You Know What's Interesting about Toronto's 2023 Mayoral By-election‪?‬ Before, Behind and Between

The 2023 by-election for Mayor of the City of Toronto featured a whopping 102 candidates (plus a dog). Not only was the by-election triggered by the sudden, unexpected resignation of a well-liked Mayor, the candidates included former and current councillors, a former Member of Parliament, a former chief of police, a former deputy mayor, and a who's who of previously unknown men and women whose promotional budgets for signs and billboards, in some instances, raised at least a few eyebrows. The City is experiencing a litany of urban challenges, and candidates offered an even greater number of solutions (of which many were highly questionable in their policy efficacy). All that aside, there was one shining light in the 2023 by-election for Mayor of Toronto: the City's motto, "Diversity Our Strength", was evident and ever-resonant right up to the final hours of the campaign. There were a lot a "firsts" in this election, and perhaps the silver lining is how Torontonians celebrated the very diversity expressed and reflected Toronto's motto.


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