Brad Bradford wants to be a mayor of Toronto in the vein of John Tory — a moderate fiscal conservative who tries to lower costs and streamline government. But given the opportunity to try on the chains of office on Monday and take responsibility for a blunder, he instead channeled his inner Rob Ford, the city’s late, headline-generating, controversial mayor 

Canada's National Observer's Rory White has been reporting on the Bradford campaign’s use of a tool called the Victory App, a new entry to Canadian politics that offers rewards to supporters for posting AI-generated comments, among other actions. The app also asks supporters to share — and categorize by level of support — all of their phone contacts, White has reported. In exchange, it offers points that earn rewards, which vary from campaign to campaign.

Following a second investigation into the app from White on Monday, Toronto Star reporter Mahdis Habibinia asked Bradford about these rewards at a press conference. Bradford's........

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