Toronto can become a leader in urban problem-solving by adopting a comprehensive regulatory sandbox system that allows the City of Toronto to temporarily suspend or relax specific bylaws and regulations within a defined geographic area to test new ideas.
Toronto is full of people trying to fix traffic, cut red tape, and make daily life work better. The problem is not a lack of ideas. It is a City Hall that keeps saying no.
ABC Toronto today announced a practical change in the way the city approves projects: a “Default to Yes” that results in homes built and main streets revitalized faster, and people, rather than process, being put first.
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.
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.
For Immediate Release Toronto- November 27, 2025- Today, 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. Over the last decade, City Hall has clung to outdated systems that waste taxpayer dollars, divert frontline […]
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.
We have continued to see the City Hall’s ongoing failure to address problems that have spiralled into the daily reality of families, businesses and vulnerable Torontonians from the mental health and addictions crisis, to encampments, to unsafe public spaces. This is not compassion. This is neglect. Toronto deserves a real plan with real results.