TORONTO - When Ana Bailão joined Toronto city council in 2010, the affordable housing committee chair was considered a low-profile appointment, a losi...
TORONTO - When Ana Bailão joined Toronto city council in 2010, the affordable housing committee chair was considered a low-profile appointment, a losing file for those seeking political star power.
Now, the 46-year-old is staking her campaign to replace Tory in large part on her housing record. She has positioned herself as a pragmatic consensus builder -- backed by seven city councillors and nine Liberal parliamentarians -- who helped elevate affordable housing from a political afterthought into a defining issue of the June 26 byelection.
“This is what I love. It’s the city, it’s the issues, it’s how you work with the communities, how you shape the community. And it has such a huge impact in people’s lives,“ she said, sitting in a park behind the Art Gallery of Ontario, across from her campaign office.One of Bailão’s most notable affordable housing victories arrived early in her first term, in 2012.
Bailão’s record, however, is not without its critics. She failed to get the votes needed to legalize rooming houses citywide while housing chair, in what she calls the biggest regret of her tenure. Her critics have questioned her decision to fundraise from developers. She defended the police budget against attempts to reallocate $10 million to rent supplements and voted against a motion to freeze transit fares.
“I think she had the opportunity, if she’s truly progressive, to push harder. And I didn’t see that happening. I think what we saw instead was, for the most part, upholding the status quo,” Chan McNally said.
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