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Dave Gray-Donald retweeted
Brad Bradford has been endorsed by a tech billionaire, Rob Ford's former chief of staff, and the founder of the far-right rag Rebel News
Our friends at @TheGrindTO compiled a list of the mayoral candidate's most questionable supporters
Dave Gray-Donald retweeted
Our list of Brad Bradford's endorsements has been updated to include National Post founder Conrad Black and a former leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
thegrindmag.ca/brad-bradford…
Thousands of Torontonians mobilized for Palestine in recent years and joined local organizations. Many of them feel Mayor Olivia Chow has been hostile to the cause.
Olivia Bowden and @rdassaly spoke to people in the movement about how they're voting. thegrindmag.ca/how-are-pales…
The TL;DR is that “[Chow] is not a candidate anybody is excited to vote for,” as organizer Britt Caron put it, but many are voting for her because Bradford is aggressively pro-Israel and his crackdown on the pro-Pal movement would be more severe. thegrindmag.ca/how-are-pales…
Lol, they endorsed neither Chow nor Bradford. Encouraged people to vote for whichever vision they like, but wouldn't say which vision The Star preferred. archive.is/6hYXA
Dave Gray-Donald retweeted
Working on a data project and thought I'd put this map together to show just how fast the colonization of the West Bank is happening: Since Jan 2025, Israel has signed orders for 115 of the 191 settlements. In the ten years before, 39.
Chow hasn't once used the veto available in the "strong mayor powers."
Bradford said in 2023 he would use the powers, and this election he's dodged questions about it.
Ryan Kelpin on how Bradford could override council and reshape the government: thegrindmag.ca/can-bradford-…
Dave Gray-Donald retweeted
With veto power over many city council decisions and the ability to set the budget, appoint civil servants and restructure committees, Bradford could remake Toronto’s government in his image, writes Ryan Kelpin. thegrindmag.ca/can-bradford-…
Dave Gray-Donald retweeted
Asked by a viewer if they'd use strong mayor powers, Bradford dodges & says he's seeking a mandate from voters, and pledges to "work with everybody."("I didn't hear an answer there," Chow notes.)
"I'm not going to use the strong mayor powers and destroy democracy," answers Chow.
Dave Gray-Donald retweeted
Toronto Centre: 34 Moise, 30 Tate, Stikuts 25
Scarborough North: 42 Chen, 34 Myers, 12 Dong
Scarborough Southwest: 41 Kandavel, 38 Rupasingh
Dave Gray-Donald retweeted
NEW ward polling ahead of Monday's municipal elections:
Beaches East York: 32 Nate, 26 Natalie, 21 Dann
Toronto Danforth: 40 Ehrhardt , 26 Fragedakis, 22 Saxe
York South Weston: Nunziata 34, DiGiorgio 30, Padovani 28
Source: Forum Research, Oct 22, 2026
Bradford hasn't responded to election surveys from:
- ACORN Toronto (renters)
- TTCriders
- Toronto Environmental Alliance
- Cycle Toronto
Genuinely hard to know where he stands on their issues. thegrindmag.ca/bradford-does…
Dave Gray-Donald retweeted
NEW: Bradford Doesn’t Respond to Surveys from Renters, Cyclists and Environmentalists
Olivia Chow committed to nearly everything in surveys from the Toronto Environmental Alliance, tenants group ACORN and from Cycle Toronto. Bradford didn't respond. thegrindmag.ca/bradford-does…
Dave Gray-Donald retweeted
If you're wondering who is behind those Jagmeet Singh duffel bag ads on here, know that it's part of a multi-billion dollar scam empire being run out of Eastern European call centers. It's an absolutely massive problem and Canada is a priority target.
cbc.ca/news/ukraine-call-cen…
Dave Gray-Donald retweeted
Toronto police have halted use of Crime Stoppers since it “raises serious concerns” about protecting confidential details. thestar.com/news/gta/toronto…
I wonder who the Toronto Star will endorse for mayor this time. Last time they endorsed Bailão. Got to imagine editors favour Chow and the owner (Bitove) is a Bradford bro. It'll come out... in the Saturday edition?
Hearing from a source in the Chow campaign that Chow is further behind than most public-facing polls indicate.
As in, Chow is likely to lose and Bradford likely to win unless something significant changes in the next five days.
Dave Gray-Donald retweeted
NEW: Brad Bradford is ahead this morning in a new Liaison Strategies poll, with his lead within the margin of error.
“The race is a statistical dead heat,” according to the polling firm.
🟢 Bradford: 49%
🟣Chow: 47%
cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/t…
