加拿大多伦多选出首位华裔市长
发表时间： 27/06/2023 – 19:25
周一6月26日，加拿大华裔奥莉维亚-周至蕙（Olivia Chow）成为加拿大最大城市多伦多的新任市长，在保守党十多年的统治之后，她承诺将采取更加左翼的政策。
这位来自香港的市长将是担任该职位的第三位女性，她特别承诺对最富有的业主征收更多的税，并在这个住房危机特别严重的巨型城市支持租户。
在周一晚上的就职演说中，奥莉维亚-周至蕙坚持认为，居民们选举她是授予她实施”变革的任务”。
她在胜选后不久向她的支持者们说，“如果你曾怀疑过我们能一起做什么，如果你曾经怀疑过你对更美好的未来和我们能为彼此做什么的信心，你今晚就有答案了”。
出生在香港，13岁来到加拿大的奥利维亚-周至蕙，接任这个拥有270万人口的加拿大东部城市的市长之际，正值该市面临着飞涨的房租、巨大的预算赤字和公共安全问题的挑战。
多伦多是加拿大经济首都和北美第二大金融中心。该市的前任市长在承认与一名女雇员有婚外情后于2月辞职。
本次多伦多市长选举，有102名候选人参加角逐，创下历史记录。
66岁的奥利维亚-周至蕙是左翼新民主党（NDP）的前国会议员，也是前多伦多市议员。
加拿大多倫多首位華裔女市長 香港移民鄒至蕙當選
2023/06/27 17:36
〔即時新聞／綜合報導〕加拿大多倫多（Toronto）26日舉行市長補選，由66歲香港移民鄒至蕙（Olivia Chow）以獲得37.2%選票當選，成為該市首位華裔女性市長、第3位女市長。她表示，希望將多倫多打造成更富有關愛，人人都有歸屬感、負擔得起又安全城市。
綜合外媒報導，多倫多市長補選總計有101位參選人，其中1人還代表狗狗參選，鄒至蕙拿到37.2%選票，與第2名票數差距3萬多張，她發表勝選感言提到，她13歲從香港移民到多倫多，「多倫多是一個充滿希望地方、又第二次機會的地方」，就算被擊敗了，她也總是還再站起來，因為這座城市的人就願意奮鬥。
鄒至蕙出生香港，13歲時與家人移居加拿大多倫多，父親因長年為病所苦無法工作，一家重擔靠著媽媽幫他人打掃房子，她自小就做手工，在牛仔褲縫釦子來賺錢貼補家用。1985年首度出任公職，1991年成為大多倫多市議員，2014年曾參選多倫多市長落敗。
她本次政見關注多倫多的住房負擔能力，承諾在市政府擁有的土地上建造公共住宅，並提出友善租房者方案，另外還關注流浪漢、無家可歸者議題，包含建立更多社會住房、收容的休息空間等，還提供全天候開放的淋浴、用餐空間。
多倫多選出首位華裔市長 香港移民鄒至蕙勝出
2023/6/27 16:37（6/27 16:55 更新）
前加拿大國會議員、華裔加拿大人鄒至蕙今天當選加國最大城市多倫多首位華裔市長，她承諾支持房客、社會事業，並減少市長辦公室的廣泛權力。
鄒至蕙（Olivia Chow）在勝選演說中告訴她的支持者：「我會努力不懈地工作，建設一個更有愛心、（住房）更負擔得起、更安全的城市，讓每個人都有歸屬感。」
根據初步結果，鄒至蕙拿下37.2%的選票，領先最接近她的競爭對手、前副市長白勞（Ana Bailao）。
進步派的鄒至蕙在競選時善用她曾任國會議員和多倫多市議會議員的經歷，以及她已故丈夫林頓（Jack Layton）建立的關係。林頓生前曾任新民主黨（NDP）黨魁及國會下議院官方反對黨領袖。
現年66歲的鄒至蕙將成為自1997年霍爾（Barbara Hall）卸任以來第1位擔任市長的女性。鄒至蕙曾在2014年競選市長，當時她排名第3。
鄒至蕙在香港出生，13歲移民加拿大，畢業於加拿大圭爾夫大學（Guelph University），獲得美術學位。
保守派前多倫多市長莊德利（John Tory）去年10月3度勝選，但已婚的他承認與員工有染，隨後於今年2月去職。現在將由鄒至蕙領導這個加拿大金融之都。
多倫多目前住房成本不斷上升，大眾運輸工具上的暴力襲擊事件增加，導致民眾呼籲警方採取更多行動。鄒至蕙承諾將在8年內建造2萬5000戶租金管制住宅，以解決房租飆升的問題。
參選人數破百、連狗狗也參一腳 多倫多選出首名華裔市長
發佈時間：2023/06/27 16:26
最後更新時間：2023/06/27 16:26
加拿大東岸最大城市多倫多，新任市長補選結果出爐，出現歷史上首位華裔市長，《路透》（Reuters）報導，現年66歲的香港移民鄒至蕙（Olivia Chow），以37%得票率打敗眾多候選人，成為繼溫哥華選出沈觀健之後，加拿大又一位獲關注的華裔政治人物。多倫多此次市長補選，是因為前市長托伊（John Tory）爆出婚外情、選擇自請辭職下台，補選一共吸引102人報名參選，包含一條由主人掛名的小狗茉莉（Molly），一度搶走不少補選的關注度與風采。
多倫多新任市長鄒至蕙，出生於香港、13歲隨父母移民加拿大，是多倫多第一位華裔女市議員，曾任國會議員的她，2014年就曾挑戰參選市長，只可能當時只獲得第三名未能勝選，直到今天才在左派支持下，打敗眾多挑戰者出線。
獲得37.17%選票的她，與最大對手安娜（Ana Bailao）之間，相差4.7%、約等於34萬張選票；第三高票則由警察出身的桑德斯（Mark Saunders）獲得，他拿到8.58%、6.2萬張選票支持。
至於那位小狗候選人茉莉，由於當地選舉法制上，不允許非人類登記參選，最後改由飼主陶比（Toby Heaps）「代替」登記在冊，雖然遭到眾多網路輿論攻擊，認為他浪費社會資源、只為了博取曝光和流量，但從官方計票結果來看，全體102名參選者當中，這隻小狗還能拿到593票、排行第19名，證明狗狗魅力依然不容小覷。
Olivia Chow wins crowded race for mayor of Toronto
Published
2023-06-27T02:44:12.000Z
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.
In her victory speech, she spoke of her immigrant roots, recalling coming to Canada at age 13.
Canada’s most populous city is a place “where an immigrant kid can be standing in front of you as your new mayor”.
“Toronto is a place of hope, a place of second chances,” she said.
“While I’ve been knocked down, I always got back up,” Ms Chow said. “Because the people of this city are worth the fight.”
The mayoral byelection was launched after former mayor Mr Tory, 68, a moderate conservative, stepped down in February, hours after the Toronto Star newspaper reported he had an affair with a 31-year-old staffer during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Just months earlier, Mr Tory had cruised into a third term, securing over 60% of the vote.
This was Toronto’s first mayoral race without an incumbent since 2014 and no clear centre-right successor to Mr Tory emerged.
Support failed to coalesce around those challengers – including former police chief Mark Saunders, who received some support from Ontario Premier Doug Ford, and former deputy mayor Ana Bailão, who received a last-minute endorsement from Mr Tory – giving Ms Chow a narrow path to victory.
She received about 37% of the vote in Monday’s race.
With Ms Chow’s win, it will be the first time in a decade that a progressive will lead the city, and her victory suggests potential future clashes with Mr Ford, the conservative premier who said earlier this month that she would be “an unmitigated disaster”.
But on Monday Mr Ford congratulated Ms Chow on Twitter, saying “she has proven her desire and dedication to serving the city”.
How did she win? Olivia Chow brought a message of hope and seized on Toronto’s desire for change
Chow completes political comeback after finishing third in 2014 mayoral election
CBC News · Posted: Jun 27, 2023 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: June 27
Olivia Chow walked through throngs of supporters before hopping on stage to give her victory speech on Tuesday night.
The mayor-elect seemed barely able to contain her joy — and relief.
“Wow, what a night,” Chow said, laughing and holding her hand to her chest, as the crowd at her election party at The Great Hall on Queen St. West launched into celebrations that would go on well into the night.
“If you ever doubted what’s possible together,” she said. “If you ever questioned your faith in a better future. And what we can do with each other, for each other, tonight is your answer.”
In the end, Chow, 66, defeated 101 rivals to win. Former councillor Ana Bailão surged to second place, eventually losing by 30,000 votes — a total that doesn’t reflect the drama as the polling results gave Bailão an early lead that looked briefly like it could hold.
But those who were hoping for a Chow win were rewarded, which was fitting for a candidate who made “hope” a central plank of her campaign.
Former city councillor Joe Mihevc said that message is true to who Chow is. The theme of hope represented a marked departure from 2014 when Chow ran for mayor and finished a distant third to John Tory.
Toronto elects Olivia Chow as first Chinese-Canadian mayor
June 27, 202312:14 PM GMT+8Updated 21 hours ago
TORONTO, June 26 (Reuters) – Olivia Chow became the first Chinese-Canadian to be elected as mayor of Toronto, Canada’s biggest city, on Monday, pledging to support renters, champion social causes, and reduce the sweeping powers of her office.
“I would dedicate myself to work tirelessly in building a city that is more caring, affordable, and safe, where everyone belongs,” Chow told her supporters during the victory speech.
Chow secured 37.2% vote, according to preliminary results, ahead of her nearest rival Ana Bailao, former deputy mayor.
A prominent voice in progressive politics, Chow’s campaign drew on her record as a former member of parliament in Ottawa and as a Toronto city councillor, and leaned on historic relationships established by her late husband, former New Democratic Party (NDP) and federal opposition leader Jack Layton.
Chow, 66, will be the first woman to serve as mayor since Barbara Hall in 1997. She previously ran for mayor in 2014, when she came in third.
Born in Hong Kong, Chow emigrated to Canada at the age of 13, and graduated from the University of Guelph with a degree in fine art.
Chow takes over as mayor after the resignation of John Tory, conservative-leaning mayor who won his third election last October. The married Tory left office in February after acknowledging he had had an affair with a staff member.
Chow will lead Canada’s financial capital at a time of rising housing costs and an increase in violent attacks on public transit that have led to calls for more action by police. She has pledged to build 25,000 rent-controlled homes over eight years to tackle the soaring rents.
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