When it comes to the Buffalo Bills moving to Toronto, the struggling 4-7 team is not exactly Wanted Dead or Alive — at Queen’s Park anyway.

Premier Kathleen Wynne said Monday she’s open to the Bills coming north but has concerns the team might be Bad Medicine for local football.

“My guiding principle is we wouldn’t want to hurt the Argos.”

With rock star Jon Bon Jovi reportedly spearheading the latest efforts to bring the NFL team here, Wynne said a new attraction would be good for the area.

“I have to leave it to the sports world and the broader fan world to determine whether they’re bringing the Buffalo Bills,” she told reporters.

“I think that the more that we can have events that create enthusiasm in the city and draw people . . . that’s a good thing, so I would be supportive.”

Wynne wouldn’t be specific on whether her minority government would put up taxpayers’ money to help build a new stadium large enough to house an NFL team.

“I’m not gonna jump to that. The Bills aren’t here yet.”

However, Wynne appeared to leave the door open, speaking highly of athletic facilities to be left for public use after the 2015 Pan Am games and adding “I’m a big fan of sports infrastructure . . . that leads to a legacy.”

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath, who represents a Hamilton riding and whose mother and grandmother had season tickets to the Tiger Cats, shared Wynne’s concerns about the potential impact on the CFL.

“Some folks think that (the Bills in Toronto) might be a Bed of Roses but from my perspective as long as it’s not something that’s going to hurt the Argos or the Ticats we could look into it.”

Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak, who was raised across the Niagara River from Buffalo in Fort Erie, isn’t banking on the team pulling a Runaway move anytime soon.

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“As a lifelong Bills fan I’m worried about them Livin’ on a Prayer with Bon Jovi . . . there are more rumours, probably, in sports than politics.”

Asked if Toronto needs another losing sports team, Wynne exclaimed, smiling, “Oh, ye of little faith!”

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