All Entries Tagged With: "debate"
Police Called To Lively Ward 7 debate
Things got lively at an all-candidates debate in Ward 7, which say former mayoral candidate and incumbent councillor Giorgio Mammoliti show up 45 minutes late: “In fact, the initially tame meeting became so animated when incumbent Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti arrived about 45 minutes late that organizers called police to ward off any potential problems.The Humber-Islington [...]
Warmington: Fat Question Was Below The Belt
Joe Warmington is outraged after a physician asked Rob Ford at a recent debate whether his weight will negatively affect his ability to be mayor: “As ridiculous as it sounds, if it’s okay to ask the first question, how far can one go? And where are the normally outraged politically correct police? It seems politically [...]
Smitherman Makes Abrupt Exit From Debate
The Globe and Mail reports that mayoral candidate George Smitherman left a debate early, prompting speculation that he did so do to the presence of protesters challenging his record on eHeath: “Opponents jumped on the incident, with Rocco Rossi promptly issuing a press release. “What does it say about Mr. Smitherman’s credibility when he literally [...]
Turn Out The Lights, Ford Says
When questions on his ideas for energy conservation, mayoral candidate Rob Ford offered a simple solution: turn off the lights at night: Ford said it’s frustrating to drive by city buildings at night and see the lights on but nobody around. “The first thing my Dad always used to say is shut off those lights,” [...]
Bussin Given Hard Time At Beaches-East York Candidates’ Debate
Deputy mayor Sandra Bussin was the main target for the Ward 32 all-candidates’ debate last night, as opponents hammered her on recent controversies: “Ms. Bussin has come under fire this term for using tax dollars to sue a constituent, for calling John Tory a “three-time loser” on his radio show without identifying herself and for [...]
Ford Attacked In Debate
Frontrunner mayoral candidate Rob Ford was attacked on all sides last night in the fifth televised debate on CP24: “George Smitherman wasted no time by poking Ford with the theme he’s aggressively pushed since a poll over the weekend showed Ford way out in front — that the Etobicoke councillor’s values aren’t consistent with Toronto. [...]
Inside City Hall: It’s Debate-Apalooza!
The Globe’s Inside City Hall has a rundown of the potentially exciting debates between local candidates that will be airing on community television this fall: Ford’s debut (Sept. 15) The race for Ward 2 Etobicoke North has all the suspense of the 2006 mayoral race. In other words, the outcome is a foregone conclusion. Doug [...]
So You Think You Can Council?
As reported here at TEN, candidates in Ward 27 participated in an unusual electoral forum – testing the knowledge of the ward and the issues via well known game show formats: “No one gets to “come on down,” but the So You Think You Can Council event is off and running. The crowd-pleasing format paired [...]
Di Matteo: 10 Mayoral Moments
NOW Magazine’s Enzo Di Matteo offers his top 10 moments from Monday night’s CP24 television debate: “Most embarrassing Joe Pantalone telling viewers concerned about the G20 summit lockdown to head to the cottage. Oops. Good socialists everywhere – and the majority out there without a comfy little place in the woods – were cringing.” Read [...]
It’s Truth or Consequences For Council Candidates
Candidates looking to replace outgoing councillor Kyle Rae in Ward 27 will be squaring off in a unique contest – using various game show formats: “We’re trying to experiment with debate formats,” said organizer Jen Hassum of voteTO.ca, which aims to make the Twittersphere a forum for Toronto’s municipal election. Where in the Ward is [...]
Di Matteo: The Mayoral Debate: Who Won, Who Lost And Who Knew
NOW Magazine’s resident city hall reporter Enzo Di Matteo give his thoughts on how he thought each of the mayoral candidates performed in last night’s televised debate: “Who won – With apologies to Joe Pantalone supporters, the deputy-mayor didn’t quite rise to the occasion under the glare of the television lights. He needs to slow [...]
Mayoral Candidates Square Off In Televised Debate
Last night saw the first of six televised mayoral debates, with the leading contenders huddled around a tabled headed by host Stephen LeDrew. The debate featured top hats, multiple hosts, regular twitter updates and some policies, but no knockout punches: “Nobody came out [of last year's garbage strike] smelling good, conceded Joe Pantalone, deputy mayor [...]
Kuitenbrouwer: Ford Gains In Role As Fed-Up Guy
The National Post’s Peter Kuitenbrouwer offers notes from last night’s mayoral debate put on by Habitat for Humanity, which he notes candidate Rob Ford did rather well: “There is a simplicity and a clarity to Mr. Ford (playing the fed-up everyman from Toronto’s hinterlands who is sick of having his pocket picked) that resonates even [...]
‘City Hall Has Left God,’ Rossi Declares
In a debate hosted by the Toronto Area Interfaith Council, mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi declared (and then clarified) that “God hasn’t left city hall — city hall has left God.” “Rossi made the quip about city hall leaving God when one of the roughly 100 people in the audience at Metropolitan United Church, while asking [...]
Mayoral Candidates Come Out Swinging
The Sun offers a round up on the week that was, which saw the first real clash between the top six mayoral candidates: “Mike Smith of the Joe Pantalone campaign said his candidate “underlined and established” himself as the lone, consistent progressive this week. “He’s the candidate that will give straight answers,” Smith said. Signs [...]
An Oprah Moment On The Trail
The Globe’s Inside City Hall blog brings us a more personal moment, reporting on a question from the audience at one of this week’s mayoral debates where the candidates were asked how they stay healthy: “Giorgio Mammoliti was the first to admit his weight had yo-yoed over the years. “As an Italian,” he said, “I [...]
Smitherman Challenges Ford Over Previous Gay Comments
Today’s mayoral debate at the Toronto Real Estate Board got personal after candidate George Smitherman took opponent Rob Ford to task over his statement in a 2006 Council debate that “if you’re not doing needles and homosexuality, you’re not going to get AIDS”: On stage, Smitherman demanded Ford justify his behaviour and his suitability for [...]
