As an immigrant kid who grew up in St. James Town, I know what it’s like to build a life here. My mother worked as a hotel maid. She earned enough to pay the rent and put food on the table. It wasn't easy, but Toronto worked for us. It was a place where second chances could happen and new lives could be made.
I believe Toronto is still that place. A city where we can shape our future, and move forward, together.
I've spent my life standing up for the people of Toronto. As a school trustee, metro councillor, city councillor, member of parliament, and now as mayor.
I've seen entire generations of kids grow up in our city. I’ve seen new communities sprout up. Our skyline fill out. I know the decisions we make today will shape the city our children and grandchildren inherit.
So we have a choice in this election: do we keep moving forward and build a city that’s more affordable, where families can build a good life. Or do we go backwards to cuts to the public services that helped families like mine get ahead?
I know my choice. We need to keep moving forward, together.
Three years ago, I came into office as our city faced a difficult financial situation. Together, we put Toronto back on sound financial footing.
We’re building more affordable housing for the first time in decades. There are 15,000 units under construction as we speak. We expanded the school food program for every child in our city, brought in stronger renter protections, froze TTC fares while investing in more frequent service, and expanded libraries seven-days-a-week. We laid the foundations to make life more affordable immediately and in the long-term.
That’s why we need to keep moving forward. We know that slashing services will not deliver the city we need in these uncertain and difficult times.
When I talk with people I meet in communities around Toronto, I recognize the same worries my family faced growing up. Affording groceries, paying rent, the cost of everything going up higher. People deserve a mayor who has their back, and who has a plan to bring those costs down.
That’s why I’ve proposed practical solutions to lower costs for families while we build up our city.
Under my plan we’ll cap TTC fares, 10 rides then it’s free, each week. We’ll increase grocery competition by giving tax breaks to independent grocers and stop price gouging from surveillance pricing. We’ll feed more kids in schools, protect more renters from bad landlords and help more seniors stay in the homes they love as they age.
We’ll keep building more homes you can afford, supportive housing and shelters, and finally give Scarborough more transit by building the Scarborough East LRT.
When it comes to safety, we’ll keep up our police hiring plan and invest in youth violence prevention programs that we know work.
All of this is possible if we choose to move forward together.
For my family, growing up in Toronto wasn’t easy, but our City worked for us. Public services worked for us. Now more than ever, in this affordability crunch, we need to make sure they work for people again.
That’s why I won’t stop fighting to build a Toronto that is more caring, more affordable and safer.
So here is my request of you for Monday: Vote to keep moving forward.
Olivia Chow is running for Mayor of Toronto. We invited the city's two leading mayoral candidates to make their closing arguments to voters in an op-ed ahead of Monday’s election. Read what Brad Bradford has to say here.
As an immigrant kid who grew up in St. James Town, I know what it’s like to build a life here. My mother worked as a hotel maid. She earned enough to pay the rent and put food on the table. It wasn't easy, but Toronto worked for us. It was a place where second chances could happen and new lives could be made.
I believe Toronto is still that place. A city where we can shape our future, and move forward, together.
I've spent my life standing up for the people of Toronto. As a school trustee, metro councillor, city councillor, member of parliament, and now as mayor.
I've seen entire generations of kids grow up in our city. I’ve seen new communities sprout up. Our skyline fill out. I know the decisions we make today will shape the city our children and grandchildren inherit.
So we have a choice in this election: do we keep moving forward and build a city that’s more affordable, where families can build a good life. Or do we go backwards to cuts to the public services that helped families like mine get ahead?
I know my choice. We need to keep moving forward, together.
Three years ago, I came into office as our city faced a difficult financial situation. Together, we put Toronto back on sound financial footing.
We’re building more affordable housing for the first time in decades. There are 15,000 units under construction as we speak. We expanded the school food program for every child in our city, brought in stronger renter protections, froze TTC fares while investing in more frequent service, and expanded libraries seven-days-a-week. We laid the foundations to make life more affordable immediately and in the long-term.
That’s why we need to keep moving forward. We know that slashing services will not deliver the city we need in these uncertain and difficult times.
When I talk with people I meet in communities around Toronto, I recognize the same worries my family faced growing up. Affording groceries, paying rent, the cost of everything going up higher. People deserve a mayor who has their back, and who has a plan to bring those costs down.
That’s why I’ve proposed practical solutions to lower costs for families while we build up our city.
Under my plan we’ll cap TTC fares, 10 rides then it’s free, each week. We’ll increase grocery competition by giving tax breaks to independent grocers and stop price gouging from surveillance pricing. We’ll feed more kids in schools, protect more renters from bad landlords and help more seniors stay in the homes they love as they age.
We’ll keep building more homes you can afford, supportive housing and shelters, and finally give Scarborough more transit by building the Scarborough East LRT.
When it comes to safety, we’ll keep up our police hiring plan and invest in youth violence prevention programs that we know work.
All of this is possible if we choose to move forward together.
For my family, growing up in Toronto wasn’t easy, but our City worked for us. Public services worked for us. Now more than ever, in this affordability crunch, we need to make sure they work for people again.
That’s why I won’t stop fighting to build a Toronto that is more caring, more affordable and safer.
So here is my request of you for Monday: Vote to keep moving forward.
Olivia Chow is running for Mayor of Toronto. We invited the city's two leading mayoral candidates to make their closing arguments to voters in an op-ed ahead of Monday’s election. Read what Brad Bradford has to say here.
As an immigrant kid who grew up in St. James Town, I know what it’s like to build a life here. My mother worked as a hotel maid. She earned enough to pay the rent and put food on the table. It wasn't easy, but Toronto worked for us. It was a place where second chances could happen and new lives could be made.
I believe Toronto is still that place. A city where we can shape our future, and move forward, together.
I've spent my life standing up for the people of Toronto. As a school trustee, metro councillor, city councillor, member of parliament, and now as mayor.
I've seen entire generations of kids grow up in our city. I’ve seen new communities sprout up. Our skyline fill out. I know the decisions we make today will shape the city our children and grandchildren inherit.
So we have a choice in this election: do we keep moving forward and build a city that’s more affordable, where families can build a good life. Or do we go backwards to cuts to the public services that helped families like mine get ahead?
I know my choice. We need to keep moving forward, together.
Three years ago, I came into office as our city faced a difficult financial situation. Together, we put Toronto back on sound financial footing.
We’re building more affordable housing for the first time in decades. There are 15,000 units under construction as we speak. We expanded the school food program for every child in our city, brought in stronger renter protections, froze TTC fares while investing in more frequent service, and expanded libraries seven-days-a-week. We laid the foundations to make life more affordable immediately and in the long-term.
That’s why we need to keep moving forward. We know that slashing services will not deliver the city we need in these uncertain and difficult times.
When I talk with people I meet in communities around Toronto, I recognize the same worries my family faced growing up. Affording groceries, paying rent, the cost of everything going up higher. People deserve a mayor who has their back, and who has a plan to bring those costs down.
That’s why I’ve proposed practical solutions to lower costs for families while we build up our city.
Under my plan we’ll cap TTC fares, 10 rides then it’s free, each week. We’ll increase grocery competition by giving tax breaks to independent grocers and stop price gouging from surveillance pricing. We’ll feed more kids in schools, protect more renters from bad landlords and help more seniors stay in the homes they love as they age.
We’ll keep building more homes you can afford, supportive housing and shelters, and finally give Scarborough more transit by building the Scarborough East LRT.
When it comes to safety, we’ll keep up our police hiring plan and invest in youth violence prevention programs that we know work.
All of this is possible if we choose to move forward together.
For my family, growing up in Toronto wasn’t easy, but our City worked for us. Public services worked for us. Now more than ever, in this affordability crunch, we need to make sure they work for people again.
That’s why I won’t stop fighting to build a Toronto that is more caring, more affordable and safer.
So here is my request of you for Monday: Vote to keep moving forward.
Olivia Chow is running for Mayor of Toronto. We invited the city's two leading mayoral candidates to make their closing arguments to voters in an op-ed ahead of Monday’s election. Read what Brad Bradford has to say here.
As an immigrant kid who grew up in St. James Town, I know what it’s like to build a life here. My mother worked as a hotel maid. She earned enough to pay the rent and put food on the table. It wasn't easy, but Toronto worked for us. It was a place where second chances could happen and new lives could be made.
I believe Toronto is still that place. A city where we can shape our future, and move forward, together.
I've spent my life standing up for the people of Toronto. As a school trustee, metro councillor, city councillor, member of parliament, and now as mayor.
I've seen entire generations of kids grow up in our city. I’ve seen new communities sprout up. Our skyline fill out. I know the decisions we make today will shape the city our children and grandchildren inherit.
So we have a choice in this election: do we keep moving forward and build a city that’s more affordable, where families can build a good life. Or do we go backwards to cuts to the public services that helped families like mine get ahead?
I know my choice. We need to keep moving forward, together.
Three years ago, I came into office as our city faced a difficult financial situation. Together, we put Toronto back on sound financial footing.
We’re building more affordable housing for the first time in decades. There are 15,000 units under construction as we speak. We expanded the school food program for every child in our city, brought in stronger renter protections, froze TTC fares while investing in more frequent service, and expanded libraries seven-days-a-week. We laid the foundations to make life more affordable immediately and in the long-term.
That’s why we need to keep moving forward. We know that slashing services will not deliver the city we need in these uncertain and difficult times.
When I talk with people I meet in communities around Toronto, I recognize the same worries my family faced growing up. Affording groceries, paying rent, the cost of everything going up higher. People deserve a mayor who has their back, and who has a plan to bring those costs down.
That’s why I’ve proposed practical solutions to lower costs for families while we build up our city.
Under my plan we’ll cap TTC fares, 10 rides then it’s free, each week. We’ll increase grocery competition by giving tax breaks to independent grocers and stop price gouging from surveillance pricing. We’ll feed more kids in schools, protect more renters from bad landlords and help more seniors stay in the homes they love as they age.
We’ll keep building more homes you can afford, supportive housing and shelters, and finally give Scarborough more transit by building the Scarborough East LRT.
When it comes to safety, we’ll keep up our police hiring plan and invest in youth violence prevention programs that we know work.
All of this is possible if we choose to move forward together.
For my family, growing up in Toronto wasn’t easy, but our City worked for us. Public services worked for us. Now more than ever, in this affordability crunch, we need to make sure they work for people again.
That’s why I won’t stop fighting to build a Toronto that is more caring, more affordable and safer.
So here is my request of you for Monday: Vote to keep moving forward.
Olivia Chow is running for Mayor of Toronto. We invited the city's two leading mayoral candidates to make their closing arguments to voters in an op-ed ahead of Monday’s election. Read what Brad Bradford has to say here.
As an immigrant kid who grew up in St. James Town, I know what it’s like to build a life here. My mother worked as a hotel maid. She earned enough to pay the rent and put food on the table. It wasn't easy, but Toronto worked for us. It was a place where second chances could happen and new lives could be made.
I believe Toronto is still that place. A city where we can shape our future, and move forward, together.
I've spent my life standing up for the people of Toronto. As a school trustee, metro councillor, city councillor, member of parliament, and now as mayor.
I've seen entire generations of kids grow up in our city. I’ve seen new communities sprout up. Our skyline fill out. I know the decisions we make today will shape the city our children and grandchildren inherit.
So we have a choice in this election: do we keep moving forward and build a city that’s more affordable, where families can build a good life. Or do we go backwards to cuts to the public services that helped families like mine get ahead?
I know my choice. We need to keep moving forward, together.
Three years ago, I came into office as our city faced a difficult financial situation. Together, we put Toronto back on sound financial footing.
We’re building more affordable housing for the first time in decades. There are 15,000 units under construction as we speak. We expanded the school food program for every child in our city, brought in stronger renter protections, froze TTC fares while investing in more frequent service, and expanded libraries seven-days-a-week. We laid the foundations to make life more affordable immediately and in the long-term.
That’s why we need to keep moving forward. We know that slashing services will not deliver the city we need in these uncertain and difficult times.
When I talk with people I meet in communities around Toronto, I recognize the same worries my family faced growing up. Affording groceries, paying rent, the cost of everything going up higher. People deserve a mayor who has their back, and who has a plan to bring those costs down.
That’s why I’ve proposed practical solutions to lower costs for families while we build up our city.
Under my plan we’ll cap TTC fares, 10 rides then it’s free, each week. We’ll increase grocery competition by giving tax breaks to independent grocers and stop price gouging from surveillance pricing. We’ll feed more kids in schools, protect more renters from bad landlords and help more seniors stay in the homes they love as they age.
We’ll keep building more homes you can afford, supportive housing and shelters, and finally give Scarborough more transit by building the Scarborough East LRT.
When it comes to safety, we’ll keep up our police hiring plan and invest in youth violence prevention programs that we know work.
All of this is possible if we choose to move forward together.
For my family, growing up in Toronto wasn’t easy, but our City worked for us. Public services worked for us. Now more than ever, in this affordability crunch, we need to make sure they work for people again.
That’s why I won’t stop fighting to build a Toronto that is more caring, more affordable and safer.
So here is my request of you for Monday: Vote to keep moving forward.
Olivia Chow is running for Mayor of Toronto. We invited the city's two leading mayoral candidates to make their closing arguments to voters in an op-ed ahead of Monday’s election. Read what Brad Bradford has to say here.
As an immigrant kid who grew up in St. James Town, I know what it’s like to build a life here. My mother worked as a hotel maid. She earned enough to pay the rent and put food on the table. It wasn't easy, but Toronto worked for us. It was a place where second chances could happen and new lives could be made.
I believe Toronto is still that place. A city where we can shape our future, and move forward, together.
I've spent my life standing up for the people of Toronto. As a school trustee, metro councillor, city councillor, member of parliament, and now as mayor.
I've seen entire generations of kids grow up in our city. I’ve seen new communities sprout up. Our skyline fill out. I know the decisions we make today will shape the city our children and grandchildren inherit.
So we have a choice in this election: do we keep moving forward and build a city that’s more affordable, where families can build a good life. Or do we go backwards to cuts to the public services that helped families like mine get ahead?
I know my choice. We need to keep moving forward, together.
Three years ago, I came into office as our city faced a difficult financial situation. Together, we put Toronto back on sound financial footing.
We’re building more affordable housing for the first time in decades. There are 15,000 units under construction as we speak. We expanded the school food program for every child in our city, brought in stronger renter protections, froze TTC fares while investing in more frequent service, and expanded libraries seven-days-a-week. We laid the foundations to make life more affordable immediately and in the long-term.
That’s why we need to keep moving forward. We know that slashing services will not deliver the city we need in these uncertain and difficult times.
When I talk with people I meet in communities around Toronto, I recognize the same worries my family faced growing up. Affording groceries, paying rent, the cost of everything going up higher. People deserve a mayor who has their back, and who has a plan to bring those costs down.
That’s why I’ve proposed practical solutions to lower costs for families while we build up our city.
Under my plan we’ll cap TTC fares, 10 rides then it’s free, each week. We’ll increase grocery competition by giving tax breaks to independent grocers and stop price gouging from surveillance pricing. We’ll feed more kids in schools, protect more renters from bad landlords and help more seniors stay in the homes they love as they age.
We’ll keep building more homes you can afford, supportive housing and shelters, and finally give Scarborough more transit by building the Scarborough East LRT.
When it comes to safety, we’ll keep up our police hiring plan and invest in youth violence prevention programs that we know work.
All of this is possible if we choose to move forward together.
For my family, growing up in Toronto wasn’t easy, but our City worked for us. Public services worked for us. Now more than ever, in this affordability crunch, we need to make sure they work for people again.
That’s why I won’t stop fighting to build a Toronto that is more caring, more affordable and safer.
So here is my request of you for Monday: Vote to keep moving forward.
Olivia Chow is running for Mayor of Toronto. We invited the city's two leading mayoral candidates to make their closing arguments to voters in an op-ed ahead of Monday’s election. Read what Brad Bradford has to say here.
As an immigrant kid who grew up in St. James Town, I know what it’s like to build a life here. My mother worked as a hotel maid. She earned enough to pay the rent and put food on the table. It wasn't easy, but Toronto worked for us. It was a place where second chances could happen and new lives could be made.
I believe Toronto is still that place. A city where we can shape our future, and move forward, together.
I've spent my life standing up for the people of Toronto. As a school trustee, metro councillor, city councillor, member of parliament, and now as mayor.
I've seen entire generations of kids grow up in our city. I’ve seen new communities sprout up. Our skyline fill out. I know the decisions we make today will shape the city our children and grandchildren inherit.
So we have a choice in this election: do we keep moving forward and build a city that’s more affordable, where families can build a good life. Or do we go backwards to cuts to the public services that helped families like mine get ahead?
I know my choice. We need to keep moving forward, together.
Three years ago, I came into office as our city faced a difficult financial situation. Together, we put Toronto back on sound financial footing.
We’re building more affordable housing for the first time in decades. There are 15,000 units under construction as we speak. We expanded the school food program for every child in our city, brought in stronger renter protections, froze TTC fares while investing in more frequent service, and expanded libraries seven-days-a-week. We laid the foundations to make life more affordable immediately and in the long-term.
That’s why we need to keep moving forward. We know that slashing services will not deliver the city we need in these uncertain and difficult times.
When I talk with people I meet in communities around Toronto, I recognize the same worries my family faced growing up. Affording groceries, paying rent, the cost of everything going up higher. People deserve a mayor who has their back, and who has a plan to bring those costs down.
That’s why I’ve proposed practical solutions to lower costs for families while we build up our city.
Under my plan we’ll cap TTC fares, 10 rides then it’s free, each week. We’ll increase grocery competition by giving tax breaks to independent grocers and stop price gouging from surveillance pricing. We’ll feed more kids in schools, protect more renters from bad landlords and help more seniors stay in the homes they love as they age.
We’ll keep building more homes you can afford, supportive housing and shelters, and finally give Scarborough more transit by building the Scarborough East LRT.
When it comes to safety, we’ll keep up our police hiring plan and invest in youth violence prevention programs that we know work.
All of this is possible if we choose to move forward together.
For my family, growing up in Toronto wasn’t easy, but our City worked for us. Public services worked for us. Now more than ever, in this affordability crunch, we need to make sure they work for people again.
That’s why I won’t stop fighting to build a Toronto that is more caring, more affordable and safer.
So here is my request of you for Monday: Vote to keep moving forward.
Olivia Chow is running for Mayor of Toronto. We invited the city's two leading mayoral candidates to make their closing arguments to voters in an op-ed ahead of Monday’s election. Read what Brad Bradford has to say here.
As an immigrant kid who grew up in St. James Town, I know what it’s like to build a life here. My mother worked as a hotel maid. She earned enough to pay the rent and put food on the table. It wasn't easy, but Toronto worked for us. It was a place where second chances could happen and new lives could be made.
I believe Toronto is still that place. A city where we can shape our future, and move forward, together.
I've spent my life standing up for the people of Toronto. As a school trustee, metro councillor, city councillor, member of parliament, and now as mayor.
I've seen entire generations of kids grow up in our city. I’ve seen new communities sprout up. Our skyline fill out. I know the decisions we make today will shape the city our children and grandchildren inherit.
So we have a choice in this election: do we keep moving forward and build a city that’s more affordable, where families can build a good life. Or do we go backwards to cuts to the public services that helped families like mine get ahead?
I know my choice. We need to keep moving forward, together.
Three years ago, I came into office as our city faced a difficult financial situation. Together, we put Toronto back on sound financial footing.
We’re building more affordable housing for the first time in decades. There are 15,000 units under construction as we speak. We expanded the school food program for every child in our city, brought in stronger renter protections, froze TTC fares while investing in more frequent service, and expanded libraries seven-days-a-week. We laid the foundations to make life more affordable immediately and in the long-term.
That’s why we need to keep moving forward. We know that slashing services will not deliver the city we need in these uncertain and difficult times.
When I talk with people I meet in communities around Toronto, I recognize the same worries my family faced growing up. Affording groceries, paying rent, the cost of everything going up higher. People deserve a mayor who has their back, and who has a plan to bring those costs down.
That’s why I’ve proposed practical solutions to lower costs for families while we build up our city.
Under my plan we’ll cap TTC fares, 10 rides then it’s free, each week. We’ll increase grocery competition by giving tax breaks to independent grocers and stop price gouging from surveillance pricing. We’ll feed more kids in schools, protect more renters from bad landlords and help more seniors stay in the homes they love as they age.
We’ll keep building more homes you can afford, supportive housing and shelters, and finally give Scarborough more transit by building the Scarborough East LRT.
When it comes to safety, we’ll keep up our police hiring plan and invest in youth violence prevention programs that we know work.
All of this is possible if we choose to move forward together.
For my family, growing up in Toronto wasn’t easy, but our City worked for us. Public services worked for us. Now more than ever, in this affordability crunch, we need to make sure they work for people again.
That’s why I won’t stop fighting to build a Toronto that is more caring, more affordable and safer.
So here is my request of you for Monday: Vote to keep moving forward.
Olivia Chow is running for Mayor of Toronto. We invited the city's two leading mayoral candidates to make their closing arguments to voters in an op-ed ahead of Monday’s election. Read what Brad Bradford has to say here.
As an immigrant kid who grew up in St. James Town, I know what it’s like to build a life here. My mother worked as a hotel maid. She earned enough to pay the rent and put food on the table. It wasn't easy, but Toronto worked for us. It was a place where second chances could happen and new lives could be made.
I believe Toronto is still that place. A city where we can shape our future, and move forward, together.
I've spent my life standing up for the people of Toronto. As a school trustee, metro councillor, city councillor, member of parliament, and now as mayor.
I've seen entire generations of kids grow up in our city. I’ve seen new communities sprout up. Our skyline fill out. I know the decisions we make today will shape the city our children and grandchildren inherit.
So we have a choice in this election: do we keep moving forward and build a city that’s more affordable, where families can build a good life. Or do we go backwards to cuts to the public services that helped families like mine get ahead?
I know my choice. We need to keep moving forward, together.
Three years ago, I came into office as our city faced a difficult financial situation. Together, we put Toronto back on sound financial footing.
We’re building more affordable housing for the first time in decades. There are 15,000 units under construction as we speak. We expanded the school food program for every child in our city, brought in stronger renter protections, froze TTC fares while investing in more frequent service, and expanded libraries seven-days-a-week. We laid the foundations to make life more affordable immediately and in the long-term.
That’s why we need to keep moving forward. We know that slashing services will not deliver the city we need in these uncertain and difficult times.
When I talk with people I meet in communities around Toronto, I recognize the same worries my family faced growing up. Affording groceries, paying rent, the cost of everything going up higher. People deserve a mayor who has their back, and who has a plan to bring those costs down.
That’s why I’ve proposed practical solutions to lower costs for families while we build up our city.
Under my plan we’ll cap TTC fares, 10 rides then it’s free, each week. We’ll increase grocery competition by giving tax breaks to independent grocers and stop price gouging from surveillance pricing. We’ll feed more kids in schools, protect more renters from bad landlords and help more seniors stay in the homes they love as they age.
We’ll keep building more homes you can afford, supportive housing and shelters, and finally give Scarborough more transit by building the Scarborough East LRT.
When it comes to safety, we’ll keep up our police hiring plan and invest in youth violence prevention programs that we know work.
All of this is possible if we choose to move forward together.
For my family, growing up in Toronto wasn’t easy, but our City worked for us. Public services worked for us. Now more than ever, in this affordability crunch, we need to make sure they work for people again.
That’s why I won’t stop fighting to build a Toronto that is more caring, more affordable and safer.
So here is my request of you for Monday: Vote to keep moving forward.
Olivia Chow is running for Mayor of Toronto. We invited the city's two leading mayoral candidates to make their closing arguments to voters in an op-ed ahead of Monday’s election. Read what Brad Bradford has to say here.