Wow, what slogan.
Rhetoric, sure.
But I like it.
How often to we hear a politician break the fourth wall like this?
If you ask me, this is what Harper needs to do if he wants to get another majority in 2015.
John Tory vows to move Toronto ‘not left, not right, but forward’
By: Daniel Dale City Hall, Published on Mon Oct 27 2014
John Tory has been elected mayor of Toronto. The Ford era is over.
Tory promised “sensible, competent, accountable” leadership after four years of scandal and upheaval under Rob Ford. His win over second-place Doug Ford and third-place Olivia Chow, on record turnout, is a repudiation of the siblings whose behaviour outraged most of the city. It heralds a return to normalcy in local government.
“As your new mayor, I will work with the council that the people of Toronto elected tonight in moving Toronto not left, not right, but forward. I will be a balanced and accountable leader. And we’re going to do this together,” Tory said in his victory speech.
Tory received about 40 per cent of the vote, Doug Ford about 34 per cent, Olivia Chow 23 per cent.
Tory’s comfortable 60,000-plus-vote victory was closer than the double-digit cruise suggested by recent opinion polls. Ford’s competitiveness demonstrated the enduring loyalty of the family’s base of supporters, concentrated in the low-income Etobicoke and Scarborough.
But the massive turnout underscored the extent to which Toronto voters sought change. More than 980,000 people voted, 61 per cent of the electorate; the previous post-amalgamation turnout record, set in 2010, was 51 per cent. A full two-thirds chose someone other than Ford.
“Voters want their elected officials to get down to work on the priorities that matter most to them: better transit, more jobs, an end to the gridlock that is choking our streets,” Tory said. “And the electorate has spoken on one other issue: Torontonians want to see an end to the division that has paralyzed city hall in the last few years. And to all of that, I say: Toronto, I hear you. I hear you loud and clear. You want results. And together with council, we will deliver.”
The win came as a relief to Premier Kathleen Wynne, whose Liberal MPPs overwhelmingly backed Tory. Told of the result on a trade mission in China, she said, “Hallelujah.”
Tory, who launched his campaign in a distant third place, took the lead for good three months ago. But the steady polling trend line belies the mayhem of a campaign in which the celebrity incumbent left the city for two months to receive treatment for drug and alcohol addiction, was diagnosed with a rare cancer, and was replaced on the ballot by his brother a mere 45 days before the vote.
“It was a unique campaign,” Rob Ford said. “I don’t think there’s ever been a campaign like it.”
Tory rose on the strength of his centrist good-government message, pleasantly staid personality and a single signature policy proposal, the “SmartTrack” surface rail line he claimed would “solve” the city’s traffic congestion problem “quickly.” With the help of endorsement upon endorsement from members of the provincial Liberal caucus, the former Progressive Conservative leader beat Chow, a former New Democrat MP, in the critical battle for middle-of-the-road voters.
John Tory vows to move Toronto ‘not left, not right, but forward’ after being elected mayor | Toronto Star
Rhetoric, sure.
But I like it.
How often to we hear a politician break the fourth wall like this?
If you ask me, this is what Harper needs to do if he wants to get another majority in 2015.
John Tory vows to move Toronto ‘not left, not right, but forward’
By: Daniel Dale City Hall, Published on Mon Oct 27 2014
John Tory has been elected mayor of Toronto. The Ford era is over.
Tory promised “sensible, competent, accountable” leadership after four years of scandal and upheaval under Rob Ford. His win over second-place Doug Ford and third-place Olivia Chow, on record turnout, is a repudiation of the siblings whose behaviour outraged most of the city. It heralds a return to normalcy in local government.
“As your new mayor, I will work with the council that the people of Toronto elected tonight in moving Toronto not left, not right, but forward. I will be a balanced and accountable leader. And we’re going to do this together,” Tory said in his victory speech.
Tory received about 40 per cent of the vote, Doug Ford about 34 per cent, Olivia Chow 23 per cent.
Tory’s comfortable 60,000-plus-vote victory was closer than the double-digit cruise suggested by recent opinion polls. Ford’s competitiveness demonstrated the enduring loyalty of the family’s base of supporters, concentrated in the low-income Etobicoke and Scarborough.
But the massive turnout underscored the extent to which Toronto voters sought change. More than 980,000 people voted, 61 per cent of the electorate; the previous post-amalgamation turnout record, set in 2010, was 51 per cent. A full two-thirds chose someone other than Ford.
“Voters want their elected officials to get down to work on the priorities that matter most to them: better transit, more jobs, an end to the gridlock that is choking our streets,” Tory said. “And the electorate has spoken on one other issue: Torontonians want to see an end to the division that has paralyzed city hall in the last few years. And to all of that, I say: Toronto, I hear you. I hear you loud and clear. You want results. And together with council, we will deliver.”
The win came as a relief to Premier Kathleen Wynne, whose Liberal MPPs overwhelmingly backed Tory. Told of the result on a trade mission in China, she said, “Hallelujah.”
Tory, who launched his campaign in a distant third place, took the lead for good three months ago. But the steady polling trend line belies the mayhem of a campaign in which the celebrity incumbent left the city for two months to receive treatment for drug and alcohol addiction, was diagnosed with a rare cancer, and was replaced on the ballot by his brother a mere 45 days before the vote.
“It was a unique campaign,” Rob Ford said. “I don’t think there’s ever been a campaign like it.”
Tory rose on the strength of his centrist good-government message, pleasantly staid personality and a single signature policy proposal, the “SmartTrack” surface rail line he claimed would “solve” the city’s traffic congestion problem “quickly.” With the help of endorsement upon endorsement from members of the provincial Liberal caucus, the former Progressive Conservative leader beat Chow, a former New Democrat MP, in the critical battle for middle-of-the-road voters.
John Tory vows to move Toronto ‘not left, not right, but forward’ after being elected mayor | Toronto Star
