5 key moments from the CP24 mayoral debate cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/…

Olivia Chow and Brad Bradford were also quizzed on their favourite late night snacks during the CP24 debate. Chow went with a peanut butter sandwich while Bradford said that he likes to stop by Square Boy in Toronto's east end for a burger. cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/…

Brad Bradford says that Chow’s warnings that turning Toronto Water into a publicly-owned utility could lead to privation are “fear mongering.” Bradford says that if Toronto Water were privatized on his watch, “I would resign my seat.” cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/…

Olivia Chow says Brad Bradford’s plan to freeze taxes in 2027 can only be accomplished by “borrowing a whole lot of money" and leaving “future generations” with the bill. cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/…

Brad Bradford says Olivia Chow’s dismissal of his plan to conduct a third-party line-by-line audit of city finances is “the same can’t do attitude we hear time and time again from this mayor.” “Our own auditor general found that the city spent $11 million on Microsoft Office licenses for people who retired, it spent $5 million on stickers on recycling bins to tell you we don’t pick up the recycling,” he says. “There is lots of things that we can save.”

Olivia Chow says Brad Bradford’s plan to hire 1,000 additional police officers is “just not doable” due to capacity constraints at the Toronto Police College. cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/…

Brad Bradford is accusing Olivia Chow of “delivering the biggest bait and switch in Toronto municipal history.” Bradford says Chow “promised a modest tax increase and leveled the biggest tax increase in Toronto’s history, nearly 20 per cent over her term and administration.” cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/…

Olivia Chow says that viewers of tonight’s CP24 debate will hear “two different visions.” “One going forward and keeping life affordable, the other one is a lot of promises with no way of paying for it,” she says. “Let’s together build a more caring, more affordable and safer city.”

Brad Bradford raised concerns about the state of a city that he says “is stuck” during the CP24 debate. “We are stuck in traffic, we are stuck feeling less safe and we are stuck paying more and getting less,” he says.