[TOR] "Toronto mayor suggests Greens best bet for cities"

[rfmcdonald]

This is interesting.

Toronto Mayor David Miller waded into the federal election campaign on Tuesday.

He spoke about the need for a ban on handguns on a day that saw three homicides in the GTA, as well as the shooting of a 16-year-old in a city high school.

But Miller also pointed out that so far, only the Green party has directly addressed the growing needs of Canadian cities.

Its platform has a national transit strategy and plans to give cities a permanent revenue source to help fix a growing infrastructure backlog.

At a meeting with reporters Miller wore a campaign button prominently declaring his political preference — "Vote Toronto."

Miller said he won't endorse any specific party, but he is urging Torontonians on Oct. 14 to choose the party that will help the city thrive in the next century.

"Well, so far the Green party has addressed city issues and I say, 'Good for them.' I would hope the Liberals and the NDP would do the same thing," said Miller.