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Progressive urbanist. East end convert. Dad-joke enthusiast.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Joined January 2009
Leaving aside that you’ve moved the goal posts from “campaign” to “debates and interviews,” Olivia was widely regarded as having won or held ground in every debate. From today’s Star, for instance:
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You said demise. Demise has a particular meaning. Thank you for clarifying that you meant I was happy to see Ford held accountable for his conflict of interest. Now retract the claim that I've made fun of Rob Ford's weight.
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Replying to @TheTweeknd
What a nonsense reply. Here are the two policies.
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I’ll bring my best Mutombo finger wag
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Here’s the thing about what Olivia is doing that she and other progressives since Miller failed at until now: Olivia is building a city-wide voter coalition. None of the downtown vs suburbs culture war stuff. These are the Forum regionals released yesterday:
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5. Finally, Olivia lives her green values. To this day, Olivia primarily uses her bike to get around in all 4 seasons. And here’s a fun video from way back before retrofits were common showing how she and Jack had made their home as green as possible. youtu.be/Mtqn_-YbCqA
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Adams Mine was a huge deal and Olivia and Jack’s leadership is ultimately what stopped it from becoming Toronto’s dumping ground. An aside: as part of winning the vote O + J played a then-new Simpsons episode for Council
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1. Olivia relentlessly campaigned along side Jack for the Climate Change Accountability Act with effective greenhouse gas reduction targets and effective oversight.
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