CITY ISSUES: The latest from some of Toronto’s top mayoral candidates

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Here’s what key candidates running in Toronto’s mayoral byelection were up to on June 12:

Olivia Chow

Chow got the endorsement of Zahra Ebrahim, co-founder of Monumental and urbanist-in-residence at U of T’s School of Cities, the latter which also hosted a 90-minute Monday afternoon debate that Chow attended.

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Josh Matlow

Matlow announced plans for a Waterfront East LRT that will improve access to the Distillery District, Corktown, Queens Quay, George Brown College’s Waterfront Campus and future high-density neighbourhoods in the Lower Don Lands and the Port Lands, generating 135,000 new jobs and 67,000 new units of housing. He also got an endorsement from Sportsnet broadcaster Nick Kypreos and attended the U of T’s School of Cities housing debate.

Ana Bailao

Bailao announced her commitment to cancel city contracts that fail to deliver on their promises. She promised to review all major city contracts to assess their value for money and benefits to the city. She also wants to implement more robust monitoring and reporting mechanisms to track contract performance. She also participated in U of T’s School of Cities debate.

Mark Saunders

Saunders also participated in U of T’s School of Cities debate.

Mitzie Hunter

Hunter announced plans to unlock public land for affordable housing, end a multiplex ban, add rental apartments on major streets, speed up building approvals and protect the city’s stock of affordable housing. She also vowed to reduce homelessness by creating 400 new shelter beds, doubling capacity of street outreach programs and increasing housing stability.

Anthony Furey

Furey marked his third-place finish in a recent poll — the best he’s done so far — by tweeting, “Now I’m in 3rd!” He unveiled his full platform that includes hiring 500 new uniformed police officers, reviewing City Hall spending and a promise not to introduce new taxes. He also wants to ban any new bike lanes on major streets and pledged that the eastern leg of the Gardiner Expressway will remain in place as long as he’s mayor.

Brad Bradford

Bradford tweeted out he was “pushing hard to election day!” He also participated in U of T’s School of Cities debate and was scheduled to appear on CP24 for a half-hour Monday night.