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title: "Toronto Sun editorial board endorses Brad Bradford for mayor"
description: "The Toronto Sun's editorial board published its choice for Toronto mayor on October 17, backing Brad Bradford over incumbent Olivia Chow."
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The Toronto Sun editorial board chose [Brad Bradford](/on/toronto-2026/candidates/brad-bradford) as its pick for Toronto mayor on October 17, backing the challenger over incumbent [Olivia Chow](/on/toronto-2026/candidates/olivia-chow) with nine days until voting day.

The endorsement, published Saturday evening and behind the Sun's subscription wall, named property taxes as the central issue.

## Property taxes: the editorial's argument

The Sun's board pointed to Chow's property tax increase in 2024. According to the editorial, Chow raised property taxes by 9.5 per cent that year, a figure the board described as the largest annual increase since Toronto was amalgamated in 1998.

Chow's campaign has said she inherited a $1.8 billion post-pandemic deficit from the previous council, which required the increase, and that she is now committed to keeping future hikes at or near inflation. The Sun's editorial included that explanation.

The board described Bradford's property tax plan as a one-year freeze followed by a review of the city's annual budget, with a commitment to keep future increases below inflation. These are Bradford's campaign promises as the Sun characterized them.

## The endorsement is a fact about the paper

An editorial endorsement records that a newspaper's board made a choice, and on what grounds. It records the board's position at a point in time, in this case nine days before election day. It is not a voter guide. The Sun's reasons are the board's own. Readers who want to weigh the candidates' full positions can see [Bradford's page](/on/toronto-2026/candidates/brad-bradford) and [Chow's page](/on/toronto-2026/candidates/olivia-chow) on this site.

## What a voter can do

Torontonians vote on **October 26** at their local polling station. Most locations open at 10:00 a.m. and close at 8:00 p.m. The City of Toronto's election website has a tool to find your voting location by address. You can also review all mayoral candidates at the [Toronto mayor candidates page](/on/toronto-2026/candidates#mayor).

## Sitemap

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