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Realprogressnow Platform.Pdf REAL PR GRESS NOW 2 A LETTER FROM OLIVIA A LETTER FROM OLIVIA CHOW WHY I WANT TO BE YoUR MAYor Dear friend, I have always been and always will years of the Ford-Tory approach be a committed progressive. For and yes to a change in direction. me, that means making a differ- ence in people’s lives — especially So we can help build and empower those most in need. In my city, every communities. person counts — no matter their income, background or the neigh- So we can ensure no child is left bourhood they call home. No-one behind. should be left behind. And so we can work for real equality That’s why I am running to be mayor of opportunity, of outcomes and of first and foremost for a group of neighbourhoods. people who don’t pay taxes, who don’t have a vote, and whose voices I worked hard to fit in at school just rarely reach those in power: children. like kids all over our city do today. When I was a kid, I thought fitting Working to better the lives of chil- in depended on two things: learning dren and their families gets me how to skate and getting rid of my up in the morning. It keeps me accent. I succeeded with skating going all day. It has been so for my but not with my accent. That used entire career. I want to ensure that to bother me, but not anymore. We everyone can contribute their full are a city of many accents. It’s one potential, which they can’t if they go of the things I love about living here. to school hungry. Which too many do in a city with 29% child poverty. Our diversity provides us with unique opportunities. I’d like to build I know what it’s like when a family on that diversity, as your mayor, feels helpless and when children are respecting and embracing every unjustly held back by limited oppor- community and neighbourhood. tunities. I came to Canada with my family from Hong Kong when I was Throughout my career, I’ve worked thirteen. My parents struggled to with many of you to do just that. make ends meet as we struggled After six municipalities came to start anew. Our journey was not together to create today’s Toronto, easy, but I also knew many families some politicians tried to start a who faced much greater challenges. race to the bottom — pushing for the least amount of service for the That’s why the core of my campaign fewest people. I worked to ensure is to put children and families at we raised ourselves up instead. For the heart of our city. We have an example, the old city of Toronto opportunity to say no to four more helped low-income seniors and children get dental care, but not 3 East York, Etobicoke, North York, she was worried about getting to Scarborough or York. With coun- work, getting her paycheque and cillors from all political stripes, I keeping her job. She was worried worked hard to expand the dental about earning enough money for program to include everyone. her daughter’s baby sitter. She was I’m proud this program still helps worried about having time to get people across Toronto today. groceries for her family’s dinner. She was worried about the pros- We also started after-school rec- pects of her son, George, in trying reation programs for kids. These to find a job. As she told me about programs help working parents who her concerns, another full bus drove can’t get home early from work. by, leaving her standing. They also help keep kids out of trouble, so they can grow up strong When I entered this campaign, I and safe. It’s something I’d like to asked myself: What can we do now, expand. It’s worth investing in. for a better future for tomorrow? What are the first steps we can We made 911 services available take to get there? What is doable in 140 languages. And we fought and what is pragmatic? Where can — and are still fighting — for the we get support on council to make unique needs of big cities like ours progress for Maria and her family to be respected by the federal and — and for all the families at the provincial governments. I fought heart of our city? for this recognition as Member of Parliament and will fight for it as I am a progressive — the only pro- mayor. Here’s why: gressive candidate in this race. And I am also a pragmatist. I like to get We only get to keep 8% of the taxes things done, with realistic, achiev- our city generates. The remaining able goals. So I have focused on 92% goes to Ottawa and Queen’s some key priorities: Park, leaving us struggling to build transit, to keep social housing in • I will move the most number of good repair and to support the people, the soonest with better infrastructure our growing city public transit right across the needs to remain safe, vibrant and city. That’s how we will make prosperous. every neighbourhood count, and I am proud The Toronto Star says I know it doesn’t have to be that way. my transit policy is the best. I know what we have to do at city hall to make those key investments • I will help families with after- and to make progress one step at a school programs for kids, time. This is what my campaign is getting nutritious meals into about: To get council and our city more schools and affordable focused on what should always be housing. our key priority — children. • I will create jobs with concrete I met a woman and new Canadian at plans for youth employment, the bus stop this past winter named small business support and pro- Maria. A full bus had passed by and motion of Toronto as a global city. 4 These priorities and all the planks in my platform will help create a better future for our children. And that’s why I am running for Mayor: to get it done. to get results; and to move forward. That is what I love about public office — the oppor- tunity to turn hopes into reality — To give a voice to the voiceless. That is what my platform and my campaign are all about. Children are worth every effort. Every invest- ment we make in them will pay dividends for our entire community. Everything in this platform is realistic, pragmatic and doable. Everything in here will take us for- ward as a city and provide a major leap for those who need it the most. When today’s children are grown, the measure of our success will not be how little we spent but how much we achieved, how much progress we made and how well we have invested for their future. We owe it to Maria’s children. We owe it to your children and grandchildren. We owe it to ourselves. All my very best, Oliva Chow 5 AN AGENDA FOR CHANGE 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS MOVING PEOPLE NOW 7 ACHIEVING EQUALITY 15 BETTER CHILD CARE 21 JOBS AND GROWTH 25 OPEN GOVERNMENT 31 OTHER KEY PRIORITIES 35 CONCLUSION 43 6 7 REAL PROGRESS ON MOVING PEOPLE NOW If there is any issue the citizens of this city can agree on without reserve; it is that it is time to stop playing politics with transit. It is time to commit to a smart, comprehensive, expert plan. It is time to get the job done. We know what the Ford-Tory agenda means for transit: nothing now, saying no to ready-to-go LRTs and faraway, multi-billion- dollar projects they say you’ll never have to actually pay for. We can’t afford four more years of this thinking, because it doesn’t get people moving now. I support a new and better approach: telling the truth; planning for the whole city; doing everything we can to improve service right now; and building a smart mix of transit services. That’s how we will finally get the transit system our city deserves, get people moving now and make sure every neighbourhood counts. 8 9 AN AGENDA FOR CHANGE 2014 REAL PROGRESS ON MOVING PEOPLE NOW I will get people moving now by studies. Mr. Tory’s priorities may investing in buses. I will get more change, and he may think he knows people moving faster with 3 shovel- better than experts, but we need ready above-ground rail lines. And I politics out of transit planning so will invest for tomorrow with a new we can invest and act on the TTC’s subway relief line. priorities. AS MAYOR, I WILL: ZERO PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES Introduce better bus service, right I will make our city safer through now. a Target Zero pedestrian safety plan that seeks to end pedestrian My plan to get people moving starts fatalities in our city. We need to take right now. I will immediately invest to action. Last year, 40 pedestrians boost bus service citywide, because were killed — a 10-year high — with it’s the fastest way to move the most more than half being senior citizens. people. Sixty per cent of all TTC rides We have to make our streets safer include a bus and all those people for people who are walking. count. AS MAYOR, I WILL: Build above-ground train service.
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