Toronto city council hopefuls are often getting a warm reception — once voters realize there actually is an election.
, knocking on doors asking Scarborough—Rouge Park voters to send her to city hall, recalls the first time a doorbell spoke to her.
“I actually think it’s fantastic because it’s better than not being able to connect with a resident at all. It’s something, and I can leave them my literature at the door.” “Coming out of the pandemic, where a lot of folks have not been able to socialize or connect with people, they do want to let me know concerns they have in the neighbourhood and are happy to chat,” said Kanakaratnam, who is trying to unseat incumbent Jennifer McKelvie., the co-founder of a real estate news website who is trying to convince Torontonians he should replace Mayor John Tory at city hall, marvels: “People invite me in for a drink. One invited me in for soup.
Many voters, however, had no idea they are soon heading to the polls. Some political observers are blaming pandemic exhaustion for an unusually low number of candidates and fears that the civic election turnout could crater like the number of voters in June’s provincial vote., running for council in Ward 18 Willowdale, has had residents insist they already voted. He has to tell them that was the June provincial election, or maybe the federal election a year ago. Now it’s the city’s turn.
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