Mark Saunders told supporters and voters during the election campaign that he was the only candidate who could stop Olivia Chow. On the night, however, he finished third.
He has paid for ads on buses, stations and on an electronic downtown billboard. Gong’s name, however, doesn’t register in opinion polls and he has no background in government.
First elected as city councillor, then as member of Parliament, people in Toronto know Olivia Chow’s name. That’s not something that can be said of all mayoral candidates.