Despite years of debate, endless reports, and repeated claims of reform, Toronto’s municipal approvals system still defaults to “no,” sometimes after months or years of delay. The result is fewer homes, higher costs, shuttered main streets, and a city shaped by process rather than people. ABC Toronto is calling for a “Default to Yes”.
The First Home Start Plan would allow eligible buyers to pay Toronto’s share of the municipal land transfer tax over 10 years (interest free), instead of being forced to pay the full amount upfront on closing day.
ABC Toronto is demanding the City modernize and make use of modern technologies to free up frontline officers and city workers to focus on real emergencies, not paperwork and busywork.
We have continued to see the City Hall’s ongoing failure to address problems that have spiraled into the daily reality of families, businesses and vulnerable Torontonians from the mental health and addictions crisis, to encampments, to unsafe public spaces.
Toronto has the slowest streetcar network on earth. It doesn’t have to be this way.
In the next election, ABC Toronto will support candidates for council and mayor who promise to restore safety and confidence on our streets by investing in law enforcement and putting Visible Police Where They Matter Most: