Housing advocates are calling on a group of developers to drop their appeal of a new Toronto bylaw they say was established to protect tenants and affordable housing.
More than 15 years after construction began on the Regent Park Revitalization project, a formal application for rezoning has now been submitted to the city for the final two phases of the plan. The proposal includes more density, more affordable housing, and more amenities that community members have been pushing for.
Posted: Apr 13, 2021 9:06 PM ET | Last Updated: April 14
Stachen Frederick, executive director of Frontlines, says Toronto s next police chief needs to have a deep understanding of anti-Black racism and have experience in discussions with communities. (Artists Touch Productions)
Toronto s next police chief should have a deep understanding of anti-Black racism and the challenges facing low-income, racialized people in the city, say Black community leaders and organizers. We don t just want a token person, says Stachen Frederick, executive director of Weston Frontlines Centre, also known as Frontlines, a youth charity that runs a centre with outreach services in one of the poorest communities in Toronto.