Desmond Cole for Mayor?
In this episode of Comment Up Close, we chat with a Varsity contributor and Ibnul Chowdhury on their piece, “Cole City,” which analyzes activist-journalist Desmond Cole’s potential Toronto mayoral bid for the 2018 election.
Editor’s note (January 8, 2024): The name of one of the authors has been temporarily removed from this article for safety concerns.
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