Mayor Olivia Chow waves to the crowd at council chambers during her Declaration of Office Ceremony at Toronto City Hall in Toronto on July 12, 2023. Tijana Martin/The Canadian Press
Toronto city council has declared gender-based violence and intimate partner violence an epidemic in the city.
The declaration was part of a motion from newly-minted mayor Olivia Chow and calls on the provincial and federal governments to make the same move, which Ontario recently declined to do.
