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Michael Taube: Chow's hard-left base resorts to fearmongering against Bradford

Bradford is pulling ahead in the polls, and it has Toronto's progressives panicking

It seems like only yesterday that the Toronto mayoral election appeared to be a foregone conclusion. Olivia Chow, in spite of her left-wing ideology, fiscal irresponsibility and tax-and-spend mentality, had led in the polls from the start. She had outpaced and outlasted an assortment of potential challengers, including former mayor John Tory, and was on the cusp of victory.

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That’s not the case any longer. In less than three weeks, a significant number of Torontonians have had second thoughts about giving Chow a second destructive term in office. Her lead has completely disintegrated — and her main challenger, city councillor Brad Bradford, has been riding a massive wave of political change that may propel him to a historic victory.

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