I honestly don't know what to think of the mess in Toronto. Ford is an embarrassment, but he has effectively managed city coffers, has he not? Or is that just misinformation?
The general impression of him here seems to be that he's a racist, sexist, hick, uncultured drug addict but one who knows how to get a city in the black.
I wouldn't be traumatized if he was re-elected.
As for Olivia Chow... I'm very socially liberal and I can never decide whether its better to have that represented at municipal, provincial, or federal level. It always comes with wasted spending as a result of Canada's political party dynamics, so where do you want that waste to go?
She'd definitely be a high-profile mayor. She doesn't have the qualifications or the cool of Calgary's Nenshi, but she's worthy of being Toronto's Mayor at least.
And the rest, I don't know. Although, Ayreonaut did point out to us in exhaustion one day that CBC interviewed a couple of the unknown candidates and presented it as national news.