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Olivia Chow wins crowded race for mayor of Toronto
BBC News ^ | June 27, 2023 | Holly Honderich & Chloe Kim

Posted on 06/27/2023 5:26:06 AM PDT by Kriggerel

A left-wing progressive standard-bearer has won Toronto's mayoral election, triumphing in a historically crowded field of 102 candidates.

Olivia Chow, 66, said she will work to build a city that is "more caring, affordable and safe".

The race had focused largely on affordability and public safety.

It is the second time in eight months Torontonians voted for a mayor following the sudden resignation of incumbent John Tory.

The Hong Kong-born Ms Chow is a well-known veteran of Canadian progressive politics.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: canada; oliviachow; ontario; socialist; toronto
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Oh goody! Just what Toronto needs right now! One of the biggest lefties in Canada to be in charge of its biggest city! /yes, sarc.
1 posted on 06/27/2023 5:26:06 AM PDT by Kriggerel
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Out of 102 candidates. Wow. And the United States gets postal if there are three.


2 posted on 06/27/2023 5:27:51 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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“...she will work to build a city that is “more caring, affordable and safe”.”

She a progressive. She’ll strike out 0 for 3.


3 posted on 06/27/2023 5:27:54 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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“...she will work to build a city that is “more caring, affordable and safe”.”

"Well that sounds very stylish!"

4 posted on 06/27/2023 5:31:01 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Olivia Chow, who is running in Toronto's mayoral election, turns out to support LGBTQ rights during the Pride march in Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 25, 2023.

5 posted on 06/27/2023 5:32:51 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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Olivia Chow, 66, said she will work to build a city that is "more caring, affordable and safe".

Toronto is truly fkd.

6 posted on 06/27/2023 5:33:47 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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As if the rest of the country isn’t with Truedorp.


7 posted on 06/27/2023 5:34:59 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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The problem is that she’ll next be Prime Minister there, although, thankfully, the country no longer has a military.


8 posted on 06/27/2023 5:37:40 AM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
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“more caring, affordable and safe”

These are not leftist goals. She must have her own definitions for those words - probably socialism.


9 posted on 06/27/2023 5:38:25 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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Toronto becomes Vancouver light, Canada is now Red China II with more ice.


10 posted on 06/27/2023 5:38:45 AM PDT by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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>>And the United States gets postal if there are three.

The Democrats go postal if there’s more than one.


11 posted on 06/27/2023 5:45:11 AM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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Another Chinese Spy ?


12 posted on 06/27/2023 5:58:23 AM PDT by butlerweave
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If she wants Toronto to be better she should make it more like Hong Kong.


13 posted on 06/27/2023 6:03:49 AM PDT by Fai Mao (Starve the beast and steal its food!)
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To: Kriggerel

Check out the details of the campaign and the voting.

Canada’s elections aren’t any more free and fair than ours are.


14 posted on 06/27/2023 6:05:38 AM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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Related...

https://globalnews.ca/news/9794710/toronto-election-polling-station-hours/

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023/06/26/toronto-mayoral-election-olivia-chow-elected-mayor-in-historic-vote.html

Any of that sound familiar...?


15 posted on 06/27/2023 6:08:57 AM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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I guess they don’t have ranked-choice voting up there. If they did, I wonder if the outcome would have been different.


16 posted on 06/27/2023 6:09:40 AM PDT by Maine Mariner
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She’ll make Toronto into Frisco.


17 posted on 06/27/2023 6:10:05 AM PDT by Quentin Quarantino
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One-hundred-and-two candidates? What did it take to win, one hundred votes?!

Being from Hong Kong one might think she would be a little more freedom-loving even a bit libertarian. Guess not.


18 posted on 06/27/2023 6:23:37 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man.)
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Another “refugee” politician who came to Canaduh to take over?


19 posted on 06/27/2023 6:30:26 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (A man in NM is killed over a movie theater seat. The azhos in The Swamp think guns are the problem. )
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“A left-wing progressive will work to build a city that is “more caring, affordable and safe”.”

I.e., the beatings will continue.


20 posted on 06/27/2023 6:40:10 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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