For Mayor of Toronto · 2026Affordability
More housing, stronger renter support, property-tax restraint and less money lost to preventable failures.
Housing and affordability →Jamie Atkinson for Mayor of Toronto · Toronto Leads Again
Yet again, the world is looking to Toronto to lead.
We must lead by example.
Make Toronto easier to afford, easier to move through, safer to live in and easier to trust.
Housing comes first.People stay in charge.Technology must prove its value through better daily life.Taxes must buy real results—not more delays and excuses.
From Scarborough to Etobicoke to North York, residents deserve a city that works.
The daily-life test
Four outcomes every Torontonian should feel.
Every major decision should reduce cost, return time, prevent harm or make public service easier to trust.
Mobility
Reliable TTC—including night safety and cleanliness—better traffic flow on the 401, 404, Sheppard, Finch and Kingston Road, and construction that is coordinated rather than piled on.
Move Toronto Better →Safety
Cleaner streets, practical prevention, the right response to visible disorder and encampments, safer TTC, and stronger fire, flood and fall protection for vertical Toronto.
People need housing and care—and public spaces must be usable and safe for everyone.
A Safe and Caring City →Reliable Services
One clear place to start, human help when needed, visible timelines, spending discipline and accountability residents can see.
One Front Door to City Hall →Housing is the first and largest test
More Housing Faster
Housing success is measured by keys in doors—not press releases.
Toronto will coordinate approvals, public land, water, power, transit, inspections, skilled labour, modular construction and responsible robotics so more affordable, accessible and family-capable homes move from proposal to occupancy.
Build more — Expand safe construction capacity through modular methods, off-site manufacturing and worker-supporting robotics.
Protect renters — Faster repairs, better navigation, cooling support and enforcement against unsafe conditions.
Build complete communities — Connect homes to transit, schools, childcare, parks, utilities and local services.
Measure the full chain — Track every home from application through construction, completion and occupancy.
Why this turns Megacity into Gigacity: Toronto builds the full capacity needed to put people in homes instead of producing disconnected announcements.
Building Toronto’s strongest coalition
Shared problems create common purpose.
This campaign is organized around the realities people actually live with.
Renters and apartment residents
Faster repairs, renter protection, safer buildings and more purpose-built rental housing.
Students and early-career residents
Paid pathways, housing near opportunity, late-night transit and a real reason to stay.
Riders, drivers and commuters
Reliable and safer TTC, better signals, and construction coordination that returns time on major routes.
Main-street businesses and workers
Predictable permits, clean commercial streets and practical support for local operators.
High-rise residents and managers
Fire, flood and fall prevention plus emergency readiness designed for vertical communities.
Families, seniors and neighbourhoods
Family-capable homes, parks, libraries, recreation, safe routes and reliable local services.
Newcomers building a life here
Clear pathways to work, housing stability and a city that works for the people who choose Toronto.
One promise unites us: make Toronto easier to afford, easier to move through and safer to live in—and use new technology responsibly to deliver real results faster.
Explore the Citywide CoalitionSignature practical plans
Clear ideas people can understand and measure.
The public promise comes first. Detailed technical and legal design follows careful consultation, evidence and implementation review.
Toronto SafeCharge & Secure MobilityPrevent battery fires without licensing ordinary ownership.The Three FsFire, flood and fall prevention for high-rise Toronto.One Front Door to City HallOne starting point, clear ownership, visible timelines and spending discipline.Move Toronto BetterReliable transit, better traffic flow, safer streets and the Capital Coordination Table.Capital Coordination TableEnd the chaos of overlapping construction on major roads and arterials.Students for the Next 50Paid pathways, study space and connections to local work.Climate Comfort & ResilienceFlood, heat, fire and infrastructure protection that starts before crisis.Knight Mayor on Queen StreetOperation No Sleep: disrupt trafficking, expand recovery, create opportunity and restore neighbourhoods.
Knight Mayor on Queen Street
Operation No Sleep. Time to cut the cycle.
Dealers don’t sleep. Neither does our response.
The phrase gets attention. The policy underneath it is serious: a temporary, technology-enabled emergency response focused on serious fentanyl trafficking while strengthening treatment, recovery, youth opportunity and neighbourhood restoration.
Disrupt the supplyRecover the personPrevent the next generationRestore the neighbourhood
Treat addiction. Disrupt trafficking. People suffering from addiction need care and a pathway out. People deliberately profiting from fentanyl trafficking should face focused, lawful and persistent enforcement.
The next term comes first
Fix the basics first. Prove delivery before asking Toronto to believe the long horizon.
Voters should be able to see what starts immediately, what is measured, who owns it and what happens when a commitment falls behind.
First 100 DaysMake ownership visible.
Housing delivery, construction coordination, TTC and safety baselines, One Front Door redesign, resilience reporting and practical government-to-government delivery tables.
First 24 MonthsResults before slogans.Housing pipeline, permit backlog action, TTC safety and reliability, state-of-good-repair shield, flood and heat prevention, skills pathways and public scorecards.
The Generations Test
Relief today. Capability for life. Stewardship for generations.
This is not a technology slogan. It is the moral test every decision must pass.
Give a person a fish and they eat for a day. Teach a person to fish and they eat for a lifetime. Teach a person to teach a robot to fish—while protecting the environment—and that person and their communities can eat for generations.
Immediate relief
Housing help, safer travel, emergency repair, clean public space and a real answer from City Hall.
Lasting capability
Skills, reliable infrastructure, stronger institutions, housing systems and productive local opportunity.
Compounding strength
Human-governed technology, environmental care and public systems that keep learning without consuming the future.
The point is not the robot. Help people today. Build real capability for a lifetime. Use tools responsibly so the next generation still has a city worth living in.
For visitors, artists, creators and investors
Welcome to the New Toronto
A visitor guide from the future—and a promise that resident life comes first.
Imagine arriving in Toronto in the decades ahead.
You step off a high-speed train or land at a modern airport and move seamlessly into the city. The waterfront is alive with public space, culture and clean energy. Neighbourhoods feel like complete 15-minute districts. Streets are safer and calmer. Transit is reliable—day and night. Arts districts, food districts and innovation districts pulse with energy. The ravine system is protected and celebrated. Festivals and night life feel welcoming and local. Diversity is the everyday texture of the city.
This is the Toronto we are building—capable, connected, resilient and human-governed.
Culture & Creators
Toronto should be a city that creates global culture.
Culture is not decoration. It creates identity, tourism, economic output, neighbourhood vitality and global reputation.
Film, television, music, games, animation, publishing, fashion, design, architecture, digital arts, theatre, dance, museums and festivals all belong in Toronto’s creative economy. We will strengthen affordable artist housing and studio space, maker spaces, performance venues, creative districts, a living night economy and opportunities across the full creative workforce.
Toronto should be known as a place that creates culture the world wants—not only a place that consumes it.
A city that works earns confidence
Residents come first.
Visitors, artists, creators and responsible investment should strengthen local life.
Residents
Daily life must become more affordable, mobile, safe and dependable across Scarborough, Etobicoke, North York and every neighbourhood.
Find your issue →Visitors & Culture
Toronto should be welcoming, accessible and a true City of Stories.
Visitors & culture →Jobs & Investment
Certainty, talent and infrastructure should produce quality local jobs and public benefit.
Jobs & responsible investment →Build the campaign
Help Toronto lead by example.
A serious citywide campaign needs people, resources and neighbourhood support to reach voters across Toronto.
Show support where you live and help build visible momentum.
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