Many cities on Turtle Island are hoping Mamdani fever comes to town. But Toronto is seriously considering rolling out the red carpet for a right wing populist climbing in the polls.

I'm joined by Inori Roy, Features Editor at The Local, to discuss her in-depth profile of Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford, published just 2 weeks before the October 26 election. We discuss her data-first method, the weaknesses of Canadian investigative journalism, the gap between feelings and facts about crime in Toronto, and Bradford's shift from bike-lane councillor to right-wing fear-monger. We cover allegations from former staffers, the campaign's response, his Al-Quds Day stance and pro-Israel base, and whether his campaign represents a backlash to the Mamdani model of municipal politics.

Inori Roy is a Toronto-based journalist and Features Editor at The Local. She holds a Master's in investigative journalism from City University of London. She has led data-driven investigations into long-term care and road safety, and her work has appeared in The Walrus, the Toronto Star, The Narwhal, Unearthed, and CBC.

Sources

Brad Bradford Seems Angry—He’s Betting Torontonians Are Too (The Local)
Inori Roy’s work at The Local
Who’s Actually Running Ontario’s Long-Term Care Homes? (The Local)
Who Is Watching Over Ontario’s Most Vulnerable Seniors? (The Local)
The Deadly Inequality of Toronto’s Vision Zero Rollout (The Local)
Toronto Police Service shootings dashboards
Toronto’s Al-Quds rally goes ahead after judge dismisses Ontario’s injunction bid (CP24)
Toronto council passes bubble zone bylaw restricting protests (The CJN)
Max Haiven, The Player and the Played: From Gamed Capitalism to 21st-Century Fascism (MIT Press, open access)

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