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Mayoral candidate Olivia Chow will raise money for more student nutrition programs and bus service by increasing the land transfer tax for houses over $2-million — a scheme she said is aimed at making taxes more “progressive”.

The plan is also clearly aimed at shoring up left-leaning support for Ms. Chow, who has been slipping in poll popularity as the municipal campaign enters its most crucial stretch before the October 27 vote.

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Standing before a spread of apples, pears, milk and cheese at her campaign office on Tuesday, she traded penny-pinching rhetoric for an address replete with the word “progressive”.

She said her plan will ensure that 36,000 more children will have access to a meal at school, and that the TTC can afford to repair existing buses and buy new ones.

The particulars of the land transfer tax proposal are this: for homes that cost more than $2-million, each tax bracket would go up by 1 percentage point, her campaign said.