Why all Canadians should care about who becomes Toronto’s next mayor
It’s a common perception that Canadians love to trash talk Toronto, and most outside the city borders couldn’t care less about who wins theon June 26. But if Canadian cities are to find a path to economic recovery in this global world, cities should care a lot about who becomes the next mayor of Toronto.
Canada is one of the most urbanized countries in the world, with more than 80 per cent of its population living in cities. The national economy is driven by these metropolitan areas, with half of the country’s national GDP coming out of the top six . And the Toronto economy is efficient, occupying less than 1 per cent of the country’s land mass, but generating close to 20 per cent of the national economy.goes, so goes the country.
More patents registered per capita. More cutting-edge research. More startups. More professional sports teams and cultural events. And more immigrants, as nearly one-third of newcomers to Canada settle in Toronto and the region that surrounds it. They come for opportunity and hopefully stay to support Canada’s economy.
But along with its successes, Toronto has its fair share of problems, shouldering the challenges that urbanization presents to every city in the country. The percentage of people in Toronto experiencing core housing need – defined by Statistics Canada as those living in housing that is unsuitable, inadequate or unaffordable – is double the national rate. On any given night, 9,000 shelter beds are occupied, with more than half of those taken by recently arrived refugees and asylum seekers.
On top of these systemic challenges, Toronto continues to languish under myriad post-pandemic aftershocks, including a sporadically populated downtown, affecting local retail and cultural events; marked increases in mental-health service needs, especially for people experiencing
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