多伦多市周一重选进步派市长奥利维亚·周，连任第二任期，选择延续她加强社会服务、改善可负担性的议程。
Toronto reelected its progressive mayor, Olivia Chow, for a second term on Monday, opting to stick with her agenda of stronger social services and improved affordability.
加拿大广播公司报道，截至多伦多时间晚上10点，69岁的周以54%的得票率领先，抵挡住中派市议员布拉德·布拉德福德的强力挑战。布拉德福德的竞选聚焦犯罪和降税，但在周的领导下，谋杀案、枪击案和入室盗窃案呈下降趋势。
The 69-year-old Chow was leading with 54% of the vote as of 10 p.m. Toronto time, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., fending off a strong challenge from centrist city councilor Brad Bradford. His campaign focused on crime and lowering taxes, but homicides, shootings and break-and-enters have trended down under Chow’s leadership.
周在2023年开始的三年任期内，房产税总计上涨近20%，并承诺将未来涨幅控制在接近通胀率的水平。标准普尔全球公司引用收入增加和削减成本措施，于2024年将多伦多的长期信用评级从AA上调至AA+，这是该市自2001年以来首次获得该评级。
Chow raised property taxes by nearly 20% altogether during her three-year term, which began in 2023, and she’s pledged to keep future increases near the rate of inflation. Citing both revenue increases and cost-cutting measures, S&P Global raised Toronto’s long-term credit rating to AA+ from AA in 2024, the first time it’s had that rating since 2001.
其他成就包括聘任一名首席拥堵官、延长图书馆开放时间以及推出对租客友好的地方法规。
Other accomplishments included hiring a chief congestion officer, extending library hours and introducing renter-friendly bylaws.
周承诺继续推进建设更多租赁住房和公共交通票价上限等政策，并承诺提供免费学校午餐，该计划需要其他政府层级的支持。她还于3月帮助通过一项动议，设立试点项目开设四家市营杂货店，并表示该市需要对数据中心实施暂停令。
Chow has promised to continue policies such as building more rental housing and transit fare capping, and pledged to provide free school lunches, an initiative that would require buy-in from other levels of government. She also helped pass a motion in March to establish a pilot project to open four city-operated grocery stores, and says the city needs a moratorium on data centers.
周自称是“圣詹姆斯镇的移民孩子”，圣詹姆斯镇是该市一个低收入社区。她于1985年首次当选多伦多学校受托人，并在随后几十年联邦和市政层级担任立法者。她的第二任期将包括应对美国贸易战和人口增长放缓在该市造成的财政挑战，而新移民是该市的关键经济驱动力。
A self-described “immigrant kid from St. James Town,” a lower-income neighborhood in the city, Chow was first elected as a Toronto school trustee in 1985 and served as a lawmaker federally and municipally in the ensuing decades. Her second term will include navigating through the fiscal challenges created by the US trade war and lower population growth in a city where newcomers are a key economic driver.
尽管政治立场处于光谱两端，周仍获得安大略省省长道格·福特的尊重，福特去年9月对记者说，她“工作出色”。但两人也曾发生过分歧，最近一次是关于自行车基础设施。在一项法院裁决后，该省本月早些时候开始拆除该市西区的自行车道，违背了周的意愿。
Despite being on opposite ends of the political spectrum, Chow has the respect of Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who told reporters in September she was “doing an incredible job.”But the two have also butted heads, most recently on cycling infrastructure. After a court decision, the province began removing bike lanes in the city’s west end earlier this month, against Chow’s wishes.
多伦多约有300万居民，运营预算为189亿加元（约合135亿美元）。
Toronto has about 3 million residents and a C$18.9 billion ($13.5 billion) operating budget.