Chris for Mayor.
For a Better City.
The city where I grew up, went to school and built a life – where my wife and I are raising our three children – is stuck. I spent 30 years getting stuck systems moving – from diplomatic work in Moscow, Ambassador in Afghanistan, and Minister of Immigration, to working in National Defence, at the Cabinet Table, and in Corporate Canada.
Now, I’m building a positive, action-oriented campaign for a better city. One that works.
Five priorities for Toronto.
1. Re-start Toronto’s economic engine.
Incentivise new investment, help companies grow here and make Toronto the anchor partner for provincial and federal economic strategies.
2. Get Torontonians moving faster.
Transit that runs faster, on time and safely; an end to chronic project delays; bolder action on gridlock; and a well-designed network of protected, curb-separated bike lanes.
3. Put housing in reach.
Support for young Torontonians and new Canadians to become owners, more accessible rental housing and faster progress in reducing homelessness.
4. Strengthen neighbourhoods.
Easier access to services, connected parks and waterfront, infrastructure fixed rather than ignored, and development that follows neighbourhood priorities.
5. Be ambitious for Toronto.
Aim to be the most liveable, best-governed, most consistently prosperous city in the world.
About Chris
Chris Alexander was born in Toronto in 1968 and educated at Toronto public schools, McGill University and Oxford University. A foreign service officer for eighteen years, he served six years at Canada’s Embassy in Moscow and six years in Afghanistan, including as Canada’s first resident Ambassador to Afghanistan and as the UN Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative there. He was the Member of Parliament for Ajax-Pickering from 2011 to 2015 and Minister of Citizenship and Immigration from 2013 to 2015. He is the author of The Long Way Back: Afghanistan’s Quest for Peace. He and his wife Hedvig live in Toronto with their three children.
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