VISION 
I support the following staff reports and strategies, this list will be updated as I review reports and strategies the city has tabled. 
  • TransformTO,
  • Community Benefits Agreements,
  • Economic Development and Culture Divisional Strategy,
  • Toronto Poverty Reduction Plan,
  • Social Procurement Program,​
  • Long Term Waste Management Strategy,
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  • Toronto Youth Equity Strategy,
  • Preparing Toronto for Electric Vehicles,
  • ResilientTO,
  • Toronto Ravine Strategy,
  • Toronto Bike Strategy; and
  • Pollinator Protection Strategy

If elected to Toronto City Council, I pledge:

  1. I fully support library funding, an educated society is a peaceful society. 
  2. I will continue my advocacy for inclusionary zoning and investments in affordable housing.
  3. As a mother of 3 multi-racial boys, I am against random carding and racist policing practices.
  4. ​I support Toronto public services and understand  as our city prospers, tens of thousands of new residents per year will required city services to keep up with  growing demand.
  5. I will work to create meaningful action on climate change and its impact on residents and homeowners.
  6. I will continue to fight for public transit investments and active/ alternative modes of transportation and advocate for walkable neighbourhoods and shopping areas.
  7. I have worked for two decades in social services and I am a proponent of harm reduction and restorative programs.
  8. I support publicly funded housing, schools and child care centres, which are financially non-profit.

Economic Development

Environment

  • Let's implementing the TransformTO plan as quickly as possible. As Canada is part of the UN, Cities are required to become more sustainable and TransformTO addresses many of these issues that the province and country must report on.
  • Toronto needs to expand our sewer and waste water infrastructure to deal with our flooding issues in downtown buildings, condos and roadways and the overflow run off into Lake Ontario.

Revenue Sources for Toronto

In regards to revenue generating options; here are our options:
1) Alcohol Tax 2) Bill Board Tax 3) Car Rental Tax 4) Carbon Tax 5) Development Levys 6) Congestion Pricing 7) Entertainment and Amusement Tax 8) Hotel Tax 9) Municipal Business Income Tax 10) Municipal Land Transfer Tax 11) Municipal Personal Income Tax 12) Municipal Sales Tax 13) Parking Levy 14) Parking Sales Tax 15) Personal Vehicle Tax. These options were brought forth by KPMG, but I wonder if there is space to also consider a user tax for the Island Airport flights, it's something I think need further investigation.
  • Of these options, I personally think that reinstating the personal vehicle tax, as we had under Mayor David Miller, needs to be taken into consideration. Being a car owner I know that a $60 parking sticker tax equates to a weeks worth of gas, something that is so minor, but would allow the city to bring in about $30 million dollars. When the city used that revenue tool those funds went directly to funding our initiatives in the Arts, Youth and Green portfolios. I will need more data, but also think a Carbon Tax, a Parking Sales tax should be considered, but as Councilor, it would be my duty to consult with YOU, residents of Ward 25 and speak on your behalf as to the options we want to have debated at council.

HOUSING

  • I absolutely support the development of real affordable housing, in particular rental housing. Visit Warden Avenue and St. Clair. In the relatively new neighbourhood of Warden Hilltop, there are buildings with stores on the ground floor, aiding social cohesion and liveability, and can help increase revenue for the developer to pay for cost of the land and development of affordable units.
  • We are at a crisis point for housing, and with a son who is 20 years old, I know this problem well. He will likely have to move out of the city if he dreams of moving out anytime soon. The key is not adding additional red tape to developers and ensuring their projects don’t encounter additional hurdles to their time lines. I also think collaborating with housing co-operatives to is a key to unlocking our affordability issues.
  • ​I sat on the Board of Directors at the June Callwood Centre in which our non-profit was situated on the ground level and had transitional housing for young parents attached to the upper portion of the building and it was a system that worked well and I would like to see replicated more in Toronto. Building only luxury Condos within Toronto, is not they key to truly affordable housing.

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