Q&A: Mayoral candidate Gil Penalosa on why he deserves John Tory’s job

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Q&A: Mayoral candidate Gil Penalosa on why he deserves John Tory’s job
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'I’m not doing political arithmetic. I’m focused 100 per cent on the ideas'

. He has many thoughts on what this city is getting wrong . Now, he’s running to dethrone John Tory in October’s election and is introducing himself to voters with a two-month walking tour of the city.We need to live differently—more equitably and more sustainably. I don’t think that Toronto has been moving in that direction over the last eight years. And I don’t think we can go another four years with the status quo.In Toronto, we have a huge divide between the haves and have-nots.

If I’m able to communicate my ideas, I have a good chance. Obviously, many people avoided entering the race because the mayor decided to run for a third time. But I’m not doing political arithmetic. I’m not focused on the polls or probabilitiesLet’s talk about those ideas. What would happen on day one under Mayor Penalosa?

Entire books have been written about grand plans for Toronto that died on the drawing board. A revitalized University Avenue comes to mind as a recent example. How would you make sure that stuff actually gets built?

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