Mayoral candidate Bradford floats new name for New York
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We may no longer have Maj.-Gen. Isaac Brock to help us resist the Americans, but Brad Bradford might do.
After U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to unilaterally change the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” the Toronto mayoral candidate had a proposal of his own: rename New York State “the province of New York.”
But before you say, “This is just silliness now,” hear him out. The Beaches-East York councillor, and main challenger to incumbent Mayor Olivia Chow, has a historical reason for his proposal.
“Two can play that game,” Bradford said in a message to social media. “Right across the water there’s a place called New York. You’ve probably heard of it, and from 1664 until 1776, it was actually called ‘the province of New York.’ It was a British colony and it was named after a duke.
“Now here’s what we’re gonna do when I’m elected mayor: We’re going to change it back to ‘the province of New York.’ This is real. Look it up. I’m even happy to send (Trump) a plaque. And when President Trump retires — and he can’t retire soon enough — he’ll be able to look out his window, way up in Trump Tower, and see the great province of New York.”
Bradford: Let’s go T.O.
After Bradford finished his fun with the U.S. president, he brought it back to his campaign message, saying you can change the name of the lake, but you can’t change the spirit of the people who live here.
“It’s the shopkeepers, the workers, the manufacturers that are most impacted by Washington’s ludicrous policy,” Bradford said. “So let’s do our part. Choose Toronto. Buy Canadian. Check the label and shop local, here in your neighbourhood. We can’t change what Washington does, but we can change how Toronto shows up for its own.”
Current polls
Chow enjoys a widening lead in the mayoral race, holding 11 points over Bradford in a recent poll. But there’s still a large enough pool of undecideds to swing the race, with 19% of voters having yet to make up their minds. The mayoral election goes Oct. 26, with advance voting going from Oct. 6 to Oct. 11.