Category: toronto election

Voter Apathy Concerns Loom Over Toronto Election Days Ahead of Vote

With 102 registered candidates, more than 10 debates featuring the apparent front-runners and around-the-clock news coverage, Toronto’s mayoral election has clearly offered plenty to follow. Less clear is whether voters have been paying attention. Concerns about voter apathy are not unique to Toronto but have come into sharp focus after only 29.7 per cent of…


Advance Turnout for Toronto Mayoral Vote up Almost 12 Percent From Last Election

The six-day advance voting period for what is shaping up to be a record-setting by-election for a new mayor in Toronto has just come to an end, with almost 12 percent more advance voters going to the polls than in the last election in October 2022. Advance polls closed at the end of the day…


Toronto Mayoral Hopeful Anthony Furey Pledges to Bolster Police Force, Target Addiction if Elected

Toronto mayoral candidate Anthony Furey says Toronto is facing serious issues of “urban decay.” “People see what’s happening in Seattle, San Francisco, downtown Vancouver. And they’re saying we don’t want this city to go any more in that direction. We have to act now,” Furey, a former newspaper columnist and talk radio host, told The…