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TORONTO — Olivia Chow is running to be the next mayor of Toronto, marking a return to electoral politics for the longtime city councillor and NDP parliamentarian.
"Life is getting harder. Toronto is still a great city, but not for everyone," she said."We urgently need to build a city that cares." "The key one was that it’s OK if my English is not perfect,” said Chow, who immigrated to Toronto from Hong Kong at 13 years old."I can trust the decades of experience that I have. I will do fine. I can be more genuine and authentic by just speaking what I have in my mind."
"I also have to take a leave of absence from an organization that I love a lot and I've committed to doing these trainings, especially for people that are really involved in housing. And I needed to make sure that things could continue,” she said, when asked why she had waited to announce her candidacy.
Her mayoral campaign is managed by Michal Hay, who directed federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s leadership bid and who was the founding executive director of Progress Toronto, a non-profit advocacy group that works to elect progressive candidates to city hall.
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