Chloe Brown announced her candidacy for Toronto city council in Etobicoke North for the fall. She previously ran for mayor in 2022 and 2023, placing third and seventh. Brown said she plans to register before the FIFA World Cup arrives next month. She will face incumbent Coun. Vincent Crisanti and four other registered candidates. Brown cited Crisanti’s 300-plus absences from city council votes since the last municipal election, including votes related to transit, housing, culture, and parks. She said affordability is a key issue, noting limited affordable housing in Etobicoke North. Her platform includes improving affordability, pursuing more community benefit agreements to increase local jobs and infrastructure, and opposing Premier Doug Ford’s encroachment on municipal jurisdiction.
"Chloe Brown has announced her intention to run for Toronto city council in Etobicoke North this fall. Brown, a policy analyst, previously ran for mayor in 2022 and 2023, finishing third and seventh respectively. She told CBC News she intends to register as a candidate before the FIFA World Cup comes to town next month. Brown will be running against incumbent Coun. Vincent Crisanti, and four other registered candidates."
"She says Crisanti's 300-plus absences on city council votes since the last municipal election are part of what inspired her to run for council this time around. When I looked at the votes that he was missing, they were transit, housing, culture, parks," she said. "There's tons of opportunities that communities are missing out on because their councillors aren't showing up."
"Brown says she grew up in Etobicoke near Islington and Finch and came back to the area at Humber College. She now lives downtown, and says part of what's kept her from living in Etobicoke north is a lack of affordable housing. Brown, pictured here in a mayoral debate in 2022, says part of what inspired her to run for council was the number of votes missed by incumbent Coun. Vincent Crisanti."
"If elected, Brown said she would work to see more community benefit agreements, like the one negotiated for the Woodbine Casino redevelopment, to help bring more local jobs and infrastructure to the area. She said she would also fight against Premier Doug Ford's encroachment on municipal jurisdiction in Toronto. "I only feel like you can do that if you're willing to go into Ford country and challenge the powers that are there," she said."
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