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title: "A Better City Toronto endorses Brad Bradford for mayor"
description: "A civic group calling itself A Better City Toronto announced on October 5 that it endorses Brad Bradford for Toronto mayor, citing housing and transit as key issues."
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A civic group called A Better City Toronto endorsed Brad Bradford for Toronto mayor on October 5, 2026, writing in the Toronto Sun.

The endorsement was written by the group's executive director, Kelly Aizicowitz, and its chair, Jeffrey Kroeker, as a column in the Sun's opinion section. Aizicowitz describes herself as a Liberal who worked for a former Liberal premier. Kroeker describes himself as a Conservative who has worked with the federal and provincial Tories. Both descriptions are their own.

The group says it supports Bradford because of what it calls his background as a trained city planner and his stated positions on housing supply, permit timelines, safety and spending discipline. These are the group's own reasons for their endorsement.

## What the endorsement says

In the column, A Better City Toronto says it is inviting Liberals, Conservatives and moderates to vote for Bradford during advance polls and on election day.

The group argues, in its own words, that Bradford's approach to housing and transit makes him the right person for the job. It cites his planning background as a reason he can speak to both left-leaning and right-leaning voters on those issues.

The column also criticizes the record of Mayor Olivia Chow. These criticisms are the group's stated views. The Sun column did not include a response from Chow or her office.

## Bradford's other endorsements

Bradford has received backing from seven federal Liberal MPs and Conservative MP Scott Aitchison, as well as Ontario Liberal MPP Stephanie Smyth, according to reporting by CityNews Toronto on October 5.

A Better City Toronto is a separate civic group from the MPs who endorsed Bradford. Their endorsement was made independently, in the group's own name.

## Advance voting starts today

Advance voting opened Tuesday, October 6 and runs through Sunday, October 11, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day. There are two advance voting locations in each of Toronto's 25 wards.

Find your nearest advance voting location at myvote.toronto.ca. You can see all mayoral candidates, including [Brad Bradford](/on/toronto-2026/candidates/brad-bradford), at [/on/toronto-2026/candidates#mayor](/on/toronto-2026/candidates#mayor). Election day is Monday, October 26.

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