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MUNICIPAL POWER SHIFT
It’s E-Day for Ontario’s 444 cities and towns. Will it be a reckoning for heavyweight incumbents, a la British Columbia? Polls suggest it could be a nail-biter in some of the province’s most consequential municipalities. Here are the most popcorn-worthy plot lines.
— MISSISSAUGA: Former Liberal captain BONNIE CROMBIE is hoping to make a comeback at City Hall, taking on incumbent CAROLYN PARRISH, with whom there is no love lost. ALVIN TEDJO has been making gains, according to pollsters, and with Queen’s Park alumni DIPIKA DAMERLA also in the running, this four-way race could come down to the wire.
Spotted: Another buddy-buddy moment between Crombie and Premier DOUG FORD, who had vowed to send an “army” to make sure his former political rival didn’t reclaim the mayor’s seat. This time, cameras captured a friendly handshake at Diwali celebrations. As I exclusively reported, Ford also had some encouraging words for Crombie the week before.
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