Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow's approval rating has plummeted during her two years in office, with less than half of Torontonians expressing approval!

According to a new public opinion poll cited by Canada's National Post earlier this month, less than half of Toronto residents approve of Mayor Olivia Chow's performance.

This survey by Leger is part of a broader public opinion poll conducted in Ontario. It asked Toronto residents about their opinions of their mayor.

As Mayor Olivia Chow approaches the end of her second year at the helm of Canada's largest city, Toronto, respondents are nearly evenly divided in their opinions on how she handles municipal affairs.

Only 48% of respondents expressed strong or partial approval of her performance, while 42% expressed strong or partial disapproval, and another 10% said they were unsure.

"Toronto citizens are观望 about Mayor Olivia Chow's policies," Jennifer McLeod Macey, senior vice president of Leger, wrote in an email to The National Post. "Although the approval rate is nominally higher than the disapproval rate, the support level is not high. In fact, the number of people strongly opposed is almost twice that of those who strongly support."

In addition, according to a poll conducted by Liaison Strategies, when she first took office, Olivia Chow's approval rating was as high as 73%.

However, since then, Ms. Chow's approval rating has steadily declined. According to another poll by Liaison Strategies, by May 2024, her approval rating had dropped to 52%. Olivia Chow's support is strongest in downtown Toronto and weakest in the most remote areas such as Etobicoke.

Chow inherited a budget deficit of approximately CAD 1 billion for the city of Toronto and has been working to cut costs, which were caused by a shortage of transportation revenue and rising housing costs during the pandemic.

Mayor Olivia Chow has increased property taxes significantly for two consecutive years since taking office, causing great distress among Toronto homeowners.

In January this year, she announced the city of Toronto's new budget, which includes a significant increase in property taxes for the second year, raising them by nearly 7% this year. It is expected that Toronto homeowners will lose CAD 268 annually.

In addition to the sharp increase in property taxes, Olivia Chow again turned her attention to landlords, warning that if landlords fail to fulfill their repair responsibilities, the city government should intervene in repairs and charge them for it.

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