Nathen Masri

The Mayor and City Council

My priority is ending Etobicoke North’s status as Toronto’s “Forgotten North”: making life more affordable while bringing investment, safer streets and better services home. I’ll fight waste before raising taxes, challenge postal-code auto-insurance disparities, modernize constituency service, bring unified PRESTO, and attract development. As a technology CEO and published licensing scholar who has built businesses and worked internationally, I bring an outsider’s mindset: measure outcomes, embrace innovation and make government deliver.

Housing

Toronto must build faster and protect the people already housed. I’ll challenge abusive AGI rent increases, push approvals from years toward months, and make City Hall a partner—not an obstacle—to building. We need every tool: modular homes, multiplexes, apartments, co-ops, affordable and supportive housing, plus smarter use of City land. My Compassion with Accountability plan will modernize shelters to be deemed as an genuine alternative by Ontario courts and create real pathways from homelessness to housing.

Cost of Living

Stop treating struggling residents like City Hall’s ATM. I’ll fight to ROLL BACK Toronto’s property-tax increases and FREEZE residential property taxes for four years. A Taxpayer Value Office will hunt waste, procurement failures and underperforming spending, while we build new City revenue streams instead of automatically raising taxes and fees. Working- and middle-class families need government to find savings before government comes looking for theirs.

Safety in Public Spaces

Safety cannot be a luxury reserved for wealthy neighbourhoods. I’ll bring Bio-Harmony design to underserved communities: smart lighting, safer routes, sensors, cleaner parks and rapid-response technology, backed by visible community policing and compassionate shelter, mental-health and addiction intervention. I’ll pursue partnerships, efficiencies and new City revenue streams to fund safer infrastructure—not keep sending the bill to struggling homeowners and renters.

Getting Around the City

Toronto needs mobility, not a war between drivers, cyclists and transit riders. I’ll push smart signals that respond to traffic in real time, better construction coordination, reliable TTC service, safer roads and sidewalks, and Bike Share expansion into underserved areas. I’ll champion PRESTO-linked Bike Share, including a free 30-minute ride with an eligible transit pass. Build a connected system where every mode works together—and give Torontonians their time back.

Confronting Hateful and Hostile Behaviour

Muslim, Sikh, Jewish, Christian, newcomer or lifelong Canadian—if you have a beating heart, you belong here. I’ll strengthen hate-crime response, protect places of worship and invest in youth prevention before hate becomes violence. I also want emergency services modernized: firefighters should be trained and equipped to help when seconds matter, including overdoses. Toronto needs new-generation solutions, not old-guard politics. Safety, dignity and belonging must apply to everyone.