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Mayoral candidate John Tory has issued a statement on the return of Mayor Ford to City Hall. It calls on the mayor to resign. In all the circumstances this is an entirely reasonable demand. A recent poll found that nearly 60% of Torontonians want Mr. Ford to get out of their lives for good. But the statement is more than just a righteous response to the mayor’s appalling behaviour. It is a matter of life or death for Mr. Tory in this election. It seems true that neither Mr. Ford nor Mr. Tory can win the election as long as they are both on the ballot. It is for this reason, no doubt, that Tory pointedly notes that Olivia Chow, almost alone among mayoral candidates, has NOT called on Mr. Ford to quit. It seems a curious oddity of niceness on the part of Ms. Chow considering as she is a woman and polls find that women particularly (and logically) dislike the boorish Mr. F. We cannot be corrected on this. Olivia Chow refuses to call for Mr. Ford’s removal because he is her ticket to the mayor’s office.
