TORONTO VOTES: ‘Scarborough has the longest commute in the city:’ What residents want from Toronto's next mayor
, Chow and Bailao are essentially in a statistical tie with 27.5 and 26.8 per cent each respectively among decided voters in North York. CP24.com’s Bryann Aguilar took a closer look at some of the key issues in communities in that part of the city inOver in Scarborough, Chow has 30.2 per cent support among decided voters, while Bailão has 28 per cent.
Until those new stations are ready, transit users in Scarborough will be getting around on bus along Midland Avenue and Kennedy Road between Scarborough Centre and Kennedy stations. “We need to learn lessons from went wrong with the Crosstown and apply them to the next project,” he said, adding Toronto’s next mayor will need to strongly advocate for the provincial and the federal governments to do their part to fund public transit throughout the city.Rev. Alexander Wilson, of St. Stephen’s Presbyterian Church, has been spent the better part of a decade working to construct an affordable 10-storey apartment building at the site of his church at 3817 Lawrence Ave. E.
“There are many opportunities to do innovative things, but we need to think outside of the box to build affordable housing,” he said. He said the loss of employment lands in Scarborough is also resulting in precarious employment for many of its residents, many of whom are newcomers to Canada. Dave Hardy, a long-time land-use and environmental planner who helped found the Scarborough Community Renewal Organization, said all he’s heard from mayoral candidates are ways to deal with symptoms, not root causes.Hardy, who is the executive director of the Institute for New Urbanism, said one example of that is city’s Official Plan, which he called a “re-hash” of the previous one that emphasizes housing, instead of focusing on making Toronto a world class city.
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