{ "title": "Has Olivia Chow Fulfilled Her Promises?", "version": "1.1", "asOf": "2026-10-21", "sources": { "campaign": { "title": "2023 campaign commitments: contemporaneous roundup", "publisher": "CityNews", "date": "2023-06-27", "type": "News", "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/06/27/olivia-chow-campaign-promises-toronto-mayor/" }, "campaignCP": { "title": "Chow’s campaign priorities and fiscal challenge", "publisher": "The Canadian Press / CityNews", "date": "2023-06-27", "type": "News", "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/06/27/olivia-chow-toronto-mayor-doug-ford-unmitigated-disaster/" }, "housingCampaign": { "title": "Chow pledges 25,000 rentals over eight years", "publisher": "Daily Commercial News", "date": "2023-05-16", "type": "News", "url": "https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/government/2023/05/chow-pledges-to-build-25000-rentals-with-city-as-developer" }, "tea": { "title": "2023 candidate environmental platform assessment", "publisher": "Toronto Environmental Alliance", "date": "2023 campaign; publication day unspecified", "type": "Campaign record", "url": "https://election.torontoenvironment.org/olivia_chow" }, "pledge": { "title": "2023 climate pledge signatories", "publisher": "ClimateFast", "date": "2023-06", "type": "Campaign record", "url": "https://climatefast.ca/media-release/2023-06/climate-concerned-citizens-call-voters-consider-climate-candidates" }, "housingPlan": { "title": "Proposed housing-system changes and approval targets", "publisher": "City of Toronto", "date": "2023-10-24", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.toronto.ca/news/city-of-toronto-housing-report-proposes-a-generational-change-of-the-housing-system-to-build-more-affordable-homes-faster/" }, "housing26": { "title": "2026 Housing Secretariat budget notes — 2025 results, p. 7", "publisher": "City of Toronto", "date": "2026-03", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/96b6-2026-Public-Book-HS-V1.pdf" }, "housing24": { "title": "Housing action plans: 2024 progress update", "publisher": "City of Toronto", "date": "2024-09-19", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.toronto.ca/news/city-of-toronto-provides-annual-progress-update-on-the-housingto-2020-2030-action-plan-and-the-2022-2026-housing-action-plan/" }, "housing23": { "title": "Housing action plans: 2023 annual results", "publisher": "City of Toronto", "date": "2024-09-12", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ph/bgrd/backgroundfile-248631.pdf" }, "rentCouncil": { "title": "Council item MM11.34: renters’ forum and committee terms", "publisher": "Toronto City Council", "date": "2023-10-11 to 2023-10-12", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2023.MM11.34" }, "rentSafeCouncil": { "title": "Council item PH11.8: RentSafeTO improvements", "publisher": "Toronto City Council", "date": "2024-04-17 to 2024-04-18", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2024.PH11.8" }, "rentSigns": { "title": "RentSafeTO evaluations, audits and colour-coded signs", "publisher": "City of Toronto", "date": "Updated 2026-09-03", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/housing-shelter/rental-housing-rights-information/housing-property-standards/apartment-building-standards/audits-evaluations/" }, "ttcBudget": { "title": "2025 TTC budget: fares and service recovery", "publisher": "TTC", "date": "2025-01", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.ttc.ca/news/2025/January/TTC-2025-budget-freezes-fares" }, "line2": { "title": "Line 2 service increase effective October 12", "publisher": "TTC", "date": "2025-10-09", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.ttc.ca/news/2025/October/TTC-increasing-service-on-Line-2-beginning-October-12" }, "busway": { "title": "Scarborough Busway opens", "publisher": "TTC", "date": "2026-09-30", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.ttc.ca/news/2026/September/Scarborough-Busway-now-open-delivering-faster-and-more-reliable-transit-to-Scarborough" }, "cell": { "title": "5G cellular coverage: stations and selected tunnels", "publisher": "TTC", "date": "Coverage as of July 2026", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.ttc.ca/riding-the-ttc/5G-cellular-service-available-in-select-areas-of-the-subway-system" }, "gardiner": { "title": "Gardiner rehabilitation plan: elevated East End reconfiguration", "publisher": "City of Toronto", "date": "Current page checked 2026-10-21", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/streets-parking-transportation/road-maintenance/bridges-and-expressways/expressways/gardiner-expressway/gardiner-expressway-rehabilitation-strategy/" }, "upload": { "title": "Progress on transferring Gardiner and DVP to Ontario", "publisher": "City of Toronto", "date": "2026-06-04", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.toronto.ca/news/city-of-toronto-and-province-of-ontario-advancing-transfer-of-gardiner-expressway-and-don-valley-parkway/" }, "newDeal": { "title": "Council approval of New Deal and reallocation of highway funds", "publisher": "City of Toronto", "date": "2024-07-24", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.toronto.ca/news/city-of-toronto-and-province-of-ontario-announce-update-for-gardiner-expressway-acceleration-and-reallocation-of-funds-as-part-of-the-ontario-toronto-new-deal/" }, "mltt": { "title": "By-law 824-2023: graduated land-transfer tax", "publisher": "Toronto City Council", "date": "2023-09-06", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/bylaws/2023/law0824.pdf" }, "mlttRates": { "title": "Historical MLTT rates, including January 2024 to March 2026", "publisher": "City of Toronto", "date": "Current page checked 2026-10-21", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/property-taxes-utilities/municipal-land-transfer-tax-mltt/municipal-land-transfer-tax-mltt-rates-and-fees/municipal-land-transfer-tax-historical-rates/" }, "budget24": { "title": "2024 adopted budget summary", "publisher": "City of Toronto", "date": "2024-05", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/9569-2024-City-of-Toronto-Budget-Summary.pdf" }, "budget25": { "title": "2025 budget adopted: tax and service changes", "publisher": "City of Toronto", "date": "2025-02-11", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.toronto.ca/news/city-of-torontos-2025-budget-now-final-prioritizes-affordability-transportation-safety-and-community-services/" }, "budget26": { "title": "2026 adopted budget: affordability and financial sustainability", "publisher": "City of Toronto", "date": "2026-02-10", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.toronto.ca/news/city-of-torontos-2026-budget-now-final-focuses-on-affordability-service-stability-and-financial-sustainability/" }, "crisis": { "title": "Toronto Community Crisis Service dashboard and rollout", "publisher": "City of Toronto", "date": "Current page checked 2026-10-21", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/public-safety-alerts/community-safety-wellbeing-programs/toronto-community-crisis-service/toronto-community-crisis-service-dashboard/" }, "crisisLaunch": { "title": "City-wide crisis-service launch", "publisher": "City of Toronto", "date": "2024-09-26", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.toronto.ca/news/mayor-olivia-chow-launches-toronto-community-crisis-service-city-wide/" }, "calls": { "title": "Police board remarks: June 2026 911 answering performance", "publisher": "Toronto Police Service", "date": "2026-07-23", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.tps.ca/media-centre/news-releases/66494/" }, "winter": { "title": "2023–24 winter services plan", "publisher": "City of Toronto", "date": "2023-10-17", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.toronto.ca/news/city-of-torontos-2023-24-winter-services-plan-for-people-experiencing-homelessness/" }, "respite": { "title": "Better Living Centre closure and temporary replacement services", "publisher": "City of Toronto", "date": "2024-02-20", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.toronto.ca/news/city-of-toronto-concluding-temporary-respite-program-at-better-living-centre-and-adjusts-services-at-two-other-sites/" }, "respiteCurrent": { "title": "Current 24-hour respite services", "publisher": "City of Toronto", "date": "Current page checked 2026-10-21", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/housing-shelter/homeless-help/24-hour-respite-sites/" }, "librarySunday": { "title": "Sunday service at all 100 library branches", "publisher": "Toronto Public Library", "date": "2025-10-17", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://blogs.tpl.ca/news-releases/2025/10/all-100-toronto-public-library-branches-now-open-sundays/" }, "library26": { "title": "2026 library budget and planned seven-day opening", "publisher": "Toronto Public Library", "date": "2026-02-11", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://tpl.ca/news/city-council-approves-2026-budget-to-expand-library-hours-and-services/" }, "libraryJune": { "title": "City Librarian’s June 2026 report", "publisher": "Toronto Public Library", "date": "2026-06-12", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://tpl.ca/news/city-librarians-report-for-june-2026/" }, "climate": { "title": "TransformTO 2026–2030 action plan: funding and emissions outlook", "publisher": "City of Toronto", "date": "2025-11-26", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-260642.pdf" }, "climateCurrent": { "title": "TransformTO: current climate action plan", "publisher": "City of Toronto", "date": "Updated 2026-09-08", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/water-environment/environmentally-friendly-city-initiatives/transformto/" }, "cyclePlan": { "title": "Cycling Network Plan and 2025–2027 programme", "publisher": "City of Toronto", "date": "Council approval 2024-06-26", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/streets-parking-transportation/cycling-in-toronto/cycling-infrastructure-definitions/cycling-network-plan/" }, "cycleReview": { "title": "2025 Toronto Cycling Year in Review", "publisher": "City of Toronto", "date": "2026-03", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/96e8-2025-Toronto-Cycling-Year-in-Review-FINAL.pdf" }, "cycleConflict": { "title": "Bloor bike-lane removal work interrupted by protest", "publisher": "CityNews", "date": "2026-10-20; updated 2026-10-21", "type": "News", "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/10/20/bike-lane-standoff-sends-construction-crews-packing/" }, "eligibility": { "title": "Who can vote in Toronto", "publisher": "Toronto Elections", "date": "Updated 2026-10-14", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/elections/voter-information/who-can-vote/" }, "voting": { "title": "Voting options and proxy deadlines", "publisher": "Toronto Elections", "date": "Updated 2026-10-13", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/elections/voter-information/voting-options/" }, "id": { "title": "Identification requirements", "publisher": "Toronto Elections", "date": "Updated 2026-09-02", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/elections/voter-information/identification/" }, "electionFacts": { "title": "2026 municipal election fact sheet", "publisher": "Toronto Elections", "date": "2026-09-22", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.toronto.ca/news/fact-sheet-2026-toronto-municipal-election/" }, "mail": { "title": "Mail-in voting deadlines and alternatives", "publisher": "Toronto Elections", "date": "Current page checked 2026-10-21", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/elections/voter-information/mail-in-voting/" }, "myvote": { "title": "MyVote: assigned polling place and candidates", "publisher": "Toronto Elections", "date": "2026 election", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://myvote.toronto.ca/" }, "buswayEarly": { "title": "2023 Annual Service Plan: June 2022 stakeholder meetings, Q4 2025 expectation", "publisher": "TTC", "date": "Meeting 2022-06-29", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://cdn.ttc.ca/-/media/Project/TTC/DevProto/Documents/Home/About-the-TTC/5_year_plan_10_year_outlook/Final-Stakeholder-Meetings-Summary.pdf?hash=5443F4DD816DF3CB648F2AEA12BB0AB5&rev=4ab956af8bd84397b2136fdd872bd9fd" }, "buswayDelay": { "title": "2024 capital briefing: revised busway design and construction schedule", "publisher": "City of Toronto / TTC", "date": "2024-01-23", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/bu/bgrd/backgroundfile-242547.pdf" }, "buswayAccelerated": { "title": "Revised busway opening brought forward from 2027 to September 2026", "publisher": "TTC", "date": "2025-12-12", "type": "Primary", "url": "https://www.ttc.ca/news/2025/December/Scarborough-Busway-to-be-completed-in-September-2026" } }, "promises": [ { "id": "city-land-homes", "subject": "Housing & affordability", "title": "25,000 homes on city land", "status": "Underway", "commitment": "Develop 25,000 rent-controlled homes on city land over eight years.", "original": { "date": "Documented 16 May 2023", "sources": [ "housingCampaign" ], "note": "Campaign-period reporting; original campaign page was not retrievable." }, "measure": "25,000 homes over eight years, including 7,500 affordable and 2,500 rent-geared-to-income homes.", "summary": "Housing activity is documented. A completed-home count matching the campaign’s city-land cohort is not established.", "timeline": [ { "date": "24 Oct 2023", "text": "A new City plan proposed a broader 65,000 rent-controlled-home approval target for 2030. That is not the same measure as completed campaign homes.", "sources": [ "housingPlan" ] }, { "date": "2025 results, reported 2026", "text": "Housing Secretariat reports 700+ net new affordable/RGI homes opened in 2025 across 14 sites, within a broader programme.", "sources": [ "housing26" ] } ], "outcome": "Approvals, construction starts and occupied homes are separate stages. These figures cannot establish completion of the 25,000-home pledge.", "qualification": "The eight-year horizon extends beyond October 2026. Council, City agencies, builders and federal/provincial financing all affect delivery.", "lastChecked": "2026-10-21", "campaignYear": 2023, "timing": { "campaignDeadline": "Eight years from the 2023 campaign (approximately 2031); exact calendar deadline not specified.", "deliveryDate": null, "deliveryDescription": "Full milestone delivery not established. See the record for partial actions.", "daysBeforeElection": null, "lateAgainstCampaignDeadline": "The campaign horizon has not ended by the review cutoff.", "projectTiming": "No comparable project deadline assessment established in this review.", "sources": [ "housingCampaign" ] } }, { "id": "acquire-affordable-rentals", "subject": "Housing & affordability", "title": "A $100m annual rental-acquisition fund", "status": "Partial", "commitment": "Invest $100 million annually to acquire and preserve affordable rentals.", "original": { "date": "2023 campaign; documented 27 June 2023", "sources": [ "campaign" ], "note": "Contemporaneous post-election roundup; exact announcement date not established." }, "measure": "A recurring annual $100 million fund; properties transferred into non-profit, community or Indigenous stewardship.", "summary": "Acquisition funding expanded, but the evidence does not establish a sustained $100m allocation every year.", "timeline": [ { "date": "19 Sep 2024", "text": "The City reported $100m for the Multi-Unit Residential Acquisition programme over three years.", "sources": [ "housing24" ] }, { "date": "2025 results, reported 2026", "text": "Housing Secretariat reports more than $100m allocated to MURA, supporting more than 700 rental homes in 2025.", "sources": [ "housing26" ] } ], "outcome": "Allocations and homes supported are evidence of programme activity; they do not prove every purchase closed or measure long-term affordability.", "qualification": "MURA existed before Chow became mayor. Council funding, acquisition partners and property availability determine results. One strong year does not establish an annual funding guarantee.", "lastChecked": "2026-10-21", "campaignYear": 2023, "timing": { "campaignDeadline": "No specific completion deadline established in the reviewed 2023 campaign record.", "deliveryDate": null, "deliveryDescription": "Full milestone delivery not established. See the record for partial actions.", "daysBeforeElection": null, "lateAgainstCampaignDeadline": "Not assessable from the reviewed campaign deadline evidence.", "projectTiming": "No comparable project deadline assessment established in this review.", "sources": [ "campaign" ] } }, { "id": "rent-bank-eviction-prevention", "subject": "Housing & affordability", "title": "Expand rent and eviction-prevention support", "status": "Partial", "commitment": "Double Rent Bank reach and nearly triple eviction-prevention support.", "original": { "date": "2023 campaign; documented 27 June 2023", "sources": [ "campaign" ], "note": "Contemporaneous post-election roundup; exact announcement date not established." }, "measure": "Compare Rent Bank recipients and EPIC tenancies with the original campaign baseline; verify both parts separately.", "summary": "More households received support. The precise campaign multipliers remain unverified against a consistent baseline.", "timeline": [ { "date": "2023 results, reported Sep 2024", "text": "The City reported more than 1,600 Rent Bank grants and 640 tenancies supported through EPIC.", "sources": [ "housing23" ] }, { "date": "2025 results, reported 2026", "text": "The City reported about 2,800 Rent Bank grants and more than 1,000 EPIC-supported tenancies.", "sources": [ "housing26" ] } ], "outcome": "These are service counts, not a measured reduction in city-wide evictions. 2023 is a comparison year, not a verified pre-promise baseline.", "qualification": "EPIC means Eviction Prevention in the Community. Counts, eligibility and reporting periods must match before claiming a doubling or tripling.", "lastChecked": "2026-10-21", "campaignYear": 2023, "timing": { "campaignDeadline": "No specific completion deadline established in the reviewed 2023 campaign record.", "deliveryDate": null, "deliveryDescription": "Full milestone delivery not established. See the record for partial actions.", "daysBeforeElection": null, "lateAgainstCampaignDeadline": "Not assessable from the reviewed campaign deadline evidence.", "projectTiming": "No comparable project deadline assessment established in this review.", "sources": [ "campaign" ] } }, { "id": "rentsafe-enforcement", "subject": "Housing & affordability", "title": "Strengthen apartment-building enforcement", "status": "Milestone met", "commitment": "Strengthen RentSafeTO apartment standards and enforcement.", "original": { "date": "2023 campaign; documented 27 June 2023", "sources": [ "campaign", "rentSafeCouncil", "rentSigns" ], "note": "Contemporaneous post-election roundup; exact announcement date not established." }, "measure": "Document adopted enforcement and tenant-information improvements; assess compliance separately.", "summary": "Council approved programme changes and colour-coded building signs were introduced.", "timeline": [ { "date": "17–18 Apr 2024", "text": "Council considered and adopted RentSafeTO programme improvements, including enforcement and tenant engagement measures.", "sources": [ "rentSafeCouncil" ] }, { "date": "15 Jun 2026", "text": "Colour-coded evaluation signs took effect, with tenant notices and compliance requirements described in the City’s current guidance.", "sources": [ "rentSigns" ] } ], "outcome": "The policy and disclosure milestone is documented. Improved building conditions across the programme are not established by adoption alone.", "qualification": "Council and Municipal Licensing & Standards administer enforcement. This is a broad pledge without a numerical repair or inspection target.", "lastChecked": "2026-10-21", "campaignYear": 2023, "timing": { "campaignDeadline": "No specific completion deadline established in the reviewed 2023 campaign record.", "deliveryDate": "2026-06-15", "deliveryDescription": "Colour-coded disclosure requirement took effect; not a completion date for every building repair.", "daysBeforeElection": 133, "lateAgainstCampaignDeadline": "Not assessable from the reviewed campaign deadline evidence.", "projectTiming": "No comparable project deadline assessment established in this review.", "sources": [ "campaign", "rentSafeCouncil", "rentSigns" ] } }, { "id": "renters-action-committee", "subject": "Housing & affordability", "title": "Create a renters’ action committee", "status": "Evidence incomplete", "commitment": "Create a committee to give renters a stronger voice.", "original": { "date": "2023 campaign; documented 27 June 2023", "sources": [ "campaign", "rentCouncil" ], "note": "Contemporaneous post-election roundup; exact announcement date not established." }, "measure": "A functioning committee with published membership, terms and meetings.", "summary": "Council direction is documented; an operational committee record was not established in this review.", "timeline": [ { "date": "11–12 Oct 2023", "text": "Council requested a renters’ forum and proposed terms of reference for a Toronto Renters’ Action Committee, for early 2024.", "sources": [ "rentCouncil" ] }, { "date": "17–18 Apr 2024", "text": "A later RentSafeTO item refers to the committee. A reference alone does not show membership or meetings took place.", "sources": [ "rentSafeCouncil" ] } ], "outcome": "No conclusion about the committee’s influence is possible without operational records.", "qualification": "Failure to locate a record is not proof that no committee activity occurred. A meeting archive or approved membership list could change this assessment.", "lastChecked": "2026-10-21", "campaignYear": 2023, "timing": { "campaignDeadline": "No specific completion deadline established in the reviewed 2023 campaign record.", "deliveryDate": null, "deliveryDescription": "Full milestone delivery not established. See the record for partial actions.", "daysBeforeElection": null, "lateAgainstCampaignDeadline": "Not assessable from the reviewed campaign deadline evidence.", "projectTiming": "Council requested proposed committee terms in Q1 2024; this was a report-back direction, not a proven committee launch deadline.", "sources": [ "campaign", "rentCouncil" ] } }, { "id": "restore-ttc-service", "subject": "TTC & public transit", "title": "Reverse TTC service cuts", "status": "Partial", "commitment": "Reverse cuts to TTC service.", "original": { "date": "2023 campaign; documented June 2023", "sources": [ "campaignCP", "tea" ], "note": "Contemporaneous reporting and a campaign environmental assessment." }, "measure": "Restore service hours and route-level frequencies; distinguish budgeted hours from delivered trips.", "summary": "Service investment and specific restorations are documented. Full route-by-route reversal is not established.", "timeline": [ { "date": "Jan 2025", "text": "The TTC budget proposed service recovery and additional operating hours.", "sources": [ "ttcBudget" ] }, { "date": "12 Oct 2025", "text": "Line 2 service increased; the TTC described the change as a return to pre-pandemic service levels on that line.", "sources": [ "line2" ] } ], "outcome": "More scheduled service is not proof of reliable, uncrowded trips. A network-wide delivered-service comparison is still needed.", "qualification": "The TTC Board and Council set budgets and schedules; workforce, fleet and operating conditions affect delivery. The 2023 cuts and the pre-pandemic baseline are different comparisons.", "lastChecked": "2026-10-21", "campaignYear": 2023, "timing": { "campaignDeadline": "No specific completion deadline established in the reviewed 2023 campaign record.", "deliveryDate": null, "deliveryDescription": "Full milestone delivery not established. See the record for partial actions.", "daysBeforeElection": null, "lateAgainstCampaignDeadline": "Not assessable from the reviewed campaign deadline evidence.", "projectTiming": "No comparable project deadline assessment established in this review.", "sources": [ "campaignCP", "tea" ] } }, { "id": "scarborough-busway", "subject": "TTC & public transit", "title": "Open the Scarborough Busway", "status": "Milestone met", "commitment": "Build a busway on the former Scarborough RT corridor.", "original": { "date": "2023 campaign; documented 27 June 2023", "sources": [ "campaign", "busway" ], "note": "Contemporaneous post-election roundup; exact announcement date not established." }, "measure": "An operating dedicated busway connecting Kennedy and Ellesmere, with buses continuing to Scarborough Centre.", "summary": "Opened 30 September 2026: 26 days before election day, after the earlier Q4 2025 TTC target but ahead of the later 2027 schedule.", "timeline": [ { "date": "29 Jun 2022 · inherited project baseline", "text": "TTC consultation records anticipated busway service in Q4 2025. This expectation predates Chow’s 2023 campaign.", "sources": [ "buswayEarly" ] }, { "date": "23 Jan 2024", "text": "A TTC briefing extended design work and anticipated construction from Q2 2025 taking about two years. It cited environmental assessment, archaeology and barriers beside GO tracks.", "sources": [ "buswayDelay" ] }, { "date": "12 Dec 2025", "text": "TTC announced acceleration from the later 2027 schedule to service by the end of September 2026.", "sources": [ "buswayAccelerated" ] }, { "date": "30 Sep 2026", "text": "The four-kilometre Busway opened between Kennedy and Ellesmere, with stops at Tara Avenue and Lawrence Avenue East.", "sources": [ "busway" ] } ], "outcome": "Opening is documented. Forecast travel-time benefits are not treated here as an independently measured outcome.", "qualification": "The earliest verified Q4 2025 expectation was a TTC project target before Chow took office, not a verified personal campaign deadline. Council funding, TTC design/construction, provincial assessment and rail safety requirements affected the schedule. Delivery near an election does not by itself establish electoral motive.", "lastChecked": "2026-10-21", "campaignYear": 2023, "timing": { "campaignDeadline": "No specific completion deadline established in the reviewed 2023 campaign record.", "deliveryDate": "2026-09-30", "deliveryDescription": "Busway opened for passenger service.", "daysBeforeElection": 26, "lateAgainstCampaignDeadline": "Not assessable from the reviewed campaign deadline evidence.", "projectTiming": "Delivered after the earlier TTC target: Q4 2025 (documented June 2022). Opening on 30 September 2026 was 273 days after the end of that quarter. The January 2024 plan implied 2027 completion; December 2025 brought service forward to September 2026, which was met.", "sources": [ "campaign", "buswayEarly", "buswayDelay", "buswayAccelerated", "busway" ], "projectDelayed": true, "daysAfterEarlierTargetEnd": 273 } }, { "id": "subway-cellular-service", "subject": "TTC & public transit", "title": "Expand subway cellular access", "status": "Partial", "commitment": "Make subway cellular service available to riders across providers.", "original": { "date": "2023 campaign; documented 27 June 2023", "sources": [ "campaign" ], "note": "Contemporaneous post-election roundup; exact announcement date not established." }, "measure": "Usable service across the promised network and carriers; separate station coverage from tunnel coverage.", "summary": "The TTC lists broad station coverage but only selected tunnels as of July 2026.", "timeline": [ { "date": "July 2026 coverage", "text": "The TTC’s coverage page lists stations on Lines 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6, alongside only some tunnel sections.", "sources": [ "cell" ] } ], "outcome": "Coverage availability does not establish connection quality for every carrier, handset or journey.", "qualification": "Telecom carriers and federal regulation are central; this is not solely a mayoral power. The review does not establish continuous tunnel coverage or independently test all providers.", "lastChecked": "2026-10-21", "campaignYear": 2023, "timing": { "campaignDeadline": "No specific completion deadline established in the reviewed 2023 campaign record.", "deliveryDate": null, "deliveryDescription": "Full milestone delivery not established. See the record for partial actions.", "daysBeforeElection": null, "lateAgainstCampaignDeadline": "Not assessable from the reviewed campaign deadline evidence.", "projectTiming": "No comparable project deadline assessment established in this review.", "sources": [ "campaign" ] } }, { "id": "gardiner-east-boulevard", "subject": "Roads & cycling", "title": "Replace Gardiner East with a boulevard", "status": "Changed course", "commitment": "Replace the eastern Gardiner with a ground-level boulevard.", "original": { "date": "2023 campaign; documented 27 June 2023", "sources": [ "campaign" ], "note": "Contemporaneous post-election roundup; exact announcement date not established." }, "measure": "An at-grade boulevard from Cherry Street to the Don Valley Parkway, instead of an elevated rebuild.", "summary": "The current City programme retains an elevated rebuild; the boulevard commitment has not been implemented.", "timeline": [ { "date": "13 Dec 2023", "text": "Council approved the Ontario–Toronto New Deal, including the planned transfer of the Gardiner and DVP to Ontario.", "sources": [ "newDeal" ] }, { "date": "4 Jun 2026", "text": "The City reported progress toward the highway transfer.", "sources": [ "upload" ] }, { "date": "Checked 21 Oct 2026", "text": "The rehabilitation plan still specifies reconstruction of the elevated Cherry Street–DVP section using the Hybrid design.", "sources": [ "gardiner" ] } ], "outcome": "“Changed course” is this tracker’s comparison of the commitment with the current plan. It is not a claim that all highway-transfer steps are complete.", "qualification": "The inherited Hybrid design predates Chow. Council decisions and Ontario’s takeover constrain the mayor; financial relief from uploading is a different policy outcome.", "lastChecked": "2026-10-21", "campaignYear": 2023, "timing": { "campaignDeadline": "No specific completion deadline established in the reviewed 2023 campaign record.", "deliveryDate": null, "deliveryDescription": "Full milestone delivery not established. See the record for partial actions.", "daysBeforeElection": null, "lateAgainstCampaignDeadline": "Not assessable from the reviewed campaign deadline evidence.", "projectTiming": "No comparable project deadline assessment established in this review.", "sources": [ "campaign" ] } }, { "id": "cycling-network", "subject": "Roads & cycling", "title": "Expand safe cycling infrastructure", "status": "Partial", "commitment": "Expand the cycling network and make streets safer.", "original": { "date": "2023 campaign; exact publication day unspecified", "sources": [ "tea" ], "note": "Documented in the environmental group’s 2023 candidate assessment." }, "measure": "Delivered cycling links and safer-street measures; assess network continuity and collision outcomes separately.", "summary": "City investment continued, while provincial intervention threatens existing lanes.", "timeline": [ { "date": "26 Jun 2024", "text": "Council approved the 2025–2027 cycling programme.", "sources": [ "cyclePlan" ] }, { "date": "2025, reported Mar 2026", "text": "The City’s year-in-review documents cycling projects and investment.", "sources": [ "cycleReview" ] }, { "date": "20–21 Oct 2026", "text": "CityNews reported protests interrupting provincial removal work on Bloor Street West.", "sources": [ "cycleConflict" ] } ], "outcome": "Project delivery alone does not prove a net improvement in network safety, collision rates or congestion.", "qualification": "Ontario can override municipal road decisions. Removal work was contested at the cutoff; this review does not claim every disputed lane was removed.", "lastChecked": "2026-10-21", "campaignYear": 2023, "timing": { "campaignDeadline": "No specific completion deadline established in the reviewed 2023 campaign record.", "deliveryDate": null, "deliveryDescription": "Full milestone delivery not established. See the record for partial actions.", "daysBeforeElection": null, "lateAgainstCampaignDeadline": "Not assessable from the reviewed campaign deadline evidence.", "projectTiming": "No comparable project deadline assessment established in this review.", "sources": [ "tea" ] } }, { "id": "luxury-land-transfer-tax", "subject": "City finances & taxes", "title": "Raise land-transfer tax on expensive homes", "status": "Milestone met", "commitment": "Introduce graduated land-transfer tax above $3 million.", "original": { "date": "2023 campaign; documented 27 June 2023", "sources": [ "campaign", "mltt", "mlttRates" ], "note": "Contemporaneous post-election roundup; exact announcement date not established." }, "measure": "Adopt and bring into force higher municipal marginal rates for qualifying residential purchases over $3m.", "summary": "Council adopted the tax change, effective 1 January 2024.", "timeline": [ { "date": "6 Sep 2023", "text": "Council enacted By-law 824-2023 setting graduated municipal land-transfer-tax rates.", "sources": [ "mltt" ] }, { "date": "1 Jan 2024", "text": "The City’s historical rate schedule confirms the higher bands took effect.", "sources": [ "mlttRates" ] } ], "outcome": "Tax implementation is established. Revenue yield and effects on housing affordability are separate questions not resolved here.", "qualification": "Council approval was necessary. Provincial land-transfer tax is separate; transaction values and market activity affect municipal revenue.", "lastChecked": "2026-10-21", "campaignYear": 2023, "timing": { "campaignDeadline": "No specific completion deadline established in the reviewed 2023 campaign record.", "deliveryDate": "2024-01-01", "deliveryDescription": "Higher municipal rates took effect.", "daysBeforeElection": 1029, "lateAgainstCampaignDeadline": "Not assessable from the reviewed campaign deadline evidence.", "projectTiming": "No comparable project deadline assessment established in this review.", "sources": [ "campaign", "mltt", "mlttRates" ] } }, { "id": "property-tax-increases", "subject": "City finances & taxes", "title": "Keep property-tax increases “modest”", "status": "Not measurable", "commitment": "Keep property-tax increases modest.", "original": { "date": "2023 campaign; documented 27 June 2023", "sources": [ "campaign" ], "note": "Contemporaneous post-election roundup; exact announcement date not established." }, "measure": "No numerical ceiling was specified in the documented commitment.", "summary": "The description is subjective. Actual combined residential increases are provided without assigning a pass or fail.", "timeline": [ { "date": "14 Feb 2024", "text": "The adopted 2024 budget included a 9.5% combined residential increase.", "sources": [ "budget24" ] }, { "date": "11 Feb 2025", "text": "The 2025 increase was 6.9%: a 5.4% base increase plus a 1.5% City Building Fund levy.", "sources": [ "budget25" ] }, { "date": "10 Feb 2026", "text": "The adopted 2026 budget set a combined residential increase of 2.2%.", "sources": [ "budget26" ] } ], "outcome": "These annual rates do not determine every household’s final bill and do not include water or waste fees.", "qualification": "Council adopts budgets. Without a campaign threshold, labeling these increases “modest” or “not modest” would substitute an editorial opinion for a measurable test.", "lastChecked": "2026-10-21", "campaignYear": 2023, "timing": { "campaignDeadline": "No specific completion deadline established in the reviewed 2023 campaign record.", "deliveryDate": null, "deliveryDescription": "Full milestone delivery not established. See the record for partial actions.", "daysBeforeElection": null, "lateAgainstCampaignDeadline": "Not assessable from the reviewed campaign deadline evidence.", "projectTiming": "No comparable project deadline assessment established in this review.", "sources": [ "campaign" ] } }, { "id": "fiscal-new-deal", "subject": "City finances & taxes", "title": "Negotiate a new fiscal deal", "status": "Milestone met", "commitment": "Seek a new funding arrangement with other governments.", "original": { "date": "2023 campaign; documented 27 June 2023", "sources": [ "campaignCP", "newDeal", "budget26", "upload" ], "note": "Contemporaneous reporting; exact campaign announcement date not established." }, "measure": "A documented intergovernmental agreement providing structural or operating relief.", "summary": "A provincial New Deal was approved. It is not proof that Toronto’s financial pressures are solved.", "timeline": [ { "date": "13 Dec 2023", "text": "Council approved the Ontario–Toronto New Deal.", "sources": [ "newDeal" ] }, { "date": "10 Feb 2026", "text": "The City’s budget statement credited New Deal support while identifying continuing financial sustainability challenges.", "sources": [ "budget26" ] }, { "date": "4 Jun 2026", "text": "The City reported further progress toward the Gardiner/DVP transfer.", "sources": [ "upload" ] } ], "outcome": "An agreement is a verifiable milestone. Long-term fiscal sustainability requires a separate assessment of recurring revenues, costs and obligations.", "qualification": "Ontario and federal cooperation, conditions on funding and Council implementation matter. Highway uploading and multi-year assistance should not be mistaken for permanent coverage of every operating gap.", "lastChecked": "2026-10-21", "campaignYear": 2023, "timing": { "campaignDeadline": "No specific completion deadline established in the reviewed 2023 campaign record.", "deliveryDate": "2023-12-13", "deliveryDescription": "Council approved the agreement; not completion of every transfer or funding obligation.", "daysBeforeElection": 1048, "lateAgainstCampaignDeadline": "Not assessable from the reviewed campaign deadline evidence.", "projectTiming": "No comparable project deadline assessment established in this review.", "sources": [ "campaignCP", "newDeal", "budget26", "upload" ] } }, { "id": "community-crisis-service", "subject": "Safety & homelessness", "title": "Make non-police crisis response city-wide", "status": "Milestone met", "commitment": "Expand Toronto Community Crisis Service across the city.", "original": { "date": "2023 campaign; documented 27 June 2023", "sources": [ "campaign", "crisis", "crisis", "crisisLaunch" ], "note": "Contemporaneous post-election roundup; exact announcement date not established." }, "measure": "City-wide availability of the non-police mental-health crisis service.", "summary": "The City dates city-wide operations to 8 July 2024.", "timeline": [ { "date": "March 2022", "text": "The pilot began before Chow became mayor.", "sources": [ "crisis" ] }, { "date": "8 Jul 2024", "text": "City-wide service began, according to the City dashboard.", "sources": [ "crisis" ] }, { "date": "26 Sep 2024", "text": "The City held its city-wide launch announcement.", "sources": [ "crisisLaunch" ] } ], "outcome": "Expansion is established. It does not by itself demonstrate a city-wide reduction in violence or improved health outcomes.", "qualification": "The programme grew from a pre-existing pilot. Community providers, Council and emergency-service coordination share responsibility.", "lastChecked": "2026-10-21", "campaignYear": 2023, "timing": { "campaignDeadline": "No specific completion deadline established in the reviewed 2023 campaign record.", "deliveryDate": "2024-07-08", "deliveryDescription": "City-wide operations began; September ceremony is not used as the delivery date.", "daysBeforeElection": 840, "lateAgainstCampaignDeadline": "Not assessable from the reviewed campaign deadline evidence.", "projectTiming": "No comparable project deadline assessment established in this review.", "sources": [ "campaign", "crisis", "crisis", "crisisLaunch" ] } }, { "id": "911-response-team", "subject": "Safety & homelessness", "title": "Improve 911 through a transformation team", "status": "Evidence incomplete", "commitment": "Create an emergency-response transformation team to improve 911.", "original": { "date": "2023 campaign; documented 27 June 2023", "sources": [ "campaign" ], "note": "Contemporaneous post-election roundup; exact announcement date not established." }, "measure": "Verify the named team and its work; separately track answer and emergency-response times.", "summary": "Recent 911 answering performance improved, but evidence establishing the specific promised team is incomplete.", "timeline": [ { "date": "23 Jul 2026", "text": "Police reported average 911 answer time of six seconds in June 2026, compared with 57 seconds in June 2025; the daily standard was met on 17 of 30 days.", "sources": [ "calls" ] } ], "outcome": "Answering a call is different from dispatching or arriving at an emergency. The improvement cannot be attributed solely to the mayor or to an unverified team.", "qualification": "Toronto Police Service, its board, dispatch staff and technology changes all matter. Published terms, membership or a final report would be needed to verify the specific organisational pledge.", "lastChecked": "2026-10-21", "campaignYear": 2023, "timing": { "campaignDeadline": "No specific completion deadline established in the reviewed 2023 campaign record.", "deliveryDate": null, "deliveryDescription": "Full milestone delivery not established. See the record for partial actions.", "daysBeforeElection": null, "lateAgainstCampaignDeadline": "Not assessable from the reviewed campaign deadline evidence.", "projectTiming": "No comparable project deadline assessment established in this review.", "sources": [ "campaign" ] } }, { "id": "24-hour-respite", "subject": "Safety & homelessness", "title": "Add 24-hour respite capacity", "status": "Partial", "commitment": "Provide more round-the-clock respite for people experiencing homelessness.", "original": { "date": "2023 campaign; documented 27 June 2023", "sources": [ "campaignCP" ], "note": "Contemporaneous reporting; the reviewed record gives no numerical capacity target." }, "measure": "Additional operating 24-hour respite capacity, distinguishing temporary winter spaces from year-round provision.", "summary": "Additional temporary services operated. A sustained net increase over a comparable baseline is not established.", "timeline": [ { "date": "17 Oct 2023", "text": "The winter plan proposed additional 24-hour respite and other emergency spaces.", "sources": [ "winter" ] }, { "date": "20 Feb 2024", "text": "The City confirmed Better Living Centre had served up to 300 people, but announced its closure by 15 March and temporary alternatives.", "sources": [ "respite" ] }, { "date": "Checked 21 Oct 2026", "text": "The City continues to list 24-hour respite services; this listing does not establish the net change since the campaign.", "sources": [ "respiteCurrent" ] } ], "outcome": "An emergency space is not a permanent home. Seasonal openings and closures prevent a simple cumulative count from measuring lasting capacity.", "qualification": "City funding, available facilities, service partners and provincial/federal housing and refugee supports affect delivery.", "lastChecked": "2026-10-21", "campaignYear": 2023, "timing": { "campaignDeadline": "No specific completion deadline established in the reviewed 2023 campaign record.", "deliveryDate": null, "deliveryDescription": "Full milestone delivery not established. See the record for partial actions.", "daysBeforeElection": null, "lateAgainstCampaignDeadline": "Not assessable from the reviewed campaign deadline evidence.", "projectTiming": "No comparable project deadline assessment established in this review.", "sources": [ "campaignCP" ] } }, { "id": "seven-day-libraries", "subject": "Climate & city services", "title": "Open every library seven days a week", "status": "Partial", "commitment": "Open every library seven days weekly with longer hours.", "original": { "date": "2023 campaign; documented 27 June 2023", "sources": [ "campaign", "library26", "libraryJune" ], "note": "Contemporaneous post-election roundup; exact announcement date not established." }, "measure": "Year-round seven-day schedules at all branches, allowing public-holiday and temporary closure exceptions.", "summary": "Sunday expansion is verified. The reviewed sources schedule the full seven-day rollout for July 2026, but do not conclusively confirm system-wide completion.", "timeline": [ { "date": "19 Oct 2025", "text": "All 100 branches were scheduled to offer Sunday service, excluding holiday weekends, under TPL’s announced expansion.", "sources": [ "librarySunday" ] }, { "date": "11 Feb 2026", "text": "The approved budget provided for seven-day schedules at all 100 branches from July 2026.", "sources": [ "library26" ] }, { "date": "12 Jun 2026", "text": "The City Librarian’s report repeated the upcoming July rollout.", "sources": [ "libraryJune" ] } ], "outcome": "A funded future schedule is not a completion report. Sunday opening alone does not prove every branch also opens on every weekday.", "qualification": "Council funding and the Library Board’s implementation are required. A post-rollout system-wide confirmation is a specific outstanding evidence gap, not a finding that the rollout failed.", "lastChecked": "2026-10-21", "campaignYear": 2023, "timing": { "campaignDeadline": "No specific completion deadline established in the reviewed 2023 campaign record.", "deliveryDate": null, "deliveryDescription": "Full milestone delivery not established. See the record for partial actions.", "daysBeforeElection": null, "lateAgainstCampaignDeadline": "Not assessable from the reviewed campaign deadline evidence.", "projectTiming": "Later implementation target: July 2026, announced in the 2026 budget. The reviewed documents do not establish actual all-branch completion, so delay duration is unknown.", "sources": [ "campaign", "library26", "libraryJune" ] } }, { "id": "fund-transformto", "subject": "Climate & city services", "title": "Fully fund the city’s climate plan", "status": "Partial", "commitment": "Fully fund TransformTO and support climate adaptation.", "original": { "date": "2023 campaign; pledge documented June 2023", "sources": [ "pledge", "tea" ], "note": "Pledge organiser’s signatory record and contemporary platform assessment." }, "measure": "A funded implementation pathway for the climate plan; assess emissions reductions separately.", "summary": "Climate planning continued, but the reviewed financial analysis does not establish full funding.", "timeline": [ { "date": "26 Nov 2025", "text": "The 2026–2030 action-plan report tied implementation to future budgets and identified the need for other-government support.", "sources": [ "climate" ] }, { "date": "Sep 2026", "text": "The City’s current TransformTO page describes the ongoing action plan.", "sources": [ "climateCurrent" ] } ], "outcome": "The 2025 report warned that the trajectory would miss the 2025 and 2030 emissions targets. A plan or funding announcement is not evidence of achieved emissions reductions.", "qualification": "Council budgets and provincial/federal policy are essential. The report’s forecast is not a final emissions inventory, and city-wide emissions are not controlled solely by the mayor.", "lastChecked": "2026-10-21", "campaignYear": 2023, "timing": { "campaignDeadline": "No specific completion deadline established in the reviewed 2023 campaign record.", "deliveryDate": null, "deliveryDescription": "Full milestone delivery not established. See the record for partial actions.", "daysBeforeElection": null, "lateAgainstCampaignDeadline": "Not assessable from the reviewed campaign deadline evidence.", "projectTiming": "No comparable project deadline assessment established in this review.", "sources": [ "pledge", "tea" ] } } ] }