Tag: Olivia Chow

Winner of Toronto’s Mayoral Race Could Finish With Record-Low Votes: Analyst

Torontonians elected right-leaning mayors in the last two elections, but so far the polls show that a left-wing front-runner is leading the race for the mayor’s chair as the city heads toward election day on June 26. “Toronto is a balance of right and left,” Mike McGregor, an associate professor of politics and public administration…


Toronto Mayoral Candidate Chow Touts Plan to Increase Tax on Expensive Real Estate to Build Affordable Housing

TORONTO—Olivia Chow, a former federal NDP MP and now one of the frontrunners in Toronto’s municipal by-election, reiterated her campaign promise on May 24 to increase taxes on expensive real-estate purchases in the city and use the public revenue to build more affordable housing units if she is elected mayor. Chow made the comments during…