"I have been a transit advocate throughout my adult life. During my two terms on Squamish Council, I helped establish a public transportation committee that brought riders into planning and helped build the system together. Ridership increased by 24%.
That experience matters in Ward 14. Riders here are living with years of construction at Pape, changing bus routes and stops, disruptions around Broadview, Line 2 closures, accessibility barriers and missed connections. For a senior, shift worker, student or parent, unreliable transit can mean missing work, school, childcare or a medical appointment.
I support regional integration when it makes a rider’s trip easier, not at the expense of local accountability.
The TTC should remain publicly owned and locally governed, with sustainable provincial and federal funding. Toronto riders know where the system works and where it fails. They need a meaningful voice in the decisions that affect their daily lives."