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Toronto is growing and booming.

That has brought tremendous opportunity for those who live and work here and created growing problems – from the need for affordable housing, to better public transit, to combating crime.

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If Toronto is to deal with the pressing issues we face, we need a mayor with a track record of moving the city forward.

One who can work constructively with council.

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Four years ago, we saw what happens when municipal politics becomes dysfunctional and descends into chaos, with Toronto making international headlines for all the wrong reasons.

We’ve also seen what happens when so-called “progressive” and “activist” mayors pursue expensive ideological agendas that fail to serve the city’s best interests.

We don’t need a leader who thinks the solution to every problem is to throw more money at it.

We don’t need a spendthrift mayor like Jennifer Keesmaat, who has campaigned on a platform of costly promises, without a realistic plan to pay for them, other than vague assurances about making the rich pay more.