Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #25, Patrick Brown

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #25, Patrick Brown

Patrick Brown Photograph by Erin Leydon

Patrick Brown

PC Party Leader

25The door is wide open for Brown to take back the legislature. He didn’t help his cause by flip-flopping on same-sex marriage and the sex-ed curriculum, but his disavowal of social conservatism may make him more palatable to middle-of-the-road voters. He scored points on Liberal spending programs, including the $12 million they paid to launch a $225-million hydro program to help low-income families.

Friends in high places:

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Toronto's Most Influential People of 2016