Alexander’s performance on Tuesday night, at a debate hosted by the Board of Trade and the Toronto Star, was actually pretty decent. After Bradford finished a lengthy complaint about the city’s finances, Alexander noted he has been a councillor for eight years. He told Chow that her plan to cap TTC fares for frequent riders was, considering the state of its finances, “not remotely sound.” There’s an argument to be made that Alexander is the more credible “change” candidate since in political terms he’s arriving to City Hall like a visitor from another planet. But there were also times on Tuesday, as Chow and Bradford were debating their contrasting policies, where his presence seemed odd. You half-expected one of the other two to look over at him and say, “Sorry, why are you here again?”
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