Inside Toronto’s apathetic election
Posted October 12, 2022 4:09 am.
Last Updated October 12, 2022 5:03 am.
In today’s Big Story podcast, Toronto will vote in less than two weeks. Well, some of Toronto will vote. Less than a majority of citizens, that’s for sure. And the outcome of the most important race is all but guaranteed already.
Why don’t more Canadians care about municipal politics? Even when their vote directly impacts the services they get? Even when the winners will be tasked with reshaping the biggest city in the country, and the fourth biggest in North America?
David Rider, is the City Hall Bureau Chief at the Toronto Star. He joined The Big Story to discuss Toronto’s upcoming municipal election.
“I think there also is just a bit of pandemic exhaustion. I think we’ve seen it on the part of we have fewer than normal candidates overall in this race.
There’s a bit of a low energy feeling to the election, and I think that may be spilled over to some of the candidates,” said Rider.
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