So you want to be mayor of Toronto? Here are the top 10 most pressing issues facing the city
A surprise return to the ballot box for Toronto — thanks to John Tory’s abrupt departure — has reignited debate about the biggest issues facing the city.
The byelection to pick the city’s next mayor officially starts Monday, the first day for candidate registration at city hall, and there is no shortage of mayoral hopefuls eager to offer solutions to the most pressing problems.
From the crushing cost of housing and everyday living to terrifying violence on the TTC and beyond, to the city’s pandemic-ravaged finances, this leaderless metropolis looks and feels tired and ragged. Nobody who hopes to get elected is expected to declare, “Toronto is doing fine, so let’s hit cruise control.”
Seriously if Toronto was in danger of being destroyed by a catastrophic climate event I would probably applaud and I live here.
And renaming Dundas is just the sort of progressive onanism that landed Toronto where it is today a city perversely trying to emulate the Democrat run urban disasters of America.
Other items on the list like the housing shortage are due in part to previous administration’s restricting development but are exasperated by Blackie’s insane mass immigration policy which is the single greatest driving factor behind the shortage. The hope of owning a home is now just a dream for most and the poor face massive rent increases and diminished choice. Let’s not forget that Blackie’s immigration policy further impoverishes the poor by depressing wages.
Affordability? A good start will be to ask Blackie about his climate taxes on everything and strangling Canada’s energy sector.
As for crime, well Mr. Star you’re reaping the whirlwind of your own bleeding heart progressive policies.
As for “homelessness” it’s primarily a mental health/addiction crisis. No cure until the legal confinement of the mentally ill can be restored. Coincidentally that will have a major impact on TTC crime and who knows ridership may increase when the TTC is no longer used as a homeless shelter.
