Orange with 6Medias, published Sunday 25 June 2023 at 19:12.
These are 102 Toronto citizens who will vote in Toronto’s partial municipal elections and among them we find Toby Heaps and his dog Molly, a first, the BBC has announced.
A wolf husky bitch, Toronto Mayor, yes, that could happen. Molly and her carer Toby Heaps are among 102 people running for mayor of the city after revelations of an extramarital affair prompted longtime leader John Tory to resign, the BBC reported.
And if Toby won, he said he’d make Molly the city’s first honorary canine mayor. “I think City Hall would make better decisions if there was an animal in the room,” he told the BBC. And in the event of victory, his client’s first action would go straight to our canine friends. The latter even stated that he wanted to “stop the flood of salt on city streets in winter” that can damage the paws of dogs with sensitive feet.
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Other proposals include a multibillion-dollar business tax hike, a ban on fossil-fuel heating systems in new homes and commercial buildings, and a shift to overpriced housing in Toronto. This part-municipal contract, the first in Toronto’s history, is an unmissable opportunity for him at a time when John Tory was pushed to resign after he had an affair with a 31-year-old employee during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Olivia Chow, political opponent of John Tory, is the favorite for the poll on Monday 26 June. The large number of applicants is due to the fact that the hurdle to enter this year’s race is remarkably low: the fee is only $250 and 25 signatures must be collected. Thus, the breed is heterogeneous, ranging from the bitch Molly to an 18-year-old young man. New evidence of the city’s fragmentation, which is causing its participation in the various polls to decline, argued Karen Chapple, director of the University of Toronto’s School of Cities, to the BBC. Many citizens therefore want to try their luck, but are not sure whether the friendly Molly will win in the end.