And tonight, a very different 
perspective on the race for mayor. 
Since it's often more important how 
you say something than what you say, 
we asked a body language expert to give
us his take on the race for Toronto's top job. 
So what are the 
candidates really saying? 
Here's Mychaylo Prystupa.
--going to be a 
commissioner of the streets.
[Prystupa] The Leaside Community 
Center is packed with people 
waiting to see
the mayoral candidates. 
But watching them too is a 
specialist in non-verbal communication 
invited by CBC news. 
He's really trying to establish,
I think, this space as his, 
whereas Miller's been walking 
around on the floor, 
shaking people's hands. 
So that's great. 
He's amongst the people. 
[Prystupa] And as the
debate got underway, 
each candidate showed their 
different styles of communicating. 
Stephen LeDrew put his hand 
in his back pocket, 
Pitfield tends to 
point at people, 
and Miller uses
his hands dramatically. 
Taking notes is our 
expert, Mark Bowden. 
He coaches leaders worldwide 
in the power of body language. 
Following the debate, he came into
a CBC studio to give his analysis-- 
not on what 
the candidates said, 
but how they said it. 
A voter may not understand 
all the candidate's policies 
or what they 
stand for exactly-- 
but they may
well trust it. 
And if they trust it, 
they'll put an X. 
If they don't trust it, 
they'll leave it blank. 
[Prystupa] In Miller he saw
a passionate leader. 
It's livable. 
It's vibrant. 
The neighborhoods are
diverse and it's clean. 
He's passionate about
it being clean.
And in Pitfield?
What leadership is about is having the
ability to not be dogmatic and stubborn,
but to say, 
"This is a disaster--"
Well that's brilliant because 
she starts very open, 
"What leadership's about--"
and then she, in a dogmatic and 
stubborn way with her gestures,
tells us not to be 
dogmatic and stubborn. 
[Prystupa] 
And here's LeDrew. 
You have to make
the right decisions. 
[Bowden] I think we get the
impression that he's intelligent. 
He's got great ideas
and he's entertaining. 
But he's a bit too 
laid back. 
[Prystupa] Afterwards, candidates
talked about each other. 
I know that one of my opponents 
spends a lot of time drinking water, 
and scratching his head, and 
rubbing his nose, and moving around,
and I think that shows
a lack of ease. 
[Prystupa] Miller took a
crack at Pitfield's pointing.
The only thing I know is that if you're 
on television and you point at people, 
it looks really angry. 
Everything else is just--
Just me. 
[Prystupa] So in the end, who won 
the battle of the body language?
For me it was Miller. 
He was truthful, 
passionate.
LeDrew was too casual, 
and Pitfield was too aggressive. 
What voters think 
may be a different matter. 
Candidates have until 
Election Day to show us
who's the best leader 
for the city's top job. 
Mychaylo Prystuba, 
CBC News, Toronto.
