By Gerald V. Paul The Liberals put up a strong fight in Monday’s Whitby-Oshawa byelection as Celina Caesar-Chavannes made significant gains with 41.1% of votes, leaving the NDP’s Trish McAuliffe trailing at 8%, with Caesar-Chavannes beaten by Conservative Pat Perkins at 48% for the seat formerly held by the late Jim Flaherty. The Liberal candidate […]
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 […]
Municipal Election Profile Allison Brown proved in the early stages of the campaign that she possesses leadership qualities when she recommended and connected a number of candidates who represent the community to The Camera. Born to Trinidad and Tobago parents, Brown is running in Ward 9 and 10 for city councillor in Brampton against incumbent […]
By Gerald V. Paul Lekan Olawoye, running for the Ward 12 council seat, claims he is the victim of “politically motivated” vandalism after the glass door to his campaign office was smashed. He says he arrived at his campaign office at 2536 Eglinton Ave. W. (Eglinton and Richardson) on Monday morning to find its glass […]
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 […]
