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Sep 25, 2026
John Michael McGrathHOST
Yeah, and this is an interesting race.
John Michael McGrathHOST
And there was also a major debate this week between incumbent mayor Olivia Chow, I would say her strongest challenger, city councillor Brad Bradford, who represents the ward of Beaches East York, which I live in, and relatively late entry to the competition, Chris Alexander, former MP, but who is – staking out a conservative but not Bradford position, if I can state it bluntly, challenging the mayor and Bradford from... you know, all of the polling shows Alexander in very far behind in third place.
John Michael McGrathHOST
But that doesn't mean that he has not made interesting and important contributions to this campaign so far.
John Michael McGrathHOST
I'm actually going to talk a little bit about that in the Your Column, My Column section.
Phil TomczakNARRATOR
He's relying on it, in fact, as he advances a campaign that's promising a line-by-line budget review and a number of pricey promises.
Phil TomczakNARRATOR
The counselor for Beaches East York argues that a detailed external examination of the city's finances is long overdue and predicts it will uncover major savings that will help pay for his campaign promises, including costly proposals for the police and TTC, while he limits new revenue through a property tax freeze in his first year.
Phil TomczakNARRATOR
Bradford's promised review is raising the specter of the last time Toronto conducted a similar exercise.
Phil TomczakNARRATOR
That review, under then-Mayor Rob Ford, led to uproar at City Hall over proposed service cuts and didn't deliver the promised savings.
Chuck StevensNARRATOR
Bradford's campaign issued a statement Tuesday saying he would not take part in what was billed as the only debate dedicated to arts and culture policy in the city.
Chuck StevensNARRATOR
The statement asserted that Bradford, who is the counselor for Beaches East York, supports the arts, but that the event moderator, Jill Andrew, former NDP MPP for Toronto St. Paul's, has spent this campaign publicly attacking him.
Chuck StevensNARRATOR
Campaign spokesperson Larissa Waller wrote that no candidate in any election should be asked to debate under a moderator who has campaigned against them.
Chuck StevensNARRATOR
She said Bradford wasn't trying to avoid tough questions, but wanted to debate on a level playing field which organizers owe every candidate and, more importantly, owe voters.
Elizabeth OrtellNARRATOR
Jewish residents make up less than three percent of Toronto's population.
Elizabeth OrtellNARRATOR
Asked what he would do differently to fight the problem, Bradford, the councillor for Beaches East York, said he would take a seat on the police board, a power the mayor has but which Chow hasn't exercised.
Elizabeth OrtellNARRATOR
He called that a dereliction of duty.
Elizabeth OrtellNARRATOR
He also argued the mayor, who is seeking a second term, hasn't used her platform to urge the federal and provincial governments to enact bail reform or more aggressive prosecution of alleged offenders.
Greg BradyHOST
It's nice to have you here.
Greg BradyHOST
Now, I will also note you ran in Beaches East York for the Federal Conservatives.
Greg BradyHOST
We both did the same thing at the same time.
Greg BradyHOST
That's a tough riding.