In addition to the disgusting pledge to destroy public housing Giorgio Mammoliti posted on Facebook today, he has also seemingly endorsed Faith Goldy for mayor.
Hey if people want to get rid of Mammoliti, his major challenger is Tiffany Ford (no relation to Doug Ford). She’s a progressive black woman and previously held a position as a School Board trustee for the Toronto District School Board from 2014 to 2018:
From her website, these are her campaign priorities:
1. Create affordable housing and childcare
Advocate for increased funding for repairs in Toronto Community Housing units
Build more affordable housing
Advocate for affordable childcare spaces and services
2. Develop youth and senior programming
Create safe community spaces for youth to gather, build skills, and be active
Work with partners to increase before and after school programs
Develop breakfast clubs
Create stimulating programming for seniors
3. Advance community and economic development
Support more businesses through small business promotions and developing fairs and events to showcase local business in community spaces
Promote local small businesses to the rest of Toronto Promote youth entrepreneurship through programming and partnerships
Attract more businesses to Ward 7 and work with developers to build more shopping infrastructure
Bring more affordable grocery stores to the community
4. Establish a community advisory council
Close the significant gap between city council and the community
Amplify voices in Ward 7 at decision-making tables
5. Provide accessible transportation
Support the development of the LRT to bring a swift, economical solution that will meet ridership needs in the ward
Work with Metrolinx to address valid community concerns about congestion and interrupting the flow of customers to small businesses
Advocate for increased bus/transit routes in remote areas of the community
6. Community safety
Develop a neighbourhood watch program
We need long-term solutions that get at root problems of gun violence. This includes addressing poverty, including affordable housing and lack of jobs. We need to invest in youth, which means supporting their leadership capacities and challenging harmful narratives that diminish their confidence and stigmatize their community. The answers must be more upstream than simply increasing police and surveillance
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