Experts and pollsters certainly expect John Tory, 68, to cruise to victory despite a crowded field of 30 other competitors, many who were largely unknown before the campaign.
John Tory had absorbed the verbal jabs and endured the criticism of his record as his rivals at this week s mayoral debate slammed his eight-year tenure leading Canada s most populous city.
The annual struggle to balance the City of Toronto's budget looks particularly tough this year. Instead of the usual tens of millions of dollars the city needs to raise, or cut, to balance the $15-billion spending package, the candidates elected to the next city council will need to figure out how to make up an $857-million gap.