Mayor Olivia Chow has made significant progress in her first 100 days in office, focusing on affordable housing and transit improvements. She has secured funding for affordable housing and is working on expanding transit services. Chow is also implementing measures to protect vulnerable users and discourage housing speculation. More affordable housing initiatives are expected in the near future.
Chow came to office promising to do things differently and to put people front and centre. She said Toronto needed more affordable housing, better transit, and to be more caring.“It’s been quite wonderful. It is really a complete honour,” Chow told CP24.com in an interview this week about her first few months on the job.“It really gives me a sense of how people love their city and how important it is to for us to deliver the best services.”to help the city with refugees.
One of Chow’s first moves in office was in fact to convene a special meeting of the Executive Committee in August to deal with the city’s troubled finances. , such as a municipal sales tax, others have passed, such as an increase to the land transfer tax for homes over $3 million and lifting on-street parking caps.who had said while she was running that her election would be a "disaster" for the city.
Siemiatyckie, Professor Emeritus Of Politics at Toronto Metropolitan University, says Chow’s election essentially “ratified” the public understanding that the financial troubles faced by the municipal government amount to a revenue problem and constituted a “rejection” of the idea the city has a spending problem.
Siemiatyckie points out that Chow has been part of a council that drew on diverse voices before – when she was a councillor who worked with right-leaning mayor Mel Lastman. “I don't personally support the private luxury spa by the waterfront,” Chow says. “But are there other places that could accommodate that? Maybe. That's what we're exploring.”And while revenue tools so far have mostly targeted wealthier residents, it remains to be seen how well Torontonians stomach other measures, such as a possible property tax hike, if needed.
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