Chow vs. Ford in 2014? 17
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And surprise, the MP from Trinity-Spadina has changed her tune since August when she flatly ruled out a bid to run the city.
Chow has every right to dive back into municipal politics if she chooses to and she should. It would give Toronto voters a clear choice during the next campaign.
On one hand there would be Mayor Rob Ford, who plans to seek re-election and firmly believes in a smaller, leaner civic government.
On the other, you have Chow — who firmly believes government is meant to be anemployment agency for unions.
For the past two years, Ford’s administration has slowed-down runaway city spending and chipped away at the debt.
A Chow administration would embrace spending and taxes as the answer to most our problems.
The outspoken Toronto MP and tireless defender of special interests has repeatedly made it clear where she stands.
As city staff again tried in vain to remove the Jarvis Street bike lanes, Chow hopped on her bike after a press conference and pedaled away with reporters snapping photos.
That’s a clear message to Toronto’s electorate.
With a Mayor Chow, it will be bike lanes and social justice for all.
Interestingly, like Ford, Chow hasn’t been immune to controversy, though hers are somewhat more pedestrian.
They mostly involve questions over spending expenses as an MP and living in subsidized housing when she and late husband Jack Layton had a combined annual income of over $120,000.
We have repeatedly said Ford is on the right track when it comes to money matters at city hall.
But his constant distractions with football, court cases, integrity commissioner reports fighting with his colleagues and his brother, make the political environment ripe for the picking.
The excited buzz around city hall about Chow’s potential run for the mayoralty also has interesting implications for the left-leaners on council thinking of taking that plunge themselves.
For our part, we have three words for Olivia. Go for it!
Chow has every right to dive back into municipal politics if she chooses to and she should. It would give Toronto voters a clear choice during the next campaign.
On one hand there would be Mayor Rob Ford, who plans to seek re-election and firmly believes in a smaller, leaner civic government.
On the other, you have Chow — who firmly believes government is meant to be an
For the past two years, Ford’s administration has slowed-down runaway city spending and chipped away at the debt.
A Chow administration would embrace spending and taxes as the answer to most our problems.
The outspoken Toronto MP and tireless defender of special interests has repeatedly made it clear where she stands.
As city staff again tried in vain to remove the Jarvis Street bike lanes, Chow hopped on her bike after a press conference and pedaled away with reporters snapping photos.
That’s a clear message to Toronto’s electorate.
With a Mayor Chow, it will be bike lanes and social justice for all.
Interestingly, like Ford, Chow hasn’t been immune to controversy, though hers are somewhat more pedestrian.
They mostly involve questions over spending expenses as an MP and living in subsidized housing when she and late husband Jack Layton had a combined annual income of over $120,000.
We have repeatedly said Ford is on the right track when it comes to money matters at city hall.
But his constant distractions with football, court cases, integrity commissioner reports fighting with his colleagues and his brother, make the political environment ripe for the picking.
The excited buzz around city hall about Chow’s potential run for the mayoralty also has interesting implications for the left-leaners on council thinking of taking that plunge themselves.
For our part, we have three words for Olivia. Go for it!
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