In a meeting with the Star’s editorial board Friday, Toronto mayoral candidate Mitzie Hunter contrasted her detailed 70-page election platform with the promises of Olivia Chow, who rivals accuse of being short on specifics.
“I would say to the people: ‘Hope is not a plan,’” Hunter said. “We need real solutions because we have real challenges … Let’s talk about how we get there: I can actually show you that path.”
She is promising 108 new midrise buildings on city land with 22,700 units, including more than 16,500 purpose-built rentals. Almost 70 per cent of those rentals would be at or below the going market rate and all those on city land would be subject to rent controls. Ripping up contracts would “chill” developers’ willingness to work with the city, Hunter said, while risking costly litigation.Hunter, an unabashed Scarborough booster, said as mayor she would widen her focus to including a downtownHunter said she decided to quit Queen’s Park and run for mayor afterLooking around, she said, she saw a city in decline.
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