Toronto 2026/Ward 17/Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
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Running for
Councillor
Ward 17
Don Valley North
Days until polls open
29

About Hassan

Written by Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed in answer to our questionnaire, and published as given. Not our description of them.

I am a husband, father, and proud resident of Don Valley North. With more than 20 years of experience in leadership, education, partnerships, and community service, I am running to bring a fresh, practical, and accountable voice to City Hall.

I hold an MBA specializing in Finance and am a professionally qualified Management Accountant. Throughout my career, I have brought people together, built strong partnerships, solved problems, and helped organizations grow.

But beyond titles and qualifications, I believe leadership is about people. It is about listening to residents, understanding the challenges families face, and working together to find practical solutions.

One lesson has stayed with me throughout my career: the best decisions begin by listening. That is the approach I will bring to representing Don Valley North.

Our questionnaire

Where Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed stands

Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed’s own answers to the questions we put to every candidate, published as given — including, where they wrote one, their reasoning in their own words.

Five decisions facing the next council

Should Toronto permit substantially more housing as-of-right in every ward, including areas currently dominated by detached and semi-detached homes?

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    No

    Additional housing should be planned to preserve Toronto's unique neighbourhoods, ensuring services like transit, parks, services and schools are available. As-of-right housing will be disruptive to neighbourhoods: development should be intentional and planned.

When a person living in a park has been offered an available indoor space that meets their accessibility, safety and household needs, should the city require them to leave the encampment?

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    Yes

Should Toronto introduce road-pricing measures, such as congestion charges or tolls, if the revenue is dedicated to transportation improvements?

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    Yes

Should Toronto raise additional local revenue to address its infrastructure repair backlog rather than defer maintenance while seeking funding from other governments?

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    No

    Toronto's residents cannot afford any more taxes during the current affordability crisis.

Should Toronto publish project-level budgets, schedules and performance updates for all major capital projects?

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    Yes

    Transparency is required for accountability

Public safety and public space

Which approach should receive the greatest additional investment to improve public safety?

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    Mental-health response, addiction treatment and youth intervention

    The City should address the root causes of a lack of public safety.

Over the next council term, the Toronto Police Service budget should:

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    Decrease after inflation, with some responsibilities and funding transferred to civilian services

How should Toronto govern automated licence-plate readers and similar surveillance technology used on public streets?

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    Restrict their use to narrowly authorized investigations

Transit and transportation

What should receive the greatest share of the next available transit funding?

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    New rapid-transit lines and extensions

    Many residents struggle to access transit due to lack of rapid transit.

When there is not enough street space for every use, which should generally receive priority?

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    Transit, walking and cycling

Housing and growth

If Toronto could make one major housing intervention this term, which should receive the greatest emphasis?

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    Build or finance substantially more affordable and supportive housing

    Affordable housing will make it easier for the City to address other issues facing its residents.

What should be Toronto's primary role in delivering affordable and supportive housing?

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    Build, acquire and own significantly more housing

Where should Toronto permit the greatest increase in housing density?

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    Permit more apartments and multiplexes in nearly every neighbourhood

    Scattered growth will reduce existing congestion and transit overload.

City government and service delivery

Which change would you implement to reduce the cost of building housing in Toronto?

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    Reduce development charges, parkland payments and related levies

What is the most important change Toronto should make to reduce capital-project delays and cost overruns?

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    Strengthen professional project management, procurement and contracting

    A professional project management approach will streamline execution and provide data to challenge changes.

Which service-delivery model should Toronto use more often?

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    Expand permanent city staff and internal operational capacity

Taxes, spending and fiscal sustainability

Over the next council term, residential property-tax revenues should generally:

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    Grow more slowly than inflation, requiring service restraint or alternative revenues

    Raising property taxes will prejudicially affect fixed-income families, many of whom are seniors/long-term residents of a neighbourhood.

Which type of additional revenue should Toronto rely on most heavily?

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    Land-transfer taxes, development charges and taxes on real-estate activity

What should Toronto do first to address its infrastructure repair backlog?

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    Redirect money from new facilities and projects toward existing assets

Governance and representation

What should be Toronto's primary approach to the provincial government?

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    Publicly press for greater authority, revenue and a different fiscal arrangement

Strong mayor powers should be used mainly for:

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    the powers should sit unused regardless of who holds them

Your ward and your record

Which objective should receive the greatest attention in your ward during the next council term?

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    Transit, roads, parks, waste collection and local infrastructure

Which single result should voters use to assess your performance at the end of the term?

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    Improved fiscal sustainability and service performance

Priorities and trade-offs

Over the next council term, Toronto should:

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    Finish approved projects but undertake few additional road reallocations

When demonstrations substantially block transportation or access to essential institutions, the city should prioritize:

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    Accept significant disruption unless there is an immediate safety threat

Where should Toronto direct its next major technology investment?

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    Public data and systems that measure outcomes and hold departments accountable

When Toronto faces a structural operating-budget gap, what should it do first?

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    Reduce or redesign lower-priority services

What is the most important municipal intervention for improving Toronto's business climate?

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    Expand housing, transportation, public safety and infrastructure

How should Toronto attract major employers, investment and events?

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    Housing affordability, transportation, safety and quality of life

What should Toronto prioritize to increase construction capacity?

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    Encourage modular construction, prefabrication and more efficient building methods

What should receive the greatest priority in Toronto's public-realm budget?

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    Cleanliness, roads, sidewalks, snow clearing, washrooms and routine park care

What should be Toronto's primary tool for supporting arts, culture and nightlife?

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    Grants, city facilities and affordable cultural space

If autonomous taxi services operate in Toronto, which condition should the city prioritize?

  • Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed
    Accessibility, geographic coverage and minimum service standards

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