Policies & Platform

  • End failed drug policies

  • Treatment, recovery & accountability

  • Enforce the law

  • Safe streets, parks & transit

  • Transportation that works for everyone

  • Respect taxpayer dollars

  • Restore a culture of excellence at City Hall

  • Merit-based hiring

  • Support small businesses

  • Back to basics government

Toronto Centre has the potential

to be a thriving ward, but that requires a City Councillor that respects taxpayers, delivers results, and focuses relentlessly on its core responsibilities. Toronto’s operating budget has ballooned to nearly $19 billion—more than double what it was in 2013—yet too many local residents see declining services, deteriorating infrastructure, dirtier streets, and a lower quality of life despite paying higher property taxes and fees. I will fight to restore fiscal responsibility through rigorous audits of City divisions, ensuring every tax dollar is spent efficiently on core municipal services. I believe there must be zero tolerance for corruption or financial misconduct: any City employee or contractor found to have committed fraud or deliberately misused public funds should never again be entrusted with public money. Hiring and procurement should be based on merit, qualifications, and competence—not ideology—and City Hall must once again foster a culture of excellence where high performance is the norm.

Public safety and public order

must be restored across our communities. Many parks in the ward have become no-go zones including George Hislop and Barbara Hall park. Our parks, streets, and transit system must be clean, safe, and welcoming for all—not places dominated by drug activity, crime, intimidation, or disorder. I support a zero-tolerance approach to criminal behaviour in public spaces, stronger enforcement of existing laws, dedicated Toronto Police transit patrols, improved fare enforcement on the TTC, and meaningful consequences for vandalism, public defecation, public urination, and other offences that degrade our shared spaces and demoralize our citizens. I support a comprehensive Clean City strategy that modernizes waste management, improves litter collection, strengthens bylaw enforcement, expands public education, and significantly increases tree planting, flower beds, and neighbourhood beautification. I will ensure local BIA’s are doing their part in this strategy. A clean, beautiful city raises the spirit of everyone and I will do everything in my power to make that happen.

Housing policy

must recognize that different challenges require different solutions. People struggling with addiction need prompt access to detox, treatment, and rehabilitation. Those suffering from severe mental illness require appropriate psychiatric care. Criminal offenders belong within the justice system. Individuals and families who have fallen on hard times deserve supportive, affordable, and attainable housing that helps them regain stability. I reject the notion that distributing drug paraphernalia is an effective response to addiction. Instead, I support a recovery-focused approach centred on treatment, rehabilitation, accountability, and compassion while ensuring police enforce the law against drug trafficking and criminal activity. I will also tirelessly advocate to the provincial and federal governments to ensure they fulfill their responsibilities so vulnerable people are not abandoned on the streets of Toronto Centre.

A thriving city

requires a prosperous local economy, strong neighbourhoods, and respect for Toronto’s history. Small businesses are the backbone of Toronto Centre and our city at-large, and deserve a City Hall that helps them succeed rather than creating unnecessary barriers and red tape. I will advocate for lower tax burdens where possible, review tax policies that unfairly penalize independent businesses, hold Business Improvement Areas accountable for delivering value, and expand affordable advertising and art opportunities on City-owned assets. I will work to improve accountability within Toronto Community Housing, protect tenants from bad-faith evictions, preserve Toronto’s heritage buildings and cultural identity, recognize those who have made extraordinary contributions to our city, and support reversing the Yonge-Dundas Square name change that lacked public support, transparency, and was universally disliked. Above all, I believe City Hall should be guided by common sense—not ideology—with every decision measured against one simple question: does it improve the lives of Toronto Centre residents, and provide value for the taxpayers who fund it?