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Chris Selley: Olivia Chow's goose is begging to be roasted

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If there were a super-compelling candidate on the Oct. 26 mayoral ballot in Toronto, anywhere from the centre-left to what passes for the centre-right in municipal politics, Olivia Chow’s goose might well be cooked. Crispy skin, all the trimmings and a bottle of off-dry Riesling for the table.

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The only contender is Brad Bradford, a city councillor with a likeability problem. I don’t really understand that myself: he’s not what you would call compelling, but nor is Chow and nor was John Tory or David Miller before her. But the polls show Bradford roughly 10 points behind Chow, even after nominal conservative Chris Alexander dropped out with around 10 per cent support in the polls.

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That’s against a feckless mayor who isn’t solving easy problems and whose overarching purpose in the job, other than to have it, is very difficult to discern.

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