CityVote 2014: Toronto Mayoral Debate Live Blog

CityNews is hosting the first televised debate of the 2014 Toronto mayoral election. Follow along using #CityVote.

3rd & 7 37yd

.@oliviachow : Ford's wasting money on the Scar subway “Just so he can say, Subways, Subways, Subways’ in this campaign” #TOPoli #CityVote

by jessiecatherine via twitter 3/26/2014 9:06:34 PM
.@KarenStintz points out TTC fight already happened & how she fought for financing and brought it all together. #cityvote #topoli

by BookishJoJo via twitter 3/26/2014 9:06:37 PM
Good speech, Olivia! #TOpoli #cityvote

by F McG via twitter 3/26/2014 9:06:43 PM
Olivia Chow for mayor! #cityvote #TOpoli @oliviachow looking forward to seeing you take on #leadership

by Maria Abbruzzese via twitter 3/26/2014 9:06:44 PM
#cityvote Chow spend spend what cancel subway sounds like a power plant 1 billion

by David Ross via twitter 3/26/2014 9:06:49 PM
Is there a @CityDebateGong twitter account yet? #TOpoli #CityVote

by Robonto via twitter 3/26/2014 9:06:51 PM
New drinking game. Take a shot or chugg beer everytime @robyndoolittle or @ddale8 send out anti ford tweets during #cityvote debate #TOpoli

by Olivia Chow via twitter 3/26/2014 9:06:56 PM
Stintz is showing the strain and impatience of having dealt w Toronto City Council for 4yrs. #CityVote

by toelitemichael via twitter 3/26/2014 9:06:56 PM
Maybe I'll just live-tweet Doug Ford's reactions. #cityvote

by Jonathan Goldsbie via twitter 3/26/2014 9:07:01 PM
#Toronto 's round 1 mayoral debate on now on @CityNews . First to say "and what not" loses my #cityvote !

by Daniela via twitter 3/26/2014 9:07:04 PM
#VoteChow #cityvote

by thenthereskeith via twitter 3/26/2014 9:07:08 PM
Karen Stintz, Stinks. #cityvote #stintzstinks

by jordmatheson via twitter 3/26/2014 9:07:11 PM
.@KarenStintz says she has experience getting funding for subways #TOPoli #CityVote

by jessiecatherine via twitter 3/26/2014 9:07:11 PM
#cityvote did Olivia Chow just say we need a man who can work with queens park??

by NotoriouZz via twitter 3/26/2014 9:07:13 PM
And it's started. #cityvote 2014:The Debate. Talking transit. @CityNews http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BjrqtvlCIAAcKlg.jpg

by Avery Haines via twitter 3/26/2014 9:07:14 PM
Some of the candidates seem rather nervous... #cityvote

by richard680news via twitter 3/26/2014 9:07:14 PM
Karen Stintz is way to stressed out for the start of the first debate. #CityVote

by toelitemichael via twitter 3/26/2014 9:07:15 PM
Stintz says she will fight for transit, time to get Toronto moving #topoli #cityvote

by Cynthia Mulligan via twitter 3/26/2014 9:07:16 PM
Why do all these ideas come out around election time. Why not all the time #cityvote

by Ted_416 via twitter 3/26/2014 9:07:24 PM
Stintz: I fought for the subway and the financing that's needed to make it a reality. #cityvote

by CityNews via twitter 3/26/2014 9:07:25 PM
Mayor debate!! Eveb from a distance i have to watch this! #cityvote

by CustomBrown via twitter 3/26/2014 9:07:29 PM
"We didn't have a plan, except that plan that we had and changed to buy votes" - Karen Stintz #CityVote #TOpoli

by kristianDavid via twitter 3/26/2014 9:07:30 PM
John Tory sporting a terrible new haircut. #CityVote

by toelitemichael via twitter 3/26/2014 9:07:32 PM
Aaaand I've lost my signal. Damn bunny ears! #topoli #cityvote

by Kaleigh Rogers via twitter 3/26/2014 9:07:32 PM
Topics of #Toronto mayoral debate: Transit. Finance. Leadership. 1 min. ind. dissertations make way to open debate. #cityvote #TOpoli

by Jimmy the News Kid via twitter 3/26/2014 9:07:37 PM
Now watching the debate. #CityVote

by BTryanreports via twitter 3/26/2014 9:07:42 PM
Is it wise to switch plans every 4 years?for the #toronto economy and transit?#cityvote #topoli

by Jakub pogubila via twitter 3/26/2014 9:07:42 PM
Gravy train how many times thy going to be said #cityvote

by kevin mistry via twitter 3/26/2014 9:08:24 PM
Moving forward - John Tory ... music to my ears #cityvote

by TheRozanec via twitter 3/26/2014 9:08:25 PM
John Tory, you just told us nothing. #cityvote2014 #cityvote

by Monique_Bijoux via twitter 3/26/2014 9:08:26 PM
Where are you gonna find the money for the DRL @johntoryTO ? #CityVote #voteTO #Toronto

by toelitemichael via twitter 3/26/2014 9:08:27 PM
EW, we're not your friends and you haven't built it yet!!!!! #topoli #cityvote

by ryanghinds via twitter 3/26/2014 9:08:27 PM
Tory: We don't need to open old debates, procrastinate or divide. I will get on with implementing..Scarborough subway #cityvote

by CityNews via twitter 3/26/2014 9:08:27 PM
the first mention of Yonge Street Relief Line #cityvote

by amarjeetkaur via twitter 3/26/2014 9:08:31 PM
Hmmm... Tory calls Chow the"NDP" candidate -- clever. #cityvote #TOpoli

by yeahrightinc via twitter 3/26/2014 9:08:34 PM
"we have built a subway in Scarborough," Ford claims #topoli #cityvote

by Oliver Moore via twitter 3/26/2014 9:08:34 PM
LOL HERE WE GO #cityvote

by tibiamyfibula via twitter 3/26/2014 9:08:38 PM
It only took Rob Ford 3 attempts to find the right camera to look into #cityvote #TOpoli

by ArthurGallant27 via twitter 3/26/2014 9:08:40 PM
DING! #cityvote

by jnery via twitter 3/26/2014 9:08:42 PM
.@TOMayorFord back on his old & tired gravy train & $1Billion schtick. "Proven track record of success' Umm... #cityvote #topoli

by BookishJoJo via twitter 3/26/2014 9:08:43 PM
All these politician wannabes should be taking transit for a year before they talk about what the city needs #cityvote

by Ted_416 via twitter 3/26/2014 9:08:43 PM
Ugh. That effing bell. #cityvote

by pat_bacon_mmm via twitter 3/26/2014 9:08:43 PM
#cityvote how many times will #robford say "folks"

by Ohyea21 via twitter 3/26/2014 9:08:45 PM
.@TOMayorFord says he'll build all the subways - Finch, Sheppard, Scarborough etc. "We cannot support LRTs" #TOPoli #CityVote

by jessiecatherine via twitter 3/26/2014 9:08:50 PM
John Tory is the best debater in the house #cityvote

by Francis Ardmore via twitter 3/26/2014 9:08:52 PM

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