Mayor-elect Olivia Chow holds transition engagement meeting on housing
As the first in a series of meetings with different organizations and community leaders, Mayor-elect Olivia Chow discussed housing near the Golden Mile in Scarborough. Watch the full video
Hey, what happened to Regent Park?
It was “a culture shock” for Murwan Khogali when his family moved from Mississauga to Toronto’s Regent Park 21 years ago. “It was a high-crime driven community,” recalls Khogali, who was 12. The housing was deteriorating and there was prostitution, violence and drug...
“Not paying a cent”: Chow takes aims at feds on housing for refugees as newcomers flood Toronto shelters
Mayor-elect Olivia Chow slammed the federal government Wednesday for not taking responsibility for housing refugees it brings into the country, but said she’s “hopeful” she’ll be able to work with them to improve the situation. “The federal government is not paying a...
Olivia Chow says Ottawa to blame for Toronto’s refugee housing crisis
Looking directly into news cameras on Wednesday, mayor- elect Olivia Chow put the blame for unhoused refugees sleeping on the street on the shoulders of the federal government. Ottawa “is not paying a cent right now for refugee housing,” Chow told reporters in...