Will anything knock Ford off his pedestal?
Heavyweight civic contenders
ABOVE THE FOLD
As Ontario stares down the possibility of a snap vote next year, DOUG FORD is still holding on to his title of Teflon Premier, according to the latest polls, while he’s signed some high-profile civic challengers to his slate.
CANDIDATE TRACKER — A bunch more PCs are joining the ticket…
New blood: In Carleton, currently held by turfed-Tory-turned-Independent GOLDIE GHAMARI, is GEORGE DAROUZE, three-time city councillor. JERRY PRIBIL, another councillor in London, is gunning for NDP-held London North Centre. BILL STEELE, a regional councillor in Niagara, will challenge the NDP in Niagara Centre. And BETH ALLISON, a local Catholic school principal, is running in London West, an NDP bastion for the last decade.
Familiar faces: Incumbents have also re-upped, including LISA THOMPSON (Huron-Bruce)…PATRICE BARNES (Ajax)…CHRISTINE HOGARTH (Etobicoke-Lakeshore)…STEPHEN CRAWFORD (Oakville)…AMARJOT SANDHU (Brampton West)…LAURIE SCOTT (Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock)…LOGAN KANAPATHI …