Markian Lozowchuk

Nov 16, 2023 | torontolife.com | Markian Lozowchuk |Jenni Byrne

Look at 2023 from just about any angle and a pattern emerges (it’s the economy, stupid). Across Toronto, renters fought to cap rent increases, workers fought for pay hikes, and politicians fought to keep the cost of living from pushing everyone and everything beyond the brink. After a dozen years of right-leaning leadership, voters elected Olivia Chow, an inveterate progressive and Toronto’s first non-white mayor, who has inherited a city in financial shambles.