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Ask Your Candidate: User Fees
By: Seb FoxAllen User fees are charges people pay to access services the City feels are important to provide but cannot afford to pay for with taxes alone. These can include anything from fees for...
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Ask Your Candidate: Environment
By: Heather Jackson Toronto has many environmental concerns and issues, but the two that are top of mind heading into this municipal election are: 1) air quality, and 2) storm infrastructure. AIR...
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Ask Your Candidate: Youth
By: Lauren Simmons, with files from Ali Chatur Electoral candidates often talk about making Toronto better for the “citizens of tomorrow”, but concrete action from City Council on issues that impact...
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Ask Your Candidate: Labour
By: Cherise Seucharan Issues related to labour, such as wages and employment, are generally governed at the provincial level, but city councillors can still have significant impact on labour...
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Ask Your Candidate: Electoral Reform and Civic Engagement
By: Lauren Simmons As summer wanes and we get closer to October 27th, Torontonians will likely start to engage more with the electoral process by following the polls, watching debates, and seeing where...
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Ask Your Candidate: Tourism and Festivals
By: Lauryn Kronick Toronto is known as a city of festivals. Whether it’s TIFF and Pride attracting tourists from all over the world or neighbourhood celebrations such as Dundas West Fest and Taste of...
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Ask Your Candidate: Accessibility
by Cherise Seucharan Many people are unaware of the often invisible barriers that contribute to making Toronto less accessible. In many ways, accessibility is a “lens in which to view the city”,...
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Ask Your Candidate: Ethics and Conflict of Interest
By Lauren Atmore The line between the personal and political can become blurry for politicians. Whether it’s a misuse of funds, inappropriate use of other resources or the exploitation of...
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Ask Your Candidate: Public Spaces
By: Heather Jackson We humans are social animals. It’s why we live with other people and form communities. If our neighbourhoods have thriving public spaces (parks, squares, markets, waterfronts,...
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Ask Your Candidate: The Economy
By: Seb FoxAllen Should the City have the right to create a municipal sales or hotel tax? The Toronto region is a major contributor to Ontario’s overall economy, representing almost half of the...
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