Chloe Brown

The Mayor and City Council

The most important thing I'd act on is establishing Community Benefit Agreements (CBAs) that support Community Wealth Building. CBAs are legal contracts that secure locals receive jobs, training, and improvements from new developments. My experience writing the CBA for the Woodbine Casino redevelopment showed me what's possible when Developers are held accountable as neighbours. I will use CBAs for contract bidding, securing apprenticeships and employment, and creating workplaces for entrepreneurs that provide essential and affordable services.

Housing

I would prioritize establishing more rent-to-own programs, mandating 30% RGI units for people with disabilities and seniors, build more housing cooperatives and family-sized units, improve the quality of mid-rise housing units above strip plazas for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), increase RentSafeTO's Property Standards Orders (PSOs) enforcement on bad landlords and managers, and improve system navigation with tenant advocacy groups to close gaps between eviction prevention programs and tenants' wellbeing.

Cost of Living

I would prioritize Community Wealth Building (CWB) to keep money, ownership, and resources in the community. I'd help worker co-ops, social enterprises, and community-owned businesses by linking them to anchor institutions that buy local and pay living wages. I'd also bring credit unions and community land trusts in as development partners, using public land for affordable housing and cultural space, not speculation. The goal: make pro-social economics the norm, close income gaps fast and increase labour mobility and social stability.

Safety in Public Spaces

I'd direct funding from Mounted Unit to youth/senior programs to prevent exploitation by organized crime. I'd directly fund Mobile Crisis Response, Encampment Support Network, and Paramedicine teams as harm reduction delivery agents, paired with supportive housing, so mental health calls don't fall to police. I'd shift some paid duty work to Firefighters so TPS can focus on crime. I'd also launch community safety hubs in malls and strip plazas, and expand police substations to support public safety via improved response times and visibility.

Getting Around the City

I'd prioritize road redesign to cut pedestrian fatalities, enforce the e-scooter ban and increase BikeShare, and make bike lanes and crossings safer for pedestrians with disabilities. I'd use data to fix travel times and crowding across Etobicoke and North York, and deploy more Traffic Agents to manage traffic made by bad or aggressive drivers. I'd fix bidding on snow clearing on roads and walkways to guarantee winter mobility, and use scrap tires for Green Streets initiative to expand park trails while reducing flooding and potholes on roads.

Confronting Hateful and Hostile Behaviour

I'd create low-cost, high-impact gathering spaces that bring newcomers and longtime residents together. I'd push fore more sattelite festivals to showcasesracialized and equity-deserving communities outside the downtown core to increase cultural exchanges and exposure to multilingualism. I'd also promote the diversification of public programs like supporting the creation of culturally aligned healthcare products and services, funding for theatres to archive and perform traditional stories, and increased support for smaller international games.