Brad Bradford is for Toronto.

Every time council moved to help renters, Bradford found a reason to vote no. No to strengthening the Rental Housing Supply Program. No to expanding incentives for purpose-built rental. No to going further on Toronto Builds. And no, three years running, to budgets that fund the Rent Bank, eviction prevention and tenant support.

Since 2018, Brad's voted to hike TTC fares and cut services. When the 2026 budget froze fares and funded school meals, he called it vote-buying. When the TTC put crisis workers on the system so riders, and especially women riding alone at night, have someone to turn to, he called it window dressing. Higher fares, less safety.

For years the families at 500 Dawes Road in East York lived with crumbling balconies, failed maintenance and a landlord who didn't fix things. Their tenants' association says complaints to Bradford's office went nowhere. The tenant advocacy organization ACORN says he refused to meet them. Brad took no action against a slumlord in his own ward.

In 2023 Bradford voted to put protected bike lanes on Bloor Street West. In August 2026 he promised to tear them out if elected Mayor, along with a stretch on Yonge. Bradford's answer on bike lanes is the same as Doug Ford's: rip them out and leave you with the bill.

While Toronto was pulling American products off shelves and the city was revising procurement rules to favour Canadian companies, Bradford moved a motion to keep City dollars flowing to two giant American rideshare corporations. When it mattered, he chose Silicon Valley over Toronto drivers, transit workers and small businesses.