Promises get made in the campaign season, but post election, someone has to pay for them. The single greatest threat to our progress on all of Toronto’s key challenges in the next four years is our budget. Ideas on improving transit, creating housing, reducing crime or...
When I ask people across Toronto what they would most like to see improved in our city, they often say transit. People point to crisis level overcrowding, unaffordable fares and infrequent and unreliable service. I grew up using the TTC, and I know it has...
Toronto's population is rapidly growing, and our housing supply has not kept pace. Nor are there adequate plans in place to provide housing in response to the provincial, national and international migration into our city. We have one of the least affordable housing markets in...
In 2018, we are averaging one death per week on Toronto streets. Between June 13, 2016, the day our city announced the Vision Zero plan to eliminate traffic fatalities, and June 13, 2018, 93 people were killed as they were walking or cycling on our roads. The...
Dear Toronto, I believe we are at a crossroads in our city and the decisions we make today will determine our future. Our transit system is struggling under the weight of chronic under-funding. Poverty and inequity are increasing. We are facing a housing crisis, both in...