The candidates, side by side: what Chow and Bradford have actually proposed
Politics · The Canadian Chronicle
Published Sunday, October 25, 2026
A campaign promise is only the beginning. On housing, Chow points to approvals up 80 percent on her watch and a plan built around purpose-built rentals; Bradford answers that only 1,500 of the promised 65,000 purpose-built rentals have been built, a 115-year pace at the current rate. On taxes, Bradford puts the increase under Chow at about 20 percent over three years; Chow puts her claim at 1.5 percent. On trust, the final CP24 debate on Thursday, October 22 turned on that record: each candidate argued the other could not be believed on the numbers. Those are the claims on the record, drawn from the candidates' stated positions and the October 22 debate. What neither campaign has published is a costing that lets voters check the promises against the city's $19-billion budget line by line — that question stays open on election day. Judge the record, then vote.