[innsertnamehere]

My God! kids are getting the proper nutrition they need for a strong education! SOCIALISM!! Capitalism is completely dead people. school children get free lunches.

 

[Grimace]

really? that's all you got? providing a "healthy snack"? no forced marches into the countryside?

Remember the sort of things CN Tower would be looking for. Food for kids type stuff. Gulag type stuff, CN Tower full supports.

 

[LowPolygon]

I wonder what the status of this is?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/olivia-chow-says-facial-paralysis-won-t-impede-work-1.1406613

One hopes it is still being seen as a temporary condition. It was quite noticeable when she spoke today, and in her official video. Unfortunately, it really changes the way she comes across as a person, as her ability to smile is quite impeded, and she seems much more laboured in her speaking style.

 

[ehlow]

With regards to Chow, Chinese is not a single language, but a group of similar languages. Mandarin and Cantonese are as different from each other as French and Spanish are different from each other. Lumping the Chinese languages together as a single language is like lumping all the Romance languages together and call them Latin.

There seems to be a large group of people who speak Cantonese in Scarborough and North York though.

 

[Silence&Motion]

I wonder what the status of this is?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/olivia-chow-says-facial-paralysis-won-t-impede-work-1.1406613

One hopes it is still being seen as a temporary condition. It was quite noticeable when she spoke today, and in her official video. Unfortunately, it really changes the way she comes across as a person, as her ability to smile is quite impeded, and she seems much more laboured in her speaking style.

Sounds a lot like a certain other politician. I wonder if Tory's going to reach into his old bag of tricks: http://youtu.be/PikszBkfTHM

 

[casita]

Regarding children's breakfast clubs. Toronto EMS supports the Rick Boustead Club:
"The Rick Boustead Breakfast Club is funded and operated by Toronto EMS. This was the first such club in Toronto, started in 1984 and is located at 30 Falstaff Road. There are now over 20 clubs in Toronto. The Toronto Breakfast Club’s philosophy is that every child is entitled to a nutritious breakfast which helps them prepare for a day of learning. After they eat the children are given a craft or a special guests come to speak with the 45-55 children, ages 3-12, who pass through every day."
http://breakfastclubs.ca/our-club/rick-boustead-breakfast-club/

I've served a few breakfasts there myself after night-shift.

 

[golodhendil]

According to wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Toronto#Languages, 8% of Toronto speaks Chinese as a mother tongue. That's a pretty big group.

I saw a tweet that she was talking to Chinese language media. She'll be on all the Chinese news programs tonight speaking without requiring translation. That to me seems like it could be a big advantage, especially in the suburbs. (I'm making the assumption here that the others don't speak Chinese, so correct me if I'm wrong)

If the immigrant personal story works, it would be a huge benefit in the suburbs which have a large portion of immigrants.

I'm not an immigrant but I am a Chinese-Canadian, and I have to say that I find it pretty amazing that a Chinese-Canadian has a good shot at becoming Mayor. I just never thought it would happen until I was much older than I am now. Having said that, I wouldn't vote for someone based on that, and I haven't decided who to vote for yet.

As a few forumers have pointed out before either on this thread or the RoFo one, Chow isn't a shoo-in for the "Chinese vote", because for one reason or another she isn't particularly highly regarded in (at least parts of) the Chinese community. Granted this is only from personal experience and not a poll of the community, but I have certainly heard it from both older relatives as well as friends from younger age groups. For example, I was quite shocked a few days ago when a friend of mine - young guy in his 20s, 1.5G immigrant, urban photographer, scientist - wrote to me that if it came down to a choice between Chow vs Ford he will have to vote for Ford (to which I replied if it came down to a pile of turd vs Ford I will vote for the pile of turd). The strongly (big and small-c) conservative-leaning mainstream Chinese-Canadian media certainly isn't helping, though now that one of "us" has a chance of becoming mayor it will be interesting to see if their tune changes a bit.

 

[casita]

Russian news called Rob "an angel".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RbuhQgAgwQ

No, that is not Borat!

It's recent too: Jan 23, 2014

 

[ehlow]

As a few forumers have pointed out before either on this thread or the RoFo one, Chow isn't a shoo-in for the "Chinese vote", because for one reason or another she isn't particularly highly regarded in (at least parts of) the Chinese community. Granted this is only from personal experience and not a poll of the community, but I have certainly heard it from both older relatives as well as friends from younger age groups. For example, I was quite shocked a few days ago when a friend of mine - young guy in his 20s, 1.5G immigrant, urban photographer, scientist - wrote to me that if it came down to a choice between Chow vs Ford he will have to vote for Ford (to which I replied if it came down to a pile of turd vs Ford I will vote for the pile of turd). The strongly (big and small-c) conservative-leaning mainstream Chinese-Canadian media certainly isn't helping, though now that one of "us" has a chance of becoming mayor it will be interesting to see if their tune changes a bit.

Definitely didn't mean to imply she's a shoe in just because she's a Chinese-Canadian. I just meant she might be able to communicate more directly with those who speak Cantonese but can't understand English well.

I had no idea she was not well regarded in the Chinese community. Why is that?

 

[Greg Banks]

I wonder what the status of this is?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/olivia-chow-says-facial-paralysis-won-t-impede-work-1.1406613

One hopes it is still being seen as a temporary condition. It was quite noticeable when she spoke today, and in her official video. Unfortunately, it really changes the way she comes across as a person, as her ability to smile is quite impeded, and she seems much more laboured in her speaking style.

John Moore of CFRB brought it up today...Chow advised it was a Shingles attack (to the ear...that had to be painful) however she is now taking a vaccine and everything seems to be under control

 

[Johnny Au]

There seems to be a large group of people who speak Cantonese in Scarborough and North York though.

I know, right.

Chow believes in the health of Toronto's citizens.

 

[waterloowarrior]

Olivia Chow speaks both Cantonese and Mandarin... (here's a source besides wikipedia - her publisher http://files.harpercollins.com/Mktg/HarperCanada/PDF/OliviaChow_PressRelease.pdf)

 

[the lemur]

It was designed to get usable, affordable, substantive mass transit to areas of the city that are currently underserved. It is bizarre to me that a plan that was targeted at the suburbs and less developed areas of the city somehow got labelled as elitist and ideological.

It's the new definition of 'ideological' thrown around in places like the Nat Post comment boards: idea that is not inherently related to politics put forward by someone whose political leanings I dislike = ideology.

 

[CN Tower]

Remember the sort of things CN Tower would be looking for. Food for kids type stuff. Gulag type stuff, CN Tower full supports.

And free clothing as well. And free housing. And free transportation. And money trees to pay for it all.

 

[edmundoconnor]

http://www.oliviachow.ca/transit_full

"Rob Ford's Billion-Dollar Tax Hike". Oof.

I am sure she is ready for the carpet-bombing antics of the Fords for supporting the Scarborough LRT, but I am very glad she has firmly nailed her colours to the mast on this.