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First 100 Days

The first 100 days are crucial for a new mayor. In our new column, we’re following Olivia Chow’s first months in office—tracking her progress (or lack thereof) on election promises, who’s supporting and who’s impeding her, and everything else you need to know from City Hall.

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Column by Neville Park

Evaluating Olivia Chow’s First 100 Days

On issues from intergovernmental relations to housing, transit to taxes—we try to make sense of the mayor’s first months in office in the final column of our First 100 Days series.

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A New Approach to Homelessness on the TTC?

85 Days In — a new message at the TTC Board, turning shuttle buses into shelters, and how to derail a train.

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A Return to Pre-Budget Consultations

68 Days In—budget chief Shelley Carroll on how this budget’s process will be different, her reluctance to raise property taxes, and how to negotiate with the feds and the province.

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Olivia Chow’s Financial Plan Takes Form

50 Days In - If the mayor can’t wrest funds from the province or feds, or convince council to approve new revenue tools, her tenure will look little different from Tory’s.

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A Leftward Tilt for the City’s Committees

34 Days In—Olivia Chow makes council appointments, and the by-election churn continues.

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What Can Olivia Chow Do About Climate Change?

24 days in—How a city mayor can tackle a global problem, a literal train wreck in Scarborough, and what’s next at Toronto City Hall.

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Tracking Olivia Chow’s First 100 Days as Toronto Mayor

9 days in—a shelter and homelessness crisis reaches city hall, Olivia Chow's first council meeting, and drinking in (some) parks.