Curran Stikuts

Toronto should allow more housing as-of-right citywide, including sixplexes. We can't address the housing shortage through keeping large swaths of the city off limits to new homes. We need more homes in more places, with clear rules and faster approvals.

Everyone agrees encampments aren't a substitute for housing. If someone has been offered appropriate indoor space that genuinely meets their accessibility, safety & household needs, the City should act. That must be paired with outreach, adequate shelter capacity & real pathways to housing.

I’m in favour of road pricing if it is designed fairly, protects low-income and essential drivers, and the revenue is dedicated to better transit, safer streets and transportation improvements.

Investing in maintenance now saves money over the long run, but there are limits. Toronto also needs a fairer, more sustainable fiscal framework with other governments. As Canada’s economic engine, the City cannot carry major infrastructure costs alone.

Residents should be able to see what major projects are supposed to cost and whether they are on track. When budgets go over or schedules slip, the City should explain why and who is responsible as best as possible.

All three matter and mutually reinforce each other, but we cannot arrest our way out of a mental-health and addictions crisis. I would prioritize treatment, crisis response and prevention because reducing the number of people reaching crisis is essential to making neighbourhoods safer.

Funding should decrease modestly after inflation. Funding should be tied to measurable results, stronger neighbourhood policing and appropriate response. Police are essential, but repeated increases have not solved slow response times or gaps in mental-health, housing and crisis services.

Recent backlash in the states over Flock shows the risks when license plate data is widely shared or retained. Toronto should require strict purpose limits, short retention, audit logs, public reporting and judicial authorization for non-urgent searches.

More frequent and reliable service can create a virtuous cycle. Better service attracts more riders, which strengthens the case for further investment. But service and maintenance go together. We can't expand frequency if vehicles, signals and stations are not kept in good repair.

We should prioritize transit, walking and cycling when street space is limited. In Toronto Centre, where so many trips are already made without a car, designing streets to move more people efficiently and safely through dense neighbourhoods should be the priority.

Toronto needs substantially more affordable, supportive, co-op and nonprofit housing. I strongly support more as-of-right housing and reducing approval times, but the City must also directly help deliver homes the market will not produce at affordable rents.

Toronto should take a larger role in building & acquiring affordable housing, especially on City owned land. It should act as the builder and steward of public assets, but housing provision is best delivered by nonprofit and co-op partners with the expertise to operate.

Toronto should permit more apartments and multiplexes in nearly every neighbourhood. Sharing growth more broadly can support more complete, livable communities while allowing even greater density near transit and on major streets.

Toronto needs to get shovels in the ground faster by expanding as-of-right zoning, automating routine permits and setting clear approval timelines so good housing projects do get needlessly stalled.

We need stronger controls and clearer accountability throughout major projects, with City division leaders and contracted service providers held to measurable timelines, budgets and performance standards.

Toronto has tested contracting out and too often seen worse results, from snow clearing to garbage bins. Core services should stay public so the City can enforce standards, fix problems quickly and remain directly accountable to residents.

Property taxes should keep pace with the cost of delivering services and a growing city, while recognizing Toronto’s structural funding problem and the need for fairer revenue tools and a more reliable fiscal partnership with other governments.

We need predictable revenues that grow with the city and economy. Property taxes and fees alone cannot close Toronto’s structural funding gap, so we should pursue broader municipal revenue tools and a stronger long-term fiscal framework.

The right choice depends on the asset, but we should be strategic about prioritizing maintenance over expansion. Deferred maintenance only gets more expensive. Neglecting our existing assets will only reduce our ability to invest in new projects.

Toronto needs a modernized arrangement that reflects the realities of running a world-class city, including new fiscal tools and clear limits on provincial intrusion into core municipal issues. We should work together where we can, paired with ongoing advocacy.

I support strong-mayor powers over senior officials as an accountability mechanism. The mayor is elected citywide and should be responsible for how the administration performs. These powers should be used transparently and other Council respected.

Toronto Centre is living through overlapping crises in mental health, addiction, homelessness and public disorder. We need to address those crises directly while keeping neighbourhoods safe, clean and well managed.

Public spaces that are more welcoming, active, and safe come up in almost every conversation with neighbours. I am committed to making our neighbourhoods safer, better maintained, and full of life.

In dense areas like Toronto Centre, cycling is a practical way to move more people efficiently, reduce congestion and make streets safer for everyone. With month over month record ridership for Bike Share, investing in more protected bike lanes is an investment worth making.

The Charter of Rights and Freedoms already answers this question. It sets a high bar for restricting peaceful expression and assembly. The City should protect those rights while using existing laws to address genuine safety risks or unlawful obstruction.

We should make it easier for residents to navigate city hall. residents shouldn't get lost in an administrative maze or barely operable fillable PDF while trying to apply for a permit, pay a fee, or access a service.

In order to have the city we deserve, we can't remedy structural fundings gaps through be finding efficiencies and service reductions alone. We have seen the results of decades of underinvestment in municipal services, and the results are what we are living with today.

There is an important role for the city to play in reducing the burden on businesses through initiatives like the small business property tax subclass. But the quickest way to increase support for businesses in Toronto is to ensure that permitting and approvals don't act as a impediment to growth.

Targeted incentives creates a competitive race to the bottom between municipalities. We should focus on what makes Toronto an amazing place to live, play, and do businesses.

The best way to increase construction capacity and build a more innovative constructions sector is to encourage new and more efficient building methods.

Before investing in marquee spaces, we need to make sure we're getting the fundamentals right across the city. Successful programming and activities are predicated on well maintained spaces, which create the conditions for programmed and spontaneous activities that contribute to the public realm.

All of the above. we nee dto preserve and protect our current cultural spaces while also investing in their enhancement through grants and other city supports, and expanding cultural and nightlife opportunities through making it easier to open and operate cultural and nightlife spaces.

As a start, ensuring that the impact of autonomous vehicles on safety, congestion, and the economy is measured. essential.