Chris for Mayor.
For a Better City.
“I'm running because Toronto has been standing still for three years. A city with this much talent, strength and potential should not be under-performing, and it doesn't have to be.”
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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