Adam Pham

The Mayor and City Council

I offer practical, solution-focused leadership - grounded in real-life experience, not ideology. I want to make life safe and affordable for everyone. You can't enjoy life if you are too preoccupied with your budget and safety. A local business owner, lived in 6 countries, visited over 70 nations. I have a PhD from Moscow. Parkdale-High Park deserves a talented, passionate, motivated councillor who fights every day to prioritize the needs of residents, to help all our neighbours realize their dreams. Bring positive energy back to Ward 4.

Housing

Create a rent-to-own program that gives the next generation a realistic path to home ownership. Prioritize City Spending to create 30,000 affordable housing units and make ending homelessness a feasible goal in one term. Reduce property taxes for seniors by up to 25%. By providing affordable taxes, utilities, and a city-run home insurance program, landlords can be incentivized to keep rents affordable for tenants. Creating 30,000 units of affordable rental units within 4 years is achievable.

Cost of Living

Keep annual property tax increases at or below the rate of inflation. It is easy and simple to increase taxes and fees but a smart and responsible City Hall should know how to increase revenues without property tax increases. Explore City-owned grocery stores and other practical ways to reduce food costs. Bring practical solutions to lower rent.

Safety in Public Spaces

Make our community safe, fun, artistic, warm, welcoming, attractive, and energetic. Make it easier to create farmer's markets, night markets, street food stalls, and pedestrian friendly community spaces. Police officers should be focused on safety, not on tasks that don't need them — mediating landlord-tenant disputes, issuing traffic tickets. Use technology; I will work with the province to reinstall automated speed and red-light cameras - enforcement that keeps people safe without tying up officers.

Getting Around the City

When I arrived from Eastern Europe with my family 25 years ago, even TTC fares felt expensive, so we walked everywhere. I bought a bicycle at a garage sale for $ 5. I rode it to work, the grocery store, and the $ 5 covered all my transportation needs for 3 years. Bicycles are an affordable mode of transportation. Build separated bike lanes on suitable routes while keeping existing roads open for cars. Smart growth means adding for cyclists without forcing a zero-sum battle on the road. Improve public safety and cleanliness in the TTC.

Confronting Hateful and Hostile Behaviour

When I arrived in Toronto with my family 25 years ago, I believed that Canada was a place where no dream was too big, opportunity was in reach for anyone willing to work for it. When life is not safe or affordable, hateful behaviour grows. Lets make Toronto a safer, cleaner city; bring the cost of living down. Bring life to our neighborhoods with farmers markets, and pedestrian-friendly community spaces. Toronto should be a great place to live not just for some, but for all. My vision is to make life safe and affordable for everyone.