Paul Viret

“First and foremost, we need houses, apartments and rental units and we need them yesterday. We don't have time to wait for another condo to take a decade to build, we need small to mid-sized, Mass Timber apartments. These are 20 to 50 units but not tall enough to ruin the city scape around the neighbourhoods they're built in and can go from ground breaking to finished in just a few years. We must also expand the city's existing programs like the Multi-Unit Residential Acquisition (MURA) Program to secure properties before private developers do”

Source: Know Your Vote Toronto — candidate questionnaire responses (Toronto Public Library)

“The stats say that crime and assaults are down since lockdowns were lifted, but people don't read stats. They want to see the safety measure in place that are supposedly, keeping them safe. I can tell you that in my 15 years of taking the TTC I have never had my fair inspected, even seeing an Inspector is rare so how can I believe that stats. We need to see people doing their job, we need to see then checking fares, we need to see police walking on the street and interacting with the neighbourhood. People need a reason to believe the stats.”

Source: Know Your Vote Toronto — candidate questionnaire responses (Toronto Public Library)

“Speed up the TTC, particularly streetcars and punish people who ride on the side walk. Our street cars are some of the slowest on earth, there's no reason they should be and if we can speed them up more people will take them, that means less cars on the road. Less cars means people will feel safer riding a bike and actually punishing e-bike drivers hopping onto the side walk, and not just an $80 fine, will help prevent pedestrians from getting run over.”

Source: Know Your Vote Toronto — candidate questionnaire responses (Toronto Public Library)