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Ward 18 Bike Tour Photos Thanks VERY much Jutta Mason, Joe Lafortune, Dougal Bichan, Bruce Ward, Sally Hewson, Wayne Scott, Steve Heuchert who spoke so passionately and intelligently on Ward 18 development and transportation issues.

On October 25 elect Frank de Jong as councillor for Ward 18 - Davenport, Toronto. 

Facebook: VOTE Frank de Jong for ward 18  The Bloordale Press: Candidate Profile

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Quotes:

"The extensive re-development happening in Ward 18 is very welcome but only if community groups are directly involved at the planning stage."

"Housing should stay affordable and neighbourhoods should stay walkable and on-exclusive. Employment and commercial zones should include lofts, live-work design and flexible office and meeting spaces."

 “New housing and street designs should include extensive public spaces and public facilities so that Ward 18 people of all ages, nationalities and backgrounds can come together as a community.”

 "Davenport badly needs more public squares, more parks, more car-free pedestrian walkways, and more walking bridges over the railway tracks."

For a safer, greener and more prosperous Ward 18, Frank will work to:

- make Davenport more pedestrian, bike and transit friendly by adopting the Complete Streets model

- set up a Toronto PACE program (Property Assessed Clean Energy), at no cost to homes owners and businesses

- fund transit, community centres, pedestrian areas, parks... by collecting the rise in local land values - Self-funding infrastructure

- change zoning to encourage the use of commercial buildings for family-oriented usinesses instead of strip clubs

- provide more studio, gallery and performance spaces for artists and musicians

- provide better facilities for local, organic food markets, urban agriculture, and community gardens

- ensure there are sufficient retirement residences and facilities so seniors can remain in our community

- allow seniors to pay city taxes from their home equity

- reserve local roads for Ward 18 citizens, not for commuter car traffic from outside our area

- establish a permanent police presence at Lansdowne and Bloor to improve safety

- design the Pearson rail link to be electric (not diesel), publicly-owned, and part of the TTC system with no additional fare

- shift the municipal tax off buildings and onto land to reduce taxes for people who improve their houses, buildings and rental units - Untax buildings

- finance Toronto's budget with Tax Advantaged Municipal Bonds (tax-free returns)

- keep Toronto's services and infrastrucuture public

- build bike lanes on Bloor Street: Take the Tooker

- allow Electric vehicles on Toronto's streets

- make Poverty History by funding supported housing, assist low income people to purchase housing

- retrofit Davenport buildings to be net energy neutral  with heat pumps, active and passive solar

- register Toronto as a Transition City and a Fair Trade community

- help achieve zero waste by adding a 25 cent levy per single use takeout cup and other disposable packaging.

- encourage federal government to ban hand guns in Toronto

- abolish the unelected OMB to return zoning and development decisions to Toronto Council

- improve elections by switching voting system to Single Transferable Vote, ranking candidates 1, 2, 3, 4.... - Better Ballots

 

Map of Ward 18 - Davenport riding    Profile of Ward 18 - Davenport