to compromise) or not (flip/flopper).