The city could use some truly fresh faces in a critical campaign for mayor
The field of candidates for Toronto’s upcoming mayoral election is coming together. There is good news and bad news. Good news first.who stepped down after admitting to having an affair with someone who worked in his office, there is no entrenched incumbent. Nor is there any heir apparent – someone who everyone thought would be next in line for the job. The most promising successor, former city councillor Joe Cressy, opted out for family reasons.
An actual race, with no incumbent or clear front-runner, should focus the city’s attention on its ills and get its residents involved in the search for solutions. Voter turnout fell to a dismal 30 per cent in the last election, down from 50 per cent in 2010. The bad news is that none of them stands out as obvious mayoral material. Midtown councillor Josh Matlow, though well-spoken, principled and popular among his constituents, is a sometimes-peevish loner who doesn’t play well with others. His promise to move away from Mr. Tory’s “go along to get along” relationship with the provincial government and confront it on big issues instead could foretell a future of unhelpful head-butting with Queen’s Park.
It’s a disappointing field so far. Most of the candidates have been kicking around for years in one capacity or another. None can be truly called a fresh face.
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