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水煮市选：从座车看几位候选人的性格
(本网编译) 男人天生与汽车有着难解的缘分。一辆车未必是男人的全部，但是却能反映出他身上的很多特质。在多伦多的市长竞选中，候选人的座车也成为候选人天然的“名片”，向市民透露出各种不同的信息。
昨日（周五），本地英文媒体便比较了四名主要市长候选人的座车（汤姆森是一名女士，所以不算在内），从中分析、比较了一下几个人的特点。
（来源：多伦多星报）
福特：RV（旅行房车）
首先我们看看目前排名第一的候选人、市议员福特的座车：一辆漆成蓝色的RV，车的侧面是福特的竞选标语“向纳税人致敬”，背景则是多伦多市中心的轮廓。
RV又名“车上之家”(Motor home)，是家庭野外娱乐、休闲用车，里面很宽敞，家居装备齐全。福特选用这样一个功能齐全的RV当竞选座车，能反映出他“实用至上”的性格。蓝色则是保守派的代表色，将RV漆成蓝色则反映出他偏右的执政理念，以及与保守党人的密切联系。
在街上碰到这么一个“大家伙”，普通汽车几乎只有让路的份。无论是喜欢还是讨厌，只能耐心地等它过去，自己才能走。福特的RV开上街，似乎也向人们透露出这样一个信息：无论你喜欢我还是讨厌我，我都不在乎，但是我的庞大身躯让你不得不注意我。附带一条，所谓“环境保护”对我不太重要。别挡我的道！
（来源：多伦多星报）
彭德龙：Daimler Smart car（简洁型轿车）
候选人、现任副市长彭德龙的车是一辆简洁型的轿车，与福特的“庞然大物”形成强烈反差。车的侧面则是彭德龙自己的照片：满脸微笑、松松地扎着领带、把西装随意地甩在了肩头，一幅刚刚工作完的劳动者的模样。照片的旁边是他个人的签名Joe，没有竞选标语。
彭德龙和现任市长苗大伟一样，都是新民党背景，主要依靠工会和蓝领阶层的力量，而车上的照片正好体现了他所代表的阶层。该车所隐藏的信息则是：环保对我很重要。我看似渺小，但是很老练。我很友善，直接叫我Joe就可以。我很努力地让人们都注意我。
彭德龙的竞选团队则表示，这辆简洁、环保的轿车，正好是体现了这位简洁、环保的市长候选人。车虽然很小，但是它走到哪里、特别是民众的节日集会上，总能引起人们的注意。竞选令彭德龙不得不开车，但是他一有机会就搭乘TTC。
（来源：多伦多星报）
史振民：Cube truck（紫色厢卡）
史振民的竞选车则是一辆紫色的厢卡。车的侧面喷涂着史振民的照片：西装笔挺，扎着紫色的领带；旁边的竞选标语：“为了多伦多能够再次运作起来”（For A Toronto That Works. Again.）。
紫色代表神秘、热情、温和、浪漫以及端庄幽雅，这可能是史振民对自己个性的一个总结。使用厢卡做竞选车辆，也反映出史振民实用主义的性格，但是给人的感觉不像福特那么张扬。该车所隐藏的信息：我为人很不错，没有什么可隐藏的。我迫切需要支持者们投我一票。附带说一句：我喜欢紫色。
史振民的竞选团队表示，这厢卡主要用来拉竞选设备、资料，史振民自己不常开。一般他都是乘坐TTC；如果一定要开车，他会开一辆混能的Camry。不过，这并不是说史振民反对开卡车。他是个货车司机的儿子，很喜欢卡车。
（来源：多伦多星报）
罗西：Toyota Sienna minivan（老款家用厢车）
在几位主要的候选人中，罗西的座车最普通，那是一辆2001款丰田家用小型厢车（minivan），没有什么个人的竞选图案和标语。就这样一辆普通的车，罗西还是问亲戚借来的。
罗西似乎有意想体现自己和其他候选人的不同之处，所以选择了这辆很普通的家用车做竞选用车。该车所隐藏的信息：我是一个顾家的男人。我很主见（sensible）。我不浪费钱。我会用我的竞选政纲吸引选民，而不是很炫的车辆。
Just go out and vote! That is the biggest support for Ford.
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As for someone mentioned about Rob Ford “not welcoming immigrants”, I would like to share a true story I heard recently with 51 readers here:
During my volunteering (canvassing) for Rob Ford, I met a guy originally from Somalia.
When he came to Canada as a refugee, he was given a bachelor suite by the government in downtown Toronto. Then his son joined him, living in the same suite. The administration in his apartment urged them to move out every day because they did not allow a father and son live in a bachelor suite. And he had no where to go.
He went to talk to the councilor in his area who told him “….The waiting list is so long that it takes 10 years to get an apartment. …”.
Then someone told him to ask Rob Ford for help and told him if “it makes sense, he will sure help you”. He made a phone call to Rob. Rob Ford picked up the call and agreed to meet him.
He told Rob his difficulty. Rob went to his apartment administration office and told them he wss going to find him an apartment when his son finished the school year because it was not good to have the boy transfer to a new school in the middle of school term. So the apartment administration stopped chasing him out.
By the end of the school term, he called Rob reminding him the promise (of finding an apartment for him) he made. The second day after the call, the community housing director called him and he got a two bed room apartment.
His son is now a student at Queen University.
He also told me something else:
Sometime later, there was another city mayor /councilor election, he called Rob Ford to apologize: “Sorry”, he told Rob Ford. “I can not vote for you because I do not live in your riding”. Rob Ford told him: “Vote whoever you can vote. You have no moral obligation to me”.
The guy told me he also met other Somalia immigrants accidently who received Rob Ford’s help including a taxi driver he met on the street.
I do not know how Rob Ford thinks about immigrants, but I do know Rob Ford helped this guy, a refugee from Somalia, in a big way and expected nothing in return.
On second thought, I would like to challenge any one who labels him/herself as love or welcome immigrants, have you sold all your possessions including your house or your savings and give them to immigrants or refugees who have nothing, such as those people who recently came as refugees by sea?
If no one has done that, then what is wrong to say “I’d like to take care of my own family first before looking after other people”?
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卖棍地应该被送回老家，除了加税浪费税民钱财，此公可谓尸位素餐。
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If you support Rob Ford, please check his web site calendar for fund raising event:http://www.robfordformayor.ca/events/ on Oct. 9th to be held for Chinese Canadians/Immigrants.
Contact number: 416 606 2611. Ask for KC. You pay $120 for support Ford, you will get $90 Dollars back, a dinner and meet other people who also suppport Ford.
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支持Ford！
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who care what car they ride, we care who cares Torontonians not politicians isn't it.
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