This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
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Even though Torontonians are not scheduled to vote for their new city council for another 10 months, the campaign officially started on Thursday, i.e. almost 300 days before people will cast their ballots. Just as anticipated, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was the first person to have filed their nomination papers during the eight-month window opened at 8:30 a.m.
Soon after the news of Mayor Ford filing his papers emerged on media, his anticipated chief rival for the position, Coun. Karen Stintz, began firing shots over his leadership over the ice storm that struck 12 days ago. Stintz is anticipated to soon step down as chair of the TTC and officially start her mayoral campaign in February. She taunted the Mayor of having no clear leadership, she emphasized that often there were communication breakdowns and Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly, not Mayor Ford, was the council member in charge and in contact with Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne. Apart from that, Ford has also been targeted by several council members for not declaring an emergency, since the council has stripped him of his most of mayoral powers, the authority in that case would have fallen to Kelly.
In his response, Ford alleged that Stintz was completely absent during the storm recovery period while others worked every day over the holiday season. He alleged that “I didn’t see her around during the storm. That’s fine, people can say what they want.” Retaliating to this accusation, Stintz clarified that as per her duty, the public transit system was fully operational a day after the storm.
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