For years various Toronto City Councils have periodically affirmed and re-affirmed our commitment to increase the per capita arts and culture funding to $25, with unfortunately little action to date. As a result, the City of Toronto has now fallen drastically behind other major North American cities in its funding for the arts, with an investment [...]
In May, 2013, I hosted a town hall meeting in our community with TTC CEO Andy Byford. I believe it is vital that you have an opportunity to be informed and make your concerns heard. Mr. Byford answered your questions and spoke about his 5-Year Corporate Plan for the TTC.
By 2035, one in five Toronto residents will be over the age of 65 and roughly one in every four seniors in Toronto lives alone. On April 12, 2011, City Council unanimously passed my motion for the City to develop a comprehensive, proactive and strategic plan to ensure that Toronto will soon be ready to [...]
It is my great pleasure to announce, on behalf of our community, I moved a motion at Toronto City Council that was successfully approved dedicating $300,000 towards Maurice Cody PS' Dirt-to-Turf project. These funds, which I identified from developer fees (Section 37) will now bring our field revitalization project very close to completion. On [...]
Accessibility upgrades and other improvements are coming soon to the Central Eglinton Community Centre (CECC). The CECC provides a variety of programs and services for people of all ages including parent/child activities and a range of social, recreational and leisure programs for older adults and seniors. I have directed $25,000 of developers' fees, paid by [...]
Together, we successfully rebuilt Northern Secondary School's Clarke Pulford Field for students and the local residential community. Now we have an opportunity to beautify the green space on Mount Pleasant Road. Northern Secondary School is currently fundraising for its Northern Lakes Landscape Project, which will connect our school community to the once vibrant Walmsley [...]
It is time for the City of Toronto to take thoughtful and proactive measures to deal with youth violence no matter what neighbourhood it is found in. We cannot wait for another tragedy to spur more calls for blue ribbon panels and simplistic reactions. There have been many good reports that have already provided us [...]
Chair and Members Licensing and Standards Committee 10th Floor, West Tower, City Hall 100 Queen St. West Toronto ON M5H 2N2 June 10, 2013 Re: Enforcing Chapter 629-17 of the Municipal Code relating to nuisance lighting Licensing and Standards staff have adopted a narrow interpretation of Chapter 629-17A of the [...]
Dear Residents, I hope this finds you well and that you're enjoying the summer. Along with spending some time with Melissa and Molly this month, my staff and I are working on several community priorities and preparing a number of important policy initiatives for the city council's autumn session. As always, if I [...]
August 7th, 2013 The Globe and Mail Residents along Avenue Road in Toronto received notice of a major summer-long construction project four days before the work began, making the joke that Canada has two seasons – winter and construction – a reality for people who have already lived with traffic tie-ups for three [...]
