Duelling Toronto essay contests pit lunch with Doug Ford against a date with Margaret Atwood

Not to be outdone by the library-loving elite and the Toronto Public Library Workers Union’s “My Library Matters to Me” contest—in which entrants vie to win a “literary-themed outing” with Margaret Atwood (amongst other notable Canadian authors)—the Toronto Taxpayers Coalition is offering lunch with Doug Ford (or Toronto Sun columnist Sue-Ann Levy) as the grand prize in a contest of its own. In the right-wing advocacy group’s challenge, entrants must respond to the statement “Lower taxes are good for Toronto because…” while in the library workers union’s version contestants express their love of the city’s public libraries. Of course, despite the two contests having a near-identical format, similar prizes, and deadlines just a day apart, the coalition insists its competition isn’t a response to the library union’s (uh, right). Read the entire story [Toronto Star] »