Explainers
Plain-language, 8th-grade-reading-level explainers on what’s actually going on in this city — what’s wrong, what’s been proven to work elsewhere, and what we could choose together. Every figure carries a source. Nothing here is a demand; each one ends with one honest question you can ask any candidate.
The City’s Money, Good Government & Democracy
Toronto’s budget gap, the frozen property-tax assessment, and what citizen budgeting has done elsewhere.
Homes & Homelessness
The social-housing waitlist, who funds shelter and housing, and what Housing First has done in Houston and Finland.
Getting Around
Traffic deaths, congestion costs, transit ridership, and what road pricing has done in Stockholm and New York.
Cost of Living, Food & Family Essentials
Food bank visits at a record high, child-care progress that’s still unfinished, and rising utility bills.
Safety & Emergency Readiness
Paramedic offload delays, police response times, and Toronto’s own Community Crisis Service.
Clean, Green & Resilient
Waste diversion, climate adaptation, ravines and biodiversity, and water and wastewater infrastructure.
Community, Culture, Sport & Belonging
Arts and culture funding, sport and recreation access, and what belonging looks like in practice.
Newcomers
Refugee-claimant shelter pressure, settlement services, and credential recognition.
Technology, AI & the Automated City
Who decides how AI is used on residents, who approved self-driving vehicles for our streets, and who gets left out of the digital city.