The former NDP MP confirmed to the Star that she’s strongly considering joining the race as supporters tout her experience training activists in political organizing.
While Chow herself did not respond to an interview request, some of the people encouraging her to run did agree to speak on the record.
“It’s the real deal with Olivia. She didn’t just kind of go off to sip champagne with elites. She’s been on the ground with working class people, with racialized folks, with Indigenous folks, with folks who are really struggling, and helping them to organize themselves to take back power.” JP Hornick, president of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, said Toronto needs a new mayor with municipal experience who can restore deteriorating services with “a vision for what Toronto can be.”
“I think she has a lot to offer those of us not living in the downtown core … I don’t think that she’s siloed herself.”
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