Toronto Mayor Elect Olivia Chow is hosting transition meetings ahead of being sworn in next week.
The meeting held Thursday included both community and private members to discuss affordable housing, an issue Chow has said is a key priority for her as mayor.
"This is an existing made-in-Toronto solution that we can scale," said Daniele Zanotti, President and CEO of United Way Greater Toronto. "As we speak today we have 20 residents from the greater Golden Mile who are working in construction, in the trades." "The missing link is the affordability of the housing being built. We haven't done it before, we need to do it now and there's no time to waste," she said. "What the city needs to do now is to get the approval done quickly... I've already beginning to talk to our senior staff, city manager and team, and yes it will be faster."Chow said part of the blame is on the federal government.
The meeting also fell on the same day as the Toronto Board of Trade released a report card rating the city's transit system as"One of the challenges I think this report poses is that comparing Toronto with anywhere else is a bit fraught with problems, " said Stuart Green, spokesperson for the TTC.
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