Housing success is measured by keys in doors. Toronto must expand the safe capacity to deliver more affordable, accessible, family-capable and climate-ready homes fairly for everyone.
Approvals alone do not create housing. Toronto must connect land, infrastructure, construction, inspections, transit and community services around completed and occupied homes.
Use modular manufacturing, standardized components and robotics-assisted work where they improve safety, quality and schedule certainty.
Why this turns Megacity into Gigacity: Toronto can produce more housing with dependable capacity.
Robotics supports skilled workers and reduces dangerous or repetitive work. Licensed judgment, design quality and accountability remain human.
Why this turns Megacity into Gigacity: Technology strengthens the workforce instead of replacing responsibility.
Expand housing choices across incomes, ages, abilities and household types through transparent, needs-aware programs that are fair to everyone.
Why this turns Megacity into Gigacity: Growth widens belonging and access rather than dividing residents.
Align housing with power, water, transit, schools, childcare, parks, accessibility and emergency capacity.
Why this turns Megacity into Gigacity: New homes arrive with the systems people need to live well.
Faster building must not transfer hidden costs to renters, workers or neighbourhoods.
Use public effort to increase homes people can actually afford.
Create adaptable choices that work through different stages of life.
Protect renters and existing communities while new supply is delivered.
Expand permanent homes and connected support for people experiencing homelessness.
Work with Indigenous housing providers and communities on culturally grounded housing and support.
Report completed, occupied and affordable homes — not only announcements and approvals.
Why this turns Megacity into Gigacity: Housing becomes a coordinated delivery mission measured by resident outcomes.
About half of Toronto households rent. A capable housing plan must improve existing apartments while building the next generation of rental homes.
Stronger, coordinated RentSafeTO enforcement and visible follow-through on serious building problems.
Use every municipal power available against renovictions, illegal evictions and bad-faith building neglect.
Maximum-heat standards, practical cooling support and clear responsibilities during extreme weather.
Fire, flood and child-fall prevention designed into buildings and supported by practical resident programs.
Faster, clearer approvals for stable rental housing connected to transit and services.
One accessible portal with human help, a case owner and a visible next step.
Why this turns Megacity into Gigacity: the city protects the homes people already live in while expanding fair rental supply.
Basics first. Intelligence serves the basics. Toronto leads only after it delivers results at home.
One clear place to start, human help when needed and visible follow-through. Residents get answers without being passed between departments.
Why this turns Megacity into Gigacity: Connected services replace reactive silos, giving people clarity and time back.
Explore this pillar →Housing is the first and largest test. Use modern construction, modular methods and robotics-assisted work to deliver more affordable, accessible and family-capable homes fairly for everyone.
Why this turns Megacity into Gigacity: Toronto expands the capacity to put keys in doors instead of only announcing units.
Explore this pillar →Make complete journeys faster, safer and more accessible, while connecting Toronto to a stronger regional economy.
Why this turns Megacity into Gigacity: Transportation systems return time and opportunity instead of consuming them.
Explore this pillar →Cut waste and costs by reusing energy, heat, water and materials while protecting homes from flooding, unhealthy air and extreme weather.
Why this turns Megacity into Gigacity: Toronto turns overlooked resources into affordability, resilience and everyday protection.
Explore this pillar →Use responsible AI to extend human capability, improve services and widen access to learning. Technology assists; people decide and remain accountable.
Why this turns Megacity into Gigacity: Intelligence becomes a public capability without turning government over to machines.
Explore this pillar →Bring prevention, visible maintenance, crisis care, emergency response and lawful enforcement together so neighbourhoods feel cared for and safe.
Why this turns Megacity into Gigacity: The city notices risk sooner and coordinates the right response around people.
Explore this pillar →Deliver results in Toronto first, then share what works through partnerships, culture, open learning and Toronto-made ideas.
Why this turns Megacity into Gigacity: Global leadership is earned through local proof, not declared through slogans.
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For Mayor of Toronto · 2026