For Mayor of Toronto · 2026Serious trafficking
Focused investigation, disruption, lawful arrest where the evidence supports it and prosecution through the justice system.
Knight Mayor on Queen Street · Proposed
Operation No Sleep
Time to cut the cycle.
Dealers don’t sleep. Neither does our response.
Toronto does not need another horror story. It needs a way out: disrupt serious fentanyl trafficking, recover the person, prevent the next generation from being recruited and restore the neighbourhood after the crisis moves.
Disrupt the supplyRecover the personPrevent the next generationRestore the neighbourhood
Treat addiction. Disrupt trafficking.
Two different problems need two different responses.
This is not a war on people suffering from addiction. It is a coordinated effort against the cycle that creates more victims.
Addiction and recovery
Care, treatment, recovery housing, mental-health support, aftercare, skills and a pathway back into community life.
Youth opportunity
Paid work, mentors, skills, credentials, apprenticeships, education and a legitimate future strong enough to compete with recruitment by criminal networks.
Phase 1 · Operation No Sleep
Give Toronto Police a high-tech boost—with people firmly in charge.
A temporary emergency surge would combine modern policing, AI-assisted analysis, stronger inter-agency coordination, targeted aerial support, robotics and specialized capacity for authorized fentanyl investigations.
We are going to outthink, out-coordinate and outcompute criminal networks. Technology does not replace good police work. It helps experienced people work faster, connect information and focus limited resources.
- Toronto Tech Enforcement Hub: continuous analytical support for authorized investigations.
- One network, one picture: stronger lawful coordination with Ontario, the OPP, RCMP, federal agencies and appropriate partners.
- Targeted drone support: defined public-safety purposes and human supervision—not random neighbourhood surveillance.
- Robotics: support trained teams in repetitive, lengthy or hazardous work without transferring judgment to machines.
Eyes in the sky. Rights on the ground.
Targeted technology—not a surveillance city.
Technology should be used where a lawful public-safety purpose is defined, authority exists and accountable people remain responsible for consequential decisions.
No autonomous arrests.No autonomous use of force.No algorithm determines guilt.No permanent blanket surveillance.
Operating rule: machines process and assist. Police investigate. Courts authorize. Humans decide.
Phase 2 · Treatment & recovery
No revolving door from overdose to hospital to sidewalk.
Removing fentanyl from the street is only half the job. When someone reaches for help, Toronto should be capable of reaching back.
Stabilize → Withdrawal Management → Treat → Mental-Health Care → Recovery Housing → Aftercare → Education → Employment
Fast connection to care
Coordinate emergency care, withdrawal management, addiction treatment and mental-health support with Ontario and healthcare partners.
Recovery that lasts
Link treatment to recovery-oriented housing, aftercare, education, skills and employment instead of returning people to the same crisis.
Human recovery
Technology may help locate capacity and coordinate services. Recovery itself remains a human relationship.
Phase 3 · Prevent the next generation
Youngins for Hire: real work, real skills, real futures.
Criminal networks need recruits. Toronto should compete for young people with something real: a paycheque, a mentor, a skill, a credential and a future.
Housing constructionTradesParksRecreationArts & cultureEventsEnvironmental workDigital skillsAI enablementCommunity projectsApprenticeships
First job → Mentor → Skill → Credential → Apprenticeship or Education → Career
Clear line: police do police work. Young people get real work.
Restore the neighbourhood
Don’t just make the arrest. Break the cycle that keeps bringing the problem back.
An arrest is not a restored neighbourhood. Moving a problem two blocks away is not success.
Disrupt → Help → Clean → Restore → Invest → Follow Up
Help
Outreach, treatment referrals, recovery navigation and practical support.
Clean and restore
Needle and paraphernalia cleanup, sanitation, lighting, maintenance, parks and TTC follow-through.
Invest and return
Community programming, youth employment, support for nearby local businesses—and then come back to measure what changed.
Temporary by design
Extraordinary response should not become permanent extraordinary power.
Operation No Sleep would require a defined mandate, fixed authorization periods, privacy and legal review, public reporting, independent oversight and a sunset mechanism.
Knight Mayor on Queen Street
This isn’t Elm Street. This is our street.
Queen Street. Yonge Street. Danforth. Scarborough. Etobicoke. North York. Downtown. Every neighbourhood deserves a city government willing to confront a problem instead of learning to live around it.
And every person trapped inside that problem deserves a genuine opportunity to get out.
The public direction is clear. Detailed design, costing, safeguards, partner commitments and implementation milestones will be released in stages as they are verified. Before residents are asked to approve or fund a major commitment, the campaign will publish the authority, cost, protections, partners and measurable next steps.
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