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RSS FeedsThe haves and the have nots, federal leaders court both sides of Toronto´s great divide
(The Star Food)

 
 

14 september 2019 15:20:05

 
The haves and the have nots, federal leaders court both sides of Toronto´s great divide
(The Star Food)
 


British people’s poet Billy Bragg didn’t know much about Canada when he burst onto the music scene in the punk-powered 1980s. But he knew enough to make fun of Toronto as he played his way across the country, concert by concert.“How many Torontonians does it take to change a light bulb?” was a staple element of his between-song banter at shows in places like Winnipeg, Calgary and Edmonton, where resentment of central Canada was easily awakened.“It only takes one,” Bragg explained with a grin. “All they have to do is climb the ladder, hold the bulb and let the world revolve around it.”The skewering of Toronto pretensions got belly laughs then from The Rest of Canada. So just imagine how it will play out next month if our sprawling, straining megalopolis takes hold of the federal election and decides, pretty much by itself, whether or not to give Justin Trudeau a second chance.Now twice as populous and transformatively more diverse than it was 35 years ago, the GTA stands as the unignorable prize of Canadian politics, as evidenced by the sheer scramble of the campaigns to converge on southern Ontario moments after the election writs were issued for the Oct. 21 vote.It is, now more than ever, Two Torontos they are courting — the one with money to burn and, crucially, the Toronto that is clinging by its fingernails to its place on the city’s slippery economic ladder — with many losing their grip, day after day.Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, after a whistle stop Wednesday in Trois Rivières, landed by private jet and marched straight to the hustings of the 905 area code, where much of his political fate hovers. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh motored straight to the rust-belt of London before steering onward to Brampton aboard his shiny orange campaign bus. Green Leader Elizabeth May touched down first on Vancouver Island, far and away the most verdant terrain for a Green wave of seats in the next Par ...


 
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