Etobicoke-Lakeshore

I want homes built. But Ward 3 has 67,600 units in the pipeline, and the roads to serve them aren't scheduled until 2028–2030. Blanket upzoning without infrastructure isn't pro-housing. It's pro-backlog. Approve density where services exist or are funded, and build both on time.

I support more housing, with zoning shaped through community consultation and backed by infrastructure, transit, services and appropriate design.

Yes, with dignity. When safe, suitable indoor space is genuinely offered, parks must return to shared public use. Ward 3's real failure was process, residents shut out of shelter-siting decisions. Compassion and order aren't opposites and both require a city that listens.

When suitable indoor accommodation is genuinely available, the City should help people move with dignity, ongoing support and access to treatment where needed. Parks must remain safe and accessible.

South Etobicoke already pays a congestion charge, in hours. Tens of thousands in Humber Bay depend on two roads and a promised GO station that hasn't opened. Tolling people with no transit alternative is a tax on geography. Deliver Park Lawn GO first and then talk about pricing.

I favour better traffic management, coordinated construction and reliable transit before adding tolls or congestion charges that increase costs for residents, workers and businesses.

Residents absorbed 9.5% and 6.9% tax increases in only two years. You fix the contracts before you raise the fees. Fund the backlog from what the City already collects, and stop deferring it.

I favour better traffic management, coordinated construction and reliable transit before adding tolls or congestion charges that increase costs for residents, workers and businesses.

Residents pay for these projects and should be able to check on them. For every major project, post the approved budget, the amount spent, the promised finish date and the current one, and update it every quarter. A delay should never be a surprise.

Residents deserve clear project budgets, timelines and regular progress reports, including explanations for delays, cost overruns and corrective action. Taxpayers must be able to see results.

Residents of Toronto's largest ward deserve a visible, responsive presence in parks, on transit and on main streets, that's the baseline. Pair it with crisis teams for the calls police shouldn't take alone. But safety has to be felt on the street, not asserted in a report.

My number-one priority is mental health support and recovery, not enabling addiction. Invest in crisis response, detox, treatment, counselling and youth prevention, alongside properly resourced police and emergency services.

Ward 3 added the population of a small city with no matching growth in service. Yes to resourcing police for a growing ward, tied to published response times and outcomes by neighbourhood. More money and more accountability aren't alternatives; residents are owed both.

Support increases where staffing shortages, response times and service demands demonstrate the need. Funding must strengthen front-line safety, with transparent spending, accountability and measurable results.

Use the tools, govern the data. Citywide limits on access, retention, auditing and sharing, that is published, and enforced. I've spent years insisting boards document their decisions and the same discipline applies at the City level tenfold.

Support legitimate public safety uses with strict privacy safeguards, limited retention, controlled access and independent audits. Residents deserve clear rules on how information is collected, used and shared.

Before new lines, run what we have. The Lake Shore streetcar carries a corridor of tens of thousands who deserve frequency and reliability now. I'll fight for Park Lawn GO in parallel but daily riders shouldn't wait for ribbon-cuttings to get service they already pay for.

Prioritize frequent, reliable and accessible service on existing routes so residents can depend on the TTC every day. Maintain vehicles and infrastructure, improve safety and hold the system accountable for results.

The Bloor fight was never cars vs. bikes. It was deliveries, trades, customers and access which is the working life of a main street. Streets must serve the people who depend on them, designed with the community. 12,500 signatures should start a redesign conversation, not end one.

Prioritize emergency response, accessibility and essential deliveries and trades. Street planning must also protect pedestrians and cyclists, support transit and address congestion, with input from residents and local businesses.

Ward 3 alone has 67,600 units already in the pipeline. Permission isn't the bottleneck here. Cost, delay and uncertainty are. Cut approval times, automate routine permits, give builders dates they can set concrete timelines on.

My priority is affordable and supportive housing connected to mental health care, addiction recovery and life skills. Work with other governments and housing partners, with clear budgets and measurable results.

The City shouldn't play developer, it should be the best partner a non-profit or builder ever had with financing, fast approvals, and hard performance terms. I have managed vendors for years. You get results by contract and accountability, not by wishing.

Toronto should bring housing providers, community organizations and other governments together. Use City land and targeted funding responsibly, with enforceable affordability commitments, support services and public accountability.

Density belongs where infrastructure exists or is funded, corridors and transit. Humber Bay shows the alternative, towers first, GO station and road connections a decade behind. Grow the avenues, protect stable streets, and never let approvals outrun the services beneath them.

Focus the greatest density near transit and major streets, supported by infrastructure, schools and services. Residents must help shape planning through town halls and neighbourhood meetings.

Automate routine permits and delegate conforming approvals so a compliant application gets a date, not a queue. Focus as-of-right expansion where corridors are serviced. Delay is a cost every buyer and renter eventually pays in their monthly costs.

Speed up routine approvals through clear zoning, firm timelines and simpler permits. Shape zoning with community input while protecting safety, accessibility and infrastructure capacity.

Overruns start in the contract. For years I've negotiated and enforced contracts for 1285 units, fixed scope before tender, payment tied to finished and inspected work, penalties for delay, and a vendor's record counted on the next bid. Residents of our Ward deserve better.

Require realistic budgets, clear timelines, qualified project managers and accountable contracts. Publish progress and costs, identify problems early and explain corrective action to taxpayers.

Major contracts must be competitively tendered, the City would secure better terms, performance clauses, substantiated savings for residents. Not ideology, but value. Test the market where it can deliver, keep what the city does best in-house, and measure everything.

Use outside providers where transparent comparisons demonstrate better value and reliable service. Require fair labour standards, enforceable contracts and public reporting. Keep City oversight and compare results with direct delivery.

Households budget and their City should too. Hold the line at inflation and growth, and find the rest in delivery. Procurement, overhead and project discipline before reaching deeper into a homeowner's pocket. Predictability is a service.

Keep revenue growth broadly aligned with inflation and population while finding efficiencies first. Protect essential services, explain increases clearly and demonstrate value for every taxpayer dollar.

Toronto's reliance on land-transfer revenue ties core services to the housing market's mood swing. Stable services need stable, honest revenue, not a bet on transactions.

Keep revenue growth broadly aligned with inflation and population while finding efficiencies first. Protect essential services, explain increases clearly and demonstrate value for every taxpayer dollar.

Ontario law requires every condo to fund a reserve for the repairs it knows are coming. The City imposes that discipline on every condo board in Toronto and exempts itself. A dedicated state-of-good-repair levy is the reserve fund Toronto never built. Time to build it.

Prioritize repairing existing roads, transit and public facilities before non-essential expansion. Review projects by urgency, safety and community need, protect essential growth infrastructure and publish repair timelines.

Ward 3's biggest files, Park Lawn GO, the Gardiner rebuild, the Mimico Creek rail bridge, they are provincial. Residents need a councillor who gets deals done with Queen's Park, not one who performs conflict for headlines. Partnership isn't surrender, it's how things get built.

As The People’s Lobbyist, I will press for fair provincial funding and the authority Toronto needs, while building productive partnerships that deliver results for residents.

Use them to run the building. Hire, restructure, demand performance. Never to override a ward's elected voice on planning. A mayor who must bypass council to pass zoning hasn't streamlined democracy, they've failed to demonstrate its necessity, to persuade it.

I support council decisions through majority agreement, open debate and community input. The mayor should work with councillors and respect every ward’s voice.

141,751 residents and growing, Toronto's largest ward, on infrastructure planned for far fewer. Before the next approval, catch the basics up to the growth already granted for roads, transit, parks, schools, sewers. Growth that outruns services is not what builds a strong city for our residents.

Safer neighbourhoods through mental health support and recovery not enabling addiction. Combine treatment, counselling and long-term support with effective enforcement and well-maintained public spaces. Residents will help shape priorities through regular town halls.

Walk your streets and parks in 2030 and compare. Speed limits and park hours enforced. Litter, potholes and broken lights fixed when you report them, not months later. Bylaws enforced and documented. Residents in every part of Ward 3 deserve a safer, cleaner public realm and I will answer for it.

Judge me on regular community town halls where residents raise concerns, help shape priorities and receive public updates on action taken. Listening must lead to follow-through.

Respect peaceful protest while keeping hospitals, emergency routes, essential facilities and transit accessible. Responses should be proportionate, consistent and focused on safety, regardless of the protest’s message.

Make permits, licences and 311 requests easier to submit and track. Give residents clear timelines and progress updates, protect privacy and retain telephone and in-person help for those who need it.

First reduce duplication, unnecessary administration and poor-value contracts. Assess staffing carefully, protect front-line services and publish verified savings before asking residents to pay more.

Give businesses clear requirements, predictable inspection schedules and timely approvals. Remove unnecessary delays while maintaining safety and accessibility. Support small, medium and large businesses fairly.

Employers follow talent, and talent needs a home, a commute that works, and a safe street. No incentive package outbids a city that functions. Fix fundamentals and the site-selection consultants will find us on their own.

Build a safe, accessible and affordable city with reliable transportation and infrastructure. Develop responsible partnerships for major events, including my Toronto International Picnic vision, with clear benefits and costs.

Work with the Province, colleges, unions and employers to expand skilled-trades training and apprenticeships. Support youth opportunities and fair recognition of international qualifications while maintaining competency and safety standards.

Clean, safe, working sidewalks, snow, washrooms, park care, before ribbon-cuttings. Residents judge their city by the hundred small things it maintains, not the one big thing it announces. Basics first is a policy.

Simplify permits and allow flexible hours where appropriate, with clear noise, safety and accessibility safeguards. Help artists, venues and festivals succeed while respecting neighbours and supporting Toronto’s cultural diversity.

Welcome the innovation but require the receipts. Trips, collisions, congestion, curb use, all reported publicly. A city can't manage streets it can't see. Disclosure first and everything else can be negotiated from evidence.

Require accessible service, fair geographic coverage and clear service standards. Safety reporting and accountability must accompany innovation. Include existing taxi and rideshare workers in planning and assess impacts on their livelihoods.

Review lanes against clear safety, usage and congestion standards. Redesign those that perform poorly, preserving safe cycling connections and essential access. Consult residents, businesses and road users before changes.