Hopefuls Spar At Lawrence Heights Mayoral Debate
Jul 30, 2010 | admin | 0
Five of the six mayoral candidates debated subsidized housing, crime and each other his week during a debate in the Lawrence Heights area:
George Smitherman, who has been neck-and-neck with Ford in the polls, attacked Ford as a “purveyor of doom and gloom”.
“This councillor sees everything through the narrow lens of a penny,” said Smitherman, who was Toronto-Centre MPP when the revitalization of Regent Park was approved.
Other questions tackled by mayoralty candidates at the debate focused on what one resident deemed police brutality in the area. Candidate Joe Pantalone gave a general response about dealing with violence.
“We need to train our society to have more peaceful means.”
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