For instance, the Egyptian-Canadian mother of three said she’d embrace AI and other technological advancements to speed up the development of new housing.īut there’s another reason she’s running. Talking to the Star, she used the word “efficient,” or a variation of it, 11 times while describing the change she’d like to enact. “‘Bahira, how come you are jumping into a mayoral position when you have never been even a trustee?’” she said everyone asks her.Ībdulsalam is one of a handful of long-shot candidates boasting their experience as engineers, entrepreneurs, accountants, freight shippers, inventors, project managers and other typically apolitical professions. That’s why the 53-year-old certified professional engineer and entrepreneur from East York has tossed her name in the hat - to the befuddlement of some close to her. Bahira Abdulsalam believes Toronto needs a mayor with a background outside of politics, perhaps one who understands the intricacies of the city’s multimillion-dollar infrastructure projects.
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