Jack Weenen

Communities should be given agency in determining what their neighbourhoods look like. This means increasing consultation and outreach such that we are confident that we are building to the desire and to the benefit of people who are already living there, and not building to meet a statistic number

We are not going to have encampments near schools or parks. After a certain point on the streets the hardships are such that many of the people in question lack the mental acuity to understand their situation as dire enough to ask for, or accept, the help they need.

Homeowners and residential occupants with vehicles registered to their adresses within the core should be exempt from congestion charges.

Almost 40% of the population of the province lives in the Toronto area. We will not beg the province to get our own money back; especially when the province has clear interests in undermining the city's agency in directing the uses of our public spaces.

We are long overdue for absolute transparency about operation and financial updates. We have the technology to efficiently disseminate relevant information about how and where our tax dollars are building the city projects we need.

Despite the hyper focus on the drug addicted-homeless stereotype of street safety, we forget that they do not account for the majority of the crime. Rehab and intervention is required, but foremost; we need to the police to rid the streets of the dealers, actually respond to calls, and enforce law.

We need to reassess how the money is being spent. We need police officers that belong to the community, who live here and have a stake in their own city.

parking enforcement should be on foot; this one is personal; they don't even check the windshield for the tag half the time, im tired of the TPS parking ticket petition form that comes back as "penalty cancelled" every time the automated-reader missed the permit clearly displayed in my windshield.

The vitrolite colour tiles and the retro mid century look that define so many of our stations, and the brutalist concrete shapes of the arcades falling to the platforms deserve restoration. Beauty makes a city more liveable, reconsidering aesthetic will reinforce support of the other issues.

Considerations for the elderly and the disabled are first concern.

We can't allow indiscriminate building because there is a housing problem. Empowering homeowners to expand and build new units will create the type of communities that will provide long term solutions, while empowering corporate development will create and austere and dependent communities.

There's a very serious need to reestablish the dwindling middle class in Canada, this starts at home in Toronto by empowering residents to move away from long term rental and into home ownership.

The city is at a mass now where planning is crucial, we don't have the infrastructure to further densify without the cost to the taxpayer snowballing. We have provided the transit to remote areas, now developers can foot the infrastructure bill for the densification of those areas.

Homeowners(not faceless landlords) living their residences renting out fewer than 3 total units will be exempt from paying tax on rent. This keeps the cost of rent down, as well as strengthening the individual homeowner such that they can increase the housing supply.

How many of the "capital projects" in question are directly due to developers not covering the increased associated expenses of their projects. Politicians approving projects in this city have not done their due diligence in ensuring that development doesn't come with generational debt.

If we do not have direct delivery of services then we will lose the ability to hold accountable those providing the services.

Our most recent property tax hike was such that we need a cool down over the next council term.

Road tolls for non residents. Uber and other tech companies operating should be taxed accordingly to their road use.

Charge the developers for the increased strain they've put on our systems. Sewers, bridges, transformers etc are their costs if they bring such a magnitude of change to the projected maintenance and retirement budgets of public infrastructure.

Years ago the provincial government amalgamated the city reducing our agency and access to our politicians. Today the provincial government makes it clear that it will operate as it sees fit within the city; in direct opposition of local sentiment. The provincial government should fear secession.

As it related to the previous question, this is a controversial political tool that can be easily abused, however it would seem the need for it is dependent on how other levels of government are interacting with the city at that time.

I will add agency, we need better agency and more direct access to politicians and our public institutions

Voters should assess performance of their politicians by looking at the changes in the quality of their communities, neighbourhood and daily lives over a term. Do you as a voter feel considered?

We need to examine the relationship between the costs of bike lanes and the use of them by delivery companies. Commuters and delivery workers do not share the same use of the roadway. The direction the city's designs in should not benefit a handful of companies at the taxpayer's expense

The City of Toronto & the TPS must respect our right to peaceful assembly and protect it without compromising the safety of the city and its residents and visitors. The city thereby also has the responsibility to acknowledge and promptly address the concerns brought forth in said protests.

Thinking about the differently-abled, the elderly, and generally those who lose their minds with online forms; The city MUST offer accessible and convenient services without the concerns of technological investment and digitisation risking that convenient access.

not spend a billion dollars on FIFA, for example

Toronto is the business capital, yet Canada is experiencing a brain drain. We need to retain those tempted to leave, and keep the arrivals here and happy. The best way to reinforce the business climate is to make the city more liveable, inviting workers, reinforcing business and social relationships

Unfortunately the choices here pigeon hole the answer. The CITY should focus on sector strategy and use citywide fundamentals as that reinforces the social-business relationship. However the tax code at provincial and federal levels will outweigh the level of attraction major employers see from City

If we want to keep building the way we have we need infrastructure, but we can't reasonably pay for all of these public projects at the rate the development goes. Maintenance and retirement budgets need to be prioritised over the urgency for another immediate build. We end up paying more long term

International visitors are frequently appalled at the level of filth and disrepair visible in our city. Toronto quickly became a world class city, unfortunately we do not emulate that in our aesthetic and it is noticed by visitors. If we want to attract business then we should clean up, and shovel.

We've come a long way from being a dry-city on Sundays. Today, we have a fantastic cultural scene that is only lacking in access; Seniors and differently abled people do not have the type of access that we should strive for. Beyond this, affordability and safety are areas that need more support.

Like with bike lanes, companies operating abroad, not paying a shred of taxes here have monopolised transportation such that the city has lost revenue from taxi licenses and the consumer is experiencing the enshitification of provided services. If autonomous taxis operate here where are the profits?