Tag: Toronto municipal election

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…


Three More Candidates Enter Toronto Mayoral Race

Three more candidates have joined the already crowded race to become Toronto’s next mayor: city councillor Josh Matlow, former Toronto police chief Mark Saunders, and journalist Anthony Furey. The three candidates announced their intentions to run for mayor of Toronto within hours of each other on March 21. The mayoral byelection, slated for June 26, is subject…