Join NDP Transport Critic Olivia Chow and other road safety advocates at the SafeTrucks.ca town hall meeting on Feb. 22 in Toronto. Help us make life-saving truck sideguards in Canada a reality!

Olivia’s op-ed on how to make transit more accessible for jobless individuals: By offering a transit discount for Canada’s 1.4 million unemployed, finding a job will be easier and faster.

Lack of mobility is a hurdle faced by many jobless people in their search for employment. NDP Transport Critic Olivia Chow is proposing a Federal program to offer discounted transit passes to jobseekers – an idea that she presented at Toronto’s “Steal This Idea!” event.

On Monday February 20, 2012, join Olivia for an afternoon full of skating, free hot chocolate and snacks.

New collection of essays carries on the energy and optimism that Jack Layton showed as activist, city councillor and federal politician. The book spurs readers on how to respond to Jack’s extraordinary example and continue his contribution to the greater good.

November 30, 2011 OTTAWA - Around forty prominent cities, transit operators and experts across the country have expressed support for Olivia Chow’s Bill C-305 to date, joining in the call for national policy framework for public transit. Below are a few selected quotes and a list of current endorsements: Major Cities Ottawa Diane Deans, Councillor City [...]

November 28, 2011 Today in Toronto, the loved ones of cyclists and pedestrians who have lost their lives in truck collisions gathered today to urge Transport Minister Lebel  to mandate safer roads by legislating compulsory side guards on heavy trucks. The group spoke in favour of Olivia Chow’s Bill C-344 – The Cyclists-Pedestrian Protection Act. The family [...]

Protecting the lives of pedestrians and cyclists and preventing fatalities: Olivia’s new Bill C-344 calls for mandatory sideguards so that collision victims are not crushed by rear wheels of heavy trucks.

Our citizens deserve a Federal Government that takes action and protects the lives of pedestrians and cyclists. Now is the time to stop the tragic loss of lives on our roads. All it takes is political will.

September 30, 2011 OTTAWA – Study after study shows: Canada is falling behind when it comes to public transit. Municipalities and provinces are facing an ever-widening funding gap – not only for keeping up with growing urban populations but also in terms of simply maintaining the transit infrastructure that’s already in place. Olivia has taken [...]

Olivia Chow’s speech in the House of Commons Ms. Olivia Chow (Trinity—Spadina, NDP): Madam Speaker, five months ago the Prime Minister of the Conservative government appointed the president and CEO of Canada Post. He gives the president CEO a half million dollar salary and a 33% bonus so that means he earns three-quarters of a [...]

Celebrate Canada’s 144th birthday with us this Friday, July 1 from 1-4 pm
 Trinity Bellwoods Park,  SW corner at Queen/Gorevale   Featuring fun, food and entertainment for the whole family! (please circulate this invitation to your neighbours and friends)   Free barbecue hot dogs for meat lovers and vegetarians.   Entertainment by Canadian Idol semi [...]

Olivia’s question in the House of Commons, June 22, 2011  Ms. Olivia Chow (Trinity—Spadina, NDP): Mr. Speaker, Canada’s bridges are falling down and the minister responsible is falling down on the job.      Four times in the last six months the basketball-sized chunks of concrete are falling down from Montreal’s bridges near Champlain and Mercier, [...]

Alongside other Toronto New Democrat MPs, I will continue to call on the government to hold an independent, public inquiry into the events surrounding last Summer’s G20 Summit in Toronto, and to take action to ensure fair compensation for the small businesses impacted thereby. Read the Toronto Star article here.

Ms. Olivia Chow (Trinity—Spadina, NDP): Mr. Speaker, in the 1990s, the federal deficit was downloaded onto the backs of Canadian communities. Twenty years later, Canadians are stuck in traffic, our bridges are crumbling, our water systems are failing. Friday’s throne speech ignored municipalities and infrastructure completely. Canadians deserve a vision, a national public transit strategy. [...]