OPINION: Rob Ford Should Not Be Mayor of Toronto

Posted September 13, 2010 4:16 pm.

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At the centre of many debates surrounding Toronto’s municipal election is Rob Ford, the controversial city councillor from Etobicoke. Going into the final stretch of his campaign, Ford is polling ahead of his biggest challengers, George Smitherman and Rocco Rossi. Some of the recent criticism being levelled against Ford is that he won’t support immigration to the city. Weeks earlier it was also revealed that Ford was arrested in Florida in 1999 on a DUI and marijuana possession.

Warren Kinsella, who is currently working on Rossi’s campaign, joined The Mark to talk about why he thinks Rob Ford isn’t fit to be Toronto’s next mayor.

The Mark News is Canada’s online forum for opinion and analysis.

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