The Camera is profiling the three main candidates for Toronto mayor in the Oct. 27 election. This week, we talk with John Tory. By Gerald V. Paul “He was the conscience of the company. I marvel that I was blessed to have continuity and alignment with someone so gifted and yet somebody I could share […]
By Gerald V. Paul A constitutional scholar claims the appointment of 11 senators to the cabinet of the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament by Prime Minister Kamla Bissessar-Persad is borderline unconstitutional, given there has been virtually no debate on the practice. Prof. Radhakrishnan Persaud, born in Trinidad & Tobago and trained in Canada, questions whether the […]
Mayor must care about equitable society There are two fundamental requirements that candidates, policy platforms or political parties must meet if they are to be worthy of being supported by the majority of voters. This is especially relevant in the election for a mayor of Toronto, a contest supposedly not based on party affiliation. To […]