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Hello? Is this thing on?? I am back and ready to roll...literally. I am proud to announce the launch of Maverix Private Equity - a dream come true. theglobeandmail.com/business…
Enough said. Choose wisely on October 26.
It is one of the most incredible own goals I have ever seen in politics. You have to watch the clips to believe them.
It's the culmination of two months of debates between @BradMBradford and @oliviachow when last night, mayor Olivia Chow revealed something so vital about her own leadership.
She said:
"At some point, you need to take a stand. You have to say this is what I believe in. Yes or No. It is tough, but that's what leadership is about."
Here is what Olivia Chow believes in, apparently.
John Ruffolo retweeted
You need to watch this highlight from last night’s final Toronto mayoral debate.
Mayor Olivia Chow had one chance to ask Brad Bradford anything she wanted. Any issue facing the city. There are so many legitimate topics to debate.
But she wastes the opportunity. She lies and fear-mongers about Bradford’s straightforward plan to modernize how Toronto handles a basic service. @BradMBradford met the question with the exact response the moment required (paraphrased below for brevity):
“Mayor Chow, you know that’s not true, and I think that is below you, because I think you’re a good person. I think it’s below the office of mayor. It is not even possible to privatize water here in the province of Ontario.”
Why is the mayor @oliviachow resorting to these fear tactics instead of presenting a positive vision for the city?
John Ruffolo retweeted
Brad Bradford says that at the current pace of construction it would take 150 years for Olivia Chow to deliver on a campaign commitment she made in 2023 to build 65,000 new units of affordable housing by 2030.
“Today only 1,500 have been delivered. That is a mere two per cent of her target, of her commitment to Torontonians,” he said.
cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/…
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Grateful to @evansammccann for the months of thoughtful reporting that went into this story
Building @8vc has been my life’s work so far. What means the most is seeing so many people I’ve been lucky to work with take the time to share their experiences. Thank you all!
The Quiet Force. My profile of @AlexKolicich is out.
Raised by a single mom in Hamilton. Google engineer. Peter Thiel’s math guy. Founding partner of 8VC.
“8VC is 8VC because of Alex.” I was told.
I spent months reporting his story in SF, Palo Alto and Orange County, talking with founders and the people who knew him at Clarium, Mithril and 8VC.
Highlights
- Peter Thiel playing blindfolded chess
- Turning down Geoffrey Hinton’s lab twice
- Dreaming about oil
- Back story on 8VC's investments in Quince, Cognition and Anduril
Link to read below.
John Ruffolo retweeted
Chow getting absolutely cooked in this @CP24 debate.
Defends a housing record that hit 2% of her own target. Defends the biggest tax hikes in a generation.
Fail on safety
Bradford is landing every punch.
Toronto is watching. It’s not pretty.
#TorontoElection #TOpoli #ChowFail
John Ruffolo retweeted
I now live in Toronto and was not going to comment on the Mayoral race until the Chow campaign turned very negative in the last two weeks. That negativity turned up in my mailbox today. It leads me to share my strong public support for Brad Bradford for many reasons. 1/4
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Boom
Brad Bradford says Olivia Chow’s dismissal of his plan to conduct a third-party line-by-line audit of city finances is “the same can’t do attitude we hear time and time again from this mayor.”
“Our own auditor general found that the city spent $11 million on Microsoft Office licenses for people who retired, it spent $5 million on stickers on recycling bins to tell you we don’t pick up the recycling,” he says. “There is lots of things that we can save.”
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The retiring mayor of Guelph is calling out Olivia Chow's lies about Bradford's water plan.
What Bradford is proposing exists in other municipalities across Ontario and the rest of Canada.
BTW, no one can call Cam Guthrie a Conservative.
Nice guy, good mayor, not a Conservative.
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Carney government announcing details on VC strategy this aft: We've got them here now in @globeandmail : Ottawa kicks off process to give $1.75-billion boost to venture capital sector /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/business…
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Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow has blown her MASSIVE lead 5 days before the election
15 days ago she was at 90%
Two days ago she was 75%
Now she's at 44%
Nobody deserves this more 🤣🤣
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Brad put the work in and grinded it out. That’s exactly what I want in a Mayor. And yes - I have a condo in Toronto and will be casting my vote for Brad Bradford.
Wow!! What a turnaround. Polymarket is reflecting the massive momentum by @BradMBradford with Brad now ahead of Chow after Chow had a massive lead.
A total campaign collapse for the Toronto mayor election.
Free. Fall. I’ve never seen anything like this. You MIGHT imply the ‘25 Federal Election was like this - that’s a faulty narrative. LIB/CPC lead was back in Liberal favour by early February - a month after Trudeau quit. #Toronto
This is a choke. It’s incredible.
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Perceptive, brilliant. One of the most important pieces written during this Toronto mayoral race. I'm surprised the Star agreed to print it. #topoli @markrmcqueen thestar.com/opinion/star-col…
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Hearing from a source in the Chow campaign that Chow is further behind than most public-facing polls indicate.
As in, Chow is likely to lose and Bradford likely to win unless something significant changes in the next five days.
What a difference in their respective campaigns.Chow can only go negative with bizarre takes that r both thoughtless and badly researched.The polls reflect the poor strategy for an incumbent mayor who neither defends their own record nor has anything to offer to the city’s future
.@FentonJagdeo had some mean comments for me to read.
I couldn’t believe who wrote them.
The voters of Toronto are clearly choosing a path to improve the great future of Toronto.
Your @Polymarket update for Wednesday October 21st.
Look at how those lines have closed in just a couple of weeks. Toronto is witnessing one of the greatest political stories in recent memory.
More and more people are coming to the realization that Brad Bradford is going to be the next mayor of Toronto.
@oliviachow @BradMBradford
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That's three polls in a row putting Bradford ahead.
Mainstreet has him up by 1.4 points 48.9% to 47.5%, Build Canada has Bradford up by 4.7 points at 48.4% to 43.7%.
Now Liaison has it 49% to 47% for Bradford.
This is what we call momentum.
torontosun.com/opinion/colum…
NEW: Brad Bradford is ahead this morning in a new Liaison Strategies poll, with his lead within the margin of error.
“The race is a statistical dead heat,” according to the polling firm.
🟢 Bradford: 49%
🟣Chow: 47%
cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/t…
John Ruffolo retweeted
NEW: Brad Bradford is ahead this morning in a new Liaison Strategies poll, with his lead within the margin of error.
“The race is a statistical dead heat,” according to the polling firm.
🟢 Bradford: 49%
🟣Chow: 47%
cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/t…
