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Toronto Sun
10 hours ago
- Politics
- Toronto Sun
LILLEY: Toronto's mayoral race already underway despite contenders playing coy
Mayor Chow, Councillor Bradford insist they're focused on city issues instead, while ex-mayor Tory lurks in shadows Get the latest from Brian Lilley straight to your inbox Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow, left, and Councillor Brad Bradford, right, are playing coy about the upcoming mayoral campaign, while former mayor John Tory may be mulling a comeback, Brian Lilley writes. Photo by Toronto Sun files It had all the trappings of a campaign event. There was the location at a construction site, a podium, a flashy sign with a slogan and a campaign-style promise to fix traffic congestion. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account But asked time and again whether this was the kickoff for his campaign to be mayor, Brad Bradford said he hasn't made that decision yet. 'I've not made any decision on that, but I am focused on delivering practical solutions for Torontonians every day,' Bradford said. 🚦 Downtown gridlock is out of control.I'm calling on Council to reopen the part King Street with no streetcars to private vehicles, and help get Toronto moving again. Tune in to hear the common-sense fix the Mayor hasn't made — and why it can't — Brad Bradford✌️ (@BradMBradford) June 19, 2025 Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Given that he held an event Wednesday with more than 60 high-level politicos, taking in top Liberal and Conservative backers, that statement rings hollow. Despite his protests that he has not made a decision, Bradford is clearly running. In fact, his statement was as believable as Mayor Olivia Chow saying she wasn't concerned about campaigning just yet. 'I'm very busy building housing that people can afford and investing in public transit just right here, for example, and lots to do. Fixing city services and getting people moving, so that's what I'm focusing on,' Chow said Tuesday when asked about the idea of former mayor John Tory running against her. Bradford and Chow want us to believe they are not campaigning for the mayor's job in 2026 when they both clearly are. Chow is currently the mayor, of course, and even some of her backers have said to me that every announcement from here on out will effectively be a campaign announcement, even if it is disguised as a city announcement. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Bradford, meanwhile, has set himself up as the unofficial leader of the opposition at city hall and will use that perch to fuel his campaign. But Tory remains the great unknown in this campaign. Olivia Chow needs to be replaced as mayor. John Tory is not the answer. These shocking stats show why he was the start of the problem. — Brian Lilley (@brianlilley) June 17, 2025 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Several candidates from Ana Bailão to Anthony Furey or Marco Mendicino may not enter the race if Tory is a candidate. Whether Tory enters the race or not remains an open question with the former mayor not speaking publicly on the issue and his former staffers and backers sending mixed signals. Right now, Tory looks like Toronto's Hamlet asking whether to be or not to be mayor. Like Hamlet, it seems Tory doesn't know his own mind or what he wants to do; he likes the attention, but isn't ready to commit. 'Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles,' Hamlet asked in the famed work by William Shakespeare. Seems Tory, like Hamlet, doesn't have an answer. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Meanwhile, candidates like Bailão and Furey, knowing that Tory entering would change the equation, sit on the sidelines. Mendicino, the former MP and current chief of staff to Prime Minister Mark Carney, remains too busy with his current job to begin campaigning. RECOMMENDED VIDEO Make no mistake, though, the campaign to be the next mayor of Toronto is underway. Right now, there are two candidates: The incumbent, Chow, who will receive the full backing of the NDP and Bradford, who is trying to convince Liberals and Conservatives that he is the one candidate to take on Chow. There are several candidates interested in running to replace Chow, but too many of them are hesitant to jump into the race because Hamlet — sorry, I mean Tory — can't or won't make up his mind. I've made my case for why Tory should not run again for city hall, a case that has no doubt angered him, but as long as he remains an unknown factor, other possible candidates will stay on the sidelines. By this time next year, those in the centre to centre-right should be rallying around one candidate. We can't have that primary-type scenario play out while Tory continues to play coy about whether he is in or out of this very important mayoral race. Hamlet couldn't make up his mind, so hopefully Tory can. Read More News NHL Editorial Cartoons MMA Soccer


CTV News
13 hours ago
- Politics
- CTV News
Torontonians ‘mad as hell', Bradford says, pushing to temporarily reopen King Street amid traffic gridlock
Toronto city councillor Brad Bradford has laid out a plan to help relieve gridlock by reopening a portion of King Street. Natalie Johnson reports. Toronto city councillor Brad Bradford says the city must act on what he calls a 'common-sense' solution to worsening downtown gridlock: reopen a key stretch of King Street to vehicles until major construction wraps later this summer. Standing near the closed King and Church streets on Thursday, Bradford said downtown congestion has surged since the intersection was shut earlier this month to replace a 142-year-old watermain. With no streetcars currently using King Street between Spadina Avenue and Church Street, Bradford says he plans to introduce a motion at next week's council meeting to temporarily allow cars back onto the corridor. It's a move he says is already backed by businesses and residents in the area. 'What I'm hearing from Torontonians is that they are mad as hell with the congestion in the downtown core,' Bradford told reporters. 'They want the city to take it seriously. They want the mayor to step up and do something. If she's not prepared to do that, I will.' Construction closures bringing traffic to a crawl In addition to replacing the watermain, the work along the King-Church includes rebuilding TTC streetcar tracks. Watermain construction at King and Church intersection causing traffic, commute chaos Watermain construction at King and Church intersection causing traffic, commute chaos However, Bradford argues that no streetcars have been running through the corridor, with several routes instead using Richmond and Adelaide streets. 'These streets are already under pressure from the Ontario Line construction, lane closures and everyday commuting,' Bradford said. 'Now there are four busy streetcar lines moving more than street 30 streetcars per hour that have been diverted onto Richmond and Adelaide.' Bradford emphasized that due to this overflow, it makes little sense to restrict King Street when streetcars don't use it. Rethinking a traffic strategy Bradford's motion, seconded by Coun. Stephen Holyday, also calls on the city's Deputy City Manager of Infrastructure Services to develop better strategies for managing congestion ahead of major downtown infrastructure work — something he explains is even more urgent because the city's planned 'congestion czar' has yet to be appointed. That czar role was approved by council in April, part of Mayor Olivia Chow's wider congestion strategy. But a report on what the role will entail isn't due until July 10. In a response sent to CTV News Toronto, Chow's office released a statement suggesting they have sped up construction in the area by 'one full month' and that 'Bradford has not yet shared his motion with our office.' Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow speaks to reporters on Saturday, March 8, 2025. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press) Instead, Chow plans to bring her own motion forward at council next week in collaboration with Coun. Chris Moise and Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik. Chow's office says this motion aims to 'ease congestion' by working with the TTC, transportation services and the Financial District BIA to 'manage temporary loading zones in specific areas.' 'This has been considered at city council repeatedly,' the email reads. 'We are always open to exploring new solutions to speed up traffic.' Meanwhile, another staff report suggested that Toronto's 5,600-kilometre road network has not expanded in decades, despite massive growth in construction activity and traffic volume. Last summer, up to 24 per cent of city roads were closed at one time, more than doubling travel times. The report also highlighted the city plans to have 67 traffic agents in place by summer — but enforcement alone may not be enough, Bradford suggests. 'This is about using common sense and looking for creative solutions to our problems,' Bradford said. 'We should be making better use of all the corridors that are available at our disposal when we can, particularly one that is significantly underutilized right now.' A 'segregated' east end feeling left out, Bradford says While the King–Church intersection isn't in Bradford's Beaches–East York ward, he says the consequences of downtown congestion are city-wide — particularly for residents east of Yonge Street. 'Respectfully, a lot of people from the east end of the city feel entirely cut off from the downtown core,' Bradford said. 'When they took that ramp down on the Gardiner, they segregated the east end of Toronto and made it very difficult and painful to get into the core, and we're still dealing with the impacts of that.' Gardiner Expressway Westbound traffic is seen on the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press) 'I'm standing up for everybody east of Yonge that's having a hard time getting into the core, and folks from out in Etobicoke, North York, trying to get downtown.' Developers and business leaders have also lined up behind the motion, warning that gridlock is hurting the city's economic engine. 'Fixing Toronto's mobility crisis requires action, not just talk,' said Jon Love, executive chair of KingSett Capital. 'There's no reason for King Street to be reserved for streetcar priority when there are no streetcars running on it.' Leona Savoie, co-chair of NAIOP Greater Toronto's government relations committee, called the motion 'a common-sense solution to alleviate congestion and get Toronto moving again.' A bid for mayor? Notably, Bradford was asked several times during Thursday's news conference about whether he was trying to lay the groundwork for a future mayoral run, to which he said: 'I have not made any decision on that... As a member of the 25 councillors and 26 including the mayor, it is becoming on all of us to stand up and fight on the issues that are important for people that are trying to call the city home.'


CTV News
16 hours ago
- Politics
- CTV News
City councillor urges city to temporarily reopen King Street to cars amid downtown construction
City Councillor Brad Bradford speaks about the spike in congestion in Toronto and the motion he will put forward to get King Street reopened to vehicles. Toronto city councillor Brad Bradford says the city must act on what he calls a 'common-sense' solution to worsening downtown gridlock: reopen a key stretch of King Street to vehicles until major construction wraps later this summer. Standing near the closed King and Church streets on Thursday, Bradford said downtown congestion has surged since the intersection was shut earlier this month to replace a 142-year-old watermain. With no streetcars currently using King Street between Spadina Avenue and Church Street, Bradford says he plans to introduce a motion at next week's council meeting to temporarily allow cars back onto the corridor. It's a move he says is already backed by businesses and residents in the area. 'What I'm hearing from Torontonians is they are mad as hell with the congestion in the downtown core,' Bradford told reporters. 'They want the city to take it seriously. They want the mayor to step up and do something. If she's not prepared to do that, I will.' Construction closures bringing traffic to a crawl In addition to replacing the watermain, the work along the King-Church includes rebuilding TTC streetcar tracks. Watermain construction at King and Church intersection causing traffic, commute chaos Watermain construction at King and Church intersection causing traffic, commute chaos However, Bradford argues that no streetcars have been running through the corridor, with several routes instead using Richmond and Adelaide streets. 'These streets are already under pressure from the Ontario Line construction, lane closures and everyday commuting,' Bradford said. 'Now there are four busy streetcar lines moving more than street 30 streetcars per hour that have been diverted onto Richmond and Adelaide.' Bradford emphasized that due to this overflow, it makes little sense to restrict King Street when streetcars don't use it. Rethinking a traffic strategy Bradford's motion, seconded by Coun. Stephen Holyday, also calls on the city's Deputy City Manager of Infrastructure Services to develop better strategies for managing congestion ahead of major downtown infrastructure work — something he explains is even more urgent because the city's planned 'congestion czar' has yet to be appointed. That czar role was approved by council in April, part of Mayor Olivia Chow's wider congestion strategy. But a report on what the role will entail isn't due until July 10. Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow speaks to reporters on Saturday, March 8, 2025. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press) Another staff also suggested that Toronto's 5,600-kilometre road network has not expanded in decades, despite massive growth in construction activity and traffic volume. Last summer, up to 24 per cent of city roads were closed at one time, more than doubling travel times. The report also highlighted the city plans to have 67 traffic agents in place by summer — but enforcement alone may not be enough, Bradford suggests. 'This is about using common sense and looking for creative solutions to our problems,' Bradford said. 'We should be making better use of all the corridors that are available at our disposal when we can, particularly one that is significantly underutilized right now.' A 'segregated' east end feeling left out, Bradford says While the King–Church intersection isn't in Bradford's Beaches–East York ward, he says the consequences of downtown congestion are city-wide — particularly for residents east of Yonge Street. 'Respectfully, a lot of people from the east end of the city feel entirely cut off from the downtown core,' Bradford said. 'When they took that ramp down on the Gardiner, they segregated the east end of Toronto and made it very difficult and painful to get into the core, and we're still dealing with the impacts of that.' Gardiner Expressway Westbound traffic is seen on the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press) 'I'm standing up for everybody east of Yonge that's having a hard time getting into the core, and folks from out in Etobicoke, North York, trying to get downtown.' Developers and business leaders have also lined up behind the motion, warning that gridlock is hurting the city's economic engine. 'Fixing Toronto's mobility crisis requires action, not just talk,' said Jon Love, executive chair of KingSett Capital. 'There's no reason for King Street to be reserved for streetcar priority when there are no streetcars running on it.' Leona Savoie, co-chair of NAIOP Greater Toronto's government relations committee, called the motion 'a common-sense solution to alleviate congestion and get Toronto moving again.' A bid for mayor? Notably, Bradford was asked several times during Thursday's news conference about whether he was trying to lay the groundwork for a future mayoral run, to which he said: 'I have not made any decision on that... As a member of the 25 councillors and 26 including the mayor, it is becoming on all of us to stand up and fight on the issues that are important for people that are trying to call the city home.'


Toronto Sun
2 days ago
- Politics
- Toronto Sun
Councillor Bradford's ‘accountability' streaming push falters
Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford meets with the Toronto Sun editorial board in Toronto, Ont. on Tuesday June 13, 2023. Photo by Ernest Doroszuk/Toronto Sun files Brad Bradford's video streaming motion came with a twist worthy of a Netflix series. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account 'On April 23, one of my team members was removed' from a press conference 'by the mayor's deputy chief of staff, who said, quote, 'Some councillors' offices are allowed, but you aren't,'' Councillor Bradford said Tuesday afternoon at Toronto city council's executive committee. 'On May 13, we went back and another member from my office was removed, followed by an email to my chief of staff explaining that they're not permitted.' Bradford had urged Mayor Olivia Chow, in a motion before city council, to stream her press conferences and other appearances live online in the name of 'accountability.' City Hall's top bureaucrats came back with an estimate of $600,000 a year, plus the cost of a new vehicle, to stream all things Chow. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Bradford, who is not on the executive committee but appeared in person at the meeting, called that estimate 'astronomical.' Councillor Josh Matlow agreed that number seemed off. Tuesday's meeting was, as is typical, streamed live, and councillors were told it takes just one or two staff for each of those broadcasts. The $600,000 estimate included salaries for four staff on the city's communications and technical teams, committee members heard. Chow, who spoke at the committee in between coughs and sniffles – 'My summer cold came back for some reason,' she quipped – reassembled Bradford's motion. What the committee passed was instead a basic call to 'identify opportunities' to stream her events with the city's current resources. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Chow said when Premier Doug Ford held a recent press conference, a squad of '15 to 20' staff were there to accommodate video. She sniffed at the idea, floated earlier in the afternoon, that her appearances be shot 'on an iPhone, for God's sake.' 'We are the biggest city of Canada. We are the fastest growing in North America. Our budget is large, and if any other smaller provincial government, and when they do the recording … and they have a certain quality of it, and you are saying that we should be lower quality than that? I don't think so. We should not be inferior.' Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow is seen at an executive committee meeting on Wednesday March 19, 2025. Photo by Jack Boland/Toronto Sun files Bradford, who ran for mayor in the byelection that brought Chow to power in 2023, did not find many allies at the committee. Gord Perks' response to Bradford's idea verged on ridicule, as he wondered aloud if all this extra streaming was meant to serve as a form of entertainment. He asked if City Hall should broadcast footage of Chow going kayaking or Councillor Shelley Carroll eating lunch. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'I don't think people want us to plant nanny cams on the mayor or any other member of council,' Perks said. Perks at one point accused Bradford of 'rage farming.' Bradford shot back that such a personal remark was uncalled for and untrue. Chow seemed disdainful of Bradford's point, even as she agreed. 'Fine, fine, that's OK … you two can sort it out,' Chow said, speaking over Bradford. One of the speakers before the committee was Iain MacKinnon, of the Canadian Media Lawyers Association. MacKinnon said streaming the mayor's appearances would not only make City Hall more transparent, it would also bring more accountability to Toronto's news media, as citizens could see Chow's comments in their full context and draw their own conclusions. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Despite Chow's concerns with shooting on a smartphone, MacKinnon suggested the city might not need slickly produced video, as platforms such as Zoom have become ubiquitous since COVID, even on professional news broadcasts. Read More City bureaucrats appeared somewhat unprepared for the discussion at Tuesday's meeting, at times unable to answer basic questions such as what exactly the streaming policy had been during John Tory's tenure as mayor. 'I hate to ask you this, but given the fact that this item was going to be on the executive committee agenda, why wasn't some of that work done and evaluated to inform us today?' Matlow asked the city manager. 'Aside from the politics and all that kind of stuff, but genuinely, if we're considering the merit of live streaming, why wouldn't we have some information to consider about that?' jholmes@ Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto Maple Leafs Columnists NHL Editorial Cartoons


Toronto Sun
6 days ago
- Politics
- Toronto Sun
City councillor wants Toronto to follow New York's lead on transit safety
City Councillor Brad Bradford would like to see Toronto take a cue from New York City when it comes to improving transit safety. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account 'I was talking to someone who was down there about a month ago and they were riding the transit and they said, 'Every station and every train, you're seeing Special Constables,' and I think we need to get closer to that,' Bradford said. 'Right now it's exceptional that you see them (here).' This after Bradford added his comments to a post on X about someone's recent terrible experience on the TTC, which was texted to a friend and shared by Montrealer @Anthony_Koch on Thursday morning. 'Today on the subway a crackhead smashed his head off the window and is banging the walls loudly,' begins the text. 'It scared baby, the baby starts to cry. The homeless man yells at the baby 'shut the f–k up,' points at it. Then looks up and says, 'You're all f—ing dead. Such a nice place to live and work. Now the small infant is screaming loudly. And homeless man is screaming loudly. The mother is stunned. The are no police or security in sight!!!' Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. This is why so many people don't feel safe taking the TTC. We need to invest in more security on transit — not just 'information agents' who do nothing for fare evasion or safety. — Brad Bradford✌️ (@BradMBradford) June 12, 2025 'This is why so many people don't feel safe taking the TTC,' Bradford posted on his X account, @BradMBradford, including @Anthony_Koch's friend's text. 'We need to invest in more security on transit – not just 'information agents' who do nothing for fare evasion or safety.' TTC spokesman Stuart Green said he couldn't 'comment on the incident as the original post had no information anyone could use to verify its veracity.' 'With respect to safety in general, the safety of customers and employees is paramount to all we do,' Green said. 'Over the past five years, the TTC has invested tens of millions of new dollars directed at boosting the presence of staff, upgrading safety systems like intercoms and cameras, hiring more special constables and entering partnerships with crisis intervention specialists.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Bradford told the Toronto Sun on Friday that he hears from constituents every day who 'don't feel safe riding the TTC when there's violent outbursts, when there's needles sticking out of the seats, or there is a lot of anti-social behaviour that has become commonplace there.' 'So we should have more Special Constables,' he said. Said Green: 'Incident rates have been trending down in the past three years, and customers report feeling safer on the TTC in recent surveys. Still, we don't take that for granted, and we continue to review and enhance safety measures to ensure everyone is safe while riding or working on our system.' Read More Bradford didn't have an exact number in mind in terms of hiring Special Constables, but he thinks they should be a heavy presence like they are in New York City. He pointed out that one of the first things Mayor Olivia Chow did after she was elected was hire 200 transit information agents. 'I think those resources would have been much better directed into resources or staff that are going to keep our customers safe and make sure that we're closing the loop on the $130 million that we lost in fare invasion last year,' Bradford said. World World Canada Celebrity Canada