A Liberal MP said Chow's decision on sixplexes is an effort to "hold on to every vote" she won in the suburbs north of Bloor Street while reassuring her downtown base ahead of the 2026 municipal elections.
make no mistake, very few people want construction projects going on around them for years, without anything to soothe the pain. If you tell them you’ll freeze their property tax for 10 years because the new development would pay more, then they may be okay with listening to construction noise for a few years.
Canada has a very high immigration rate combined with strict zoning rules.
The result? The country is facing the worse housing crisis in the Western world. Rents have increased at double digits. Visible homelessness has skyrocketed. People are ending up on the streets. Landlords are abusing vulnerable women.
Olivia Chow claims to be a progressive fighting for ordinary people.
That turned out to be a lie. If you live in a country with a major housing crisis and oppose making housing more affordable, you aren’t a progressive.
I’m aware of all that. It doesn’t address the mechanism I described which prevents or reverses progressive changes if enough people are against them. I’m trying to explain why change isn’t happening and what’s needed for it to happen in our system. What I’m saying is no amount of scoffing at Chow or whoever else we elect would help get out of this mess unless we and our representatives convince enough people on the ground to vote for building housing. Chow was elected with 37% of the vote, not 50 or 80.
Canada has a very high immigration rate combined with strict zoning rules.
The result? The country is facing the worse housing crisis in the Western world. Rents have increased at double digits. Visible homelessness has skyrocketed. People are ending up on the streets. Landlords are abusing vulnerable women.
Olivia Chow claims to be a progressive fighting for ordinary people.
That turned out to be a lie. If you live in a country with a major housing crisis and oppose making housing more affordable, you aren’t a progressive.
I’m aware of all that. It doesn’t address the mechanism I described which prevents or reverses progressive changes if enough people are against them. I’m trying to explain why change isn’t happening and what’s needed for it to happen in our system. What I’m saying is no amount of scoffing at Chow or whoever else we elect would help get out of this mess unless we and our representatives convince enough people on the ground to vote for building housing. Chow was elected with 37% of the vote, not 50 or 80.