By Gerald V. Paul Mayor-elect John Tory has started on the right foot when it comes to the Caribbean community with Jamaican-born veterans of government Joe Halstead and Dr. Alvin Curling on his transition team. Curling, former Speaker of the Ontario Legislative Assembly and co-author of the landmark report The Roots of Youth Violence released […]
By Gerald V. Paul Mayor-elect John Tory wants Toronto to get going and get growing. Monday night after winning the election, Tory handed out tree seedlings to those listening to his victory speech, including one for The Camera. The seedlings are a symbolic start to his plan to plant 3.8 million trees in the city […]
Our resounding congratulations go out to John Tory, the new mayor of our capital city. He will now have to build a large network of relationships with the broad spectrum of communities and of social, economic and political segments that make up our very heterogeneous society. It was always clear that large segments of the […]
By Gerald V. Paul John Tory – about to become a household name in the Caribbean community – says that as mayor, he will unite Toronto and deliver results. After a long, tough campaign, Tory will officially take over Dec. 1 as Toronto’s 65th mayor. He captured about 395,000 votes or 40%, with 60% turnout […]
By Gerald V. Paul The Camera went up close and personal with Olivia Chow at a Chinese mall at the corner of Brimley and Sheppard where she has one of her campaign offices last Sunday and while it was Thanksgiving weekend, Chow was all over Toronto connecting with the community. So what was she thankful […]
Too many of us fall victim to the all too convenient explanation that the electorate is asked to vote strategically: Anyone but Doug Ford for mayor. Though there is some merit in the determination to keep Ford out of the running, we failed to see another “set-up” that works in favor of the other undeclared […]
Photo by GerardPhoto By Gerald V. Paul Rob Ford has “malignant liposarcoma, a malignant tumor that arises in fat cells in deep, soft tissue,” Dr. Zane Cohen revealed late yesterday at a media conference. Cohen, a colorectal surgeon and senior member of Ford’s medical team at Mount Sinai Hospital, said he is “optimistic” that the […]
Why do mayoral candidates talk more about transit than about jobs in their campaigns? Is it that the polls identified transit as the issue that gains most traction among voters, and therefore the issue that will most strongly influence their choice for mayor? Or is that a mayor is seen as having very limited control […]
Lee takes second try at mayoralty An admitted long-shot, Dewitt Lee is repeating his 2010 bid for mayor of Toronto. By Jasminee Sahoye He made his debut in the political arena in 2010 when he decided to take on the challenge of becoming mayor of Toronto, running against incumbent Rob Ford and the likes of […]
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 […]
