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Olivia Chow
@oliviachow
Former City Councillor, Member of Parliament, and school trustee. Personal account.
Apr 25, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Renovictions, above-guideline rent increases, and poor living conditions leave renters feeling anxious.

Everyone deserves an affordable, safe, and well-maintained place to call home.

Today, I’m sharing my plan to give power back to renters. 🧵

oliviachow.ca/olivia_chow_an… Toronto is losing affordable housing fourteen times faster than it is building it.

I’m committed to building hundreds of thousands more units of housing across the city (more on this to come!) and acting now to save the affordable housing we have today. Olivia standing with tenant...
Apr 22, 2023 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Thanks to @FriendsofBerczy for organizing today’s #EarthDay2023 clean up.

It’s always great to see people come together to take care of our communities - even in the pouring rain! Olivia and some volunteers ...A volunteer sweeping the sq... Most of the litter today was #SingleUsePlastics and takeout containers. It will return again and again, unless we take action to reduce this waste at the source.

Our city needs solutions like #ReusableTO containers, sustainable packaging and small business supports to go green.
Sep 30, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
On the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, I quote a message from @RAVENtrust

Eleven. 
That’s how many of the 94 Calls to Action from 2015’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission have been completed.  1/5 In jails around the country, Indigenous Peoples make up 37% of the prison population: many are incarcerated for the ‘crime’ of being impoverished or traumatized.
2/5
Feb 13, 2022 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
Mad about Ottawa Police inaction #OttawaSiege?
Who is in charge of the Ottawa Police and is the boss of @OPSChiefSloly? Who sets firm deadline and policy for him to enforce? @dianedeans of the Ottawa Police Service Board. 1 @OPSChiefSloly reports to the board and shall obey its lawful orders and directions.  R.S.O. 1990, c. P.15, s. 41 (2). Chair @dianedeans and the board are responsible for “the provision of adequate and effective police services in the municipality and shall, 2