Geddy Lee of Rush Makes Rare Political Endorsement

Geddy Lee, bassist/keyboardist/lead vocalist for the veteran Canadian progressive onerous rock energy trio Rush, has moved away from his normal public avoidance of political issues to make an endorsement in the upcoming Toronto mayoral election on Monday, October 26, 2026. Lee has come out in favor of Toronto City Councilor Brad Bradford, who, among others, is operating against current mayor Olivia Chow.

I used to be born in Toronto and have constructed a life with my household right here. It was always a place I’ve been proud to call home. But it’s altering, and not for the better. I’m not one to make public statements about politicians, but I really worry for the future of Toronto with its current management, and imagine that Brad has power, contemporary concepts and actually cares about ALL of this metropolis’s communities.

Lee has expanded on his endorsement in a assertion on Bradford’s web site.

“I’m a kid from Willowdale. I’ve spent 50 years travelling the world and every time I returned home, I felt the same thing: relief. Toronto was the city that worked. As I look around now, it’s not the same. Something has gone wrong, and it isn’t the people. It’s the leadership. My parents came here with nothing, after surviving the worst the world could do to them, and this city gave them the one thing they wanted most: a safe place to raise their kids. That was the promise of Toronto. I believe Brad Bradford gets that. I’ve never been a political guy, but it’s time to speak up about the city I love. I believe that Brad has energy, fresh ideas and truly cares about ALL of this city’s communities. On October 26th I’m voting for him.”

In phrases of proposals, there are no hanging variations between Bradford and Chow. Bradford’s main marketing campaign factors are rising the housing provide by lowering authorities purple tape and associated prices, rising police presence, and focusing on offering more constant public providers, such as dependable public transit and secure public parks. Chow’s positions embrace rising public transportation while freezing fares at their current degree, increasing city-run mental health assist providers, and selling power effectivity. Bradford’s platform is more meat-and-potatoes, but neither is the stuff of which conservative goals are made.

The elephant in the room, or given that it’s Canada, maybe the bull moose in the room, is the rise in energetic antisemitic acts in Toronto during Chow’s current time period. At a assembly on September 19, 2026, at a Toronto synagogue, Bradford pledged to actively fight the rise in antisemitic assaults. According to numbers from Toronto police, in 2025, 82 p.c of the 99 reported religious-based hate crimes have been against Jews. Bradford and another mayoral candidate who attended the assembly sharply criticized Chow for not attending. It warrants point out that Chow has a file of struggling with addressing antisemitic acts; in 2025 she hemmed and hawed over a proposal to create “bubble zones” around Jewish homes of worship and enterprises to shield their customers from protests before finally agreeing to assist the initiative. Chow has also labeled the Israel-Palestine struggle following the October 7, 2023 Palestinian assault against Israel, in which 1,200 Israelis have been killed and inhumanely brutalized, a “genocide” against Palestinians.

As a Jew whose dad and mom each survived internment in focus camps during World War Two even as his grandfather died at Treblinka, it’s no shock Lee has a personal curiosity in this election. While with good motive the speedy response to 99.44 p.c of all entertainers talking out on political issues is “please don’t,” Geddy Lee including his voice to the Toronto mayoral election is most welcome.

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