Curran Stikuts

Curran Stikuts chose 'Yes'; Everyone agrees encampments aren't a substitute for housing. If someone has been offered appropriate indoor sp

• Answer: Yes.
• Everyone agrees encampments aren't a substitute for housing. If someone has been offered appropriate indoor space that genuinely meets their accessibility, safety & household needs, the City should act. That must be paired with outreach, adequate shelter capacity & real pathways to housing.

“Everyone agrees encampments aren't a substitute for housing. If someone has been offered appropriate indoor space that genuinely meets their accessibility, safety & household needs, the City should act. That must be paired with outreach, adequate shelter capacity & real pathways to housing.”

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Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

Curran Stikuts chose 'Permit more apartments and multiplexes in nearly every neighbourhood'

• Answer: Permit more apartments and multiplexes in nearly every neighbourhood.
• Toronto should permit more apartments and multiplexes in nearly every neighbourhood. Sharing growth more broadly can support more complete, livable communities while allowing even greater density near transit and on major streets.

“Toronto should permit more apartments and multiplexes in nearly every neighbourhood. Sharing growth more broadly can support more complete, livable communities while allowing even greater density near transit and on major streets.”

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Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

Curran Stikuts chose 'Build or finance substantially more affordable and supportive housing'; Toronto needs substantially more affordable

• Answer: Build or finance substantially more affordable and supportive housing.
• Toronto needs substantially more affordable, supportive, co-op and nonprofit housing. I strongly support more as-of-right housing and reducing approval times, but the City must also directly help deliver homes the market will not produce at affordable rents.

“Toronto needs substantially more affordable, supportive, co-op and nonprofit housing. I strongly support more as-of-right housing and reducing approval times, but the City must also directly help deliver homes the market will not produce at affordable rents.”

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Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

PRE-WINDOW: Stikuts: allow more housing as-of-right citywide, incl. sixplexes

• Answer: Yes.
• Toronto should allow more housing as-of-right citywide, including sixplexes.

“Toronto should allow more housing as-of-right citywide, including sixplexes. We can't address the housing shortage through keeping large swaths of the city off limits to new homes. We need more homes in more places, with clear rules and faster approvals.”

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Source: PRE-WINDOW: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

Curran Stikuts chose 'Encourage modular construction, prefabrication and more efficient building methods'

• Answer: Encourage modular construction, prefabrication and more efficient building methods.
• The best way to increase construction capacity and build a more innovative constructions sector is to encourage new and more efficient building methods.

“The best way to increase construction capacity and build a more innovative constructions sector is to encourage new and more efficient building methods.”

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Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

Curran Stikuts chose 'Build, acquire and own significantly more housing'; Toronto should take a larger role in building & acquiring

• Answer: Build, acquire and own significantly more housing.
• Toronto should take a larger role in building & acquiring affordable housing, especially on City owned land. It should act as the builder and steward of public assets, but housing provision is best delivered by nonprofit and co-op partners with the expertise to operate.

“Toronto should take a larger role in building & acquiring affordable housing, especially on City owned land. It should act as the builder and steward of public assets, but housing provision is best delivered by nonprofit and co-op partners with the expertise to operate.”

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Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

Curran Stikuts chose 'Yes'; Toronto should allow more housing as-of-right citywide, including sixplexes. We can't address the housing shor

• Answer: Yes.
• Toronto should allow more housing as-of-right citywide, including sixplexes. We can't address the housing shortage through keeping large swaths of the city off limits to new homes. We need more homes in more places, with clear rules and faster approvals.

“Toronto should allow more housing as-of-right citywide, including sixplexes. We can't address the housing shortage through keeping large swaths of the city off limits to new homes. We need more homes in more places, with clear rules and faster approvals.”

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Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

Curran Stikuts chose 'Property taxes or new municipal income or sales taxes, if authorized'

• Answer: Property taxes or new municipal income or sales taxes, if authorized.
• We need predictable revenues that grow with the city and economy. Property taxes and fees alone cannot close Toronto’s structural funding gap, so we should pursue broader municipal revenue tools and a stronger long-term fiscal framework.

“We need predictable revenues that grow with the city and economy. Property taxes and fees alone cannot close Toronto’s structural funding gap, so we should pursue broader municipal revenue tools and a stronger long-term fiscal framework.”

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Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

Curran Stikuts chose 'Grow approximately with inflation and population'; Property taxes should keep pace with the cost of delivering

• Answer: Grow approximately with inflation and population.
• Property taxes should keep pace with the cost of delivering services and a growing city, while recognizing Toronto’s structural funding problem and the need for fairer revenue tools and a more reliable fiscal partnership with other governments.

“Property taxes should keep pace with the cost of delivering services and a growing city, while recognizing Toronto’s structural funding problem and the need for fairer revenue tools and a more reliable fiscal partnership with other governments.”

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Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

Curran Stikuts chose 'Yes'; Investing in maintenance now saves money over the long run, but there are limits. Toronto also needs a fairer,

• Answer: Yes.
• Investing in maintenance now saves money over the long run, but there are limits. Toronto also needs a fairer, more sustainable fiscal framework with other governments. As Canada’s economic engine, the City cannot carry major infrastructure costs alone.

“Investing in maintenance now saves money over the long run, but there are limits. Toronto also needs a fairer, more sustainable fiscal framework with other governments. As Canada’s economic engine, the City cannot carry major infrastructure costs alone.”

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Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

Curran Stikuts chose 'Raise taxes, fees or other revenue'; In order to have the city we deserve

• Answer: Raise taxes, fees or other revenue.
• In order to have the city we deserve, we can't remedy structural fundings gaps through be finding efficiencies and service reductions alone. We have seen the results of decades of underinvestment in municipal services, and the results are what we are living with today.

“In order to have the city we deserve, we can't remedy structural fundings gaps through be finding efficiencies and service reductions alone. We have seen the results of decades of underinvestment in municipal services, and the results are what we are living with today.”

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Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

Curran Stikuts chose 'Decrease after inflation, with some responsibilities and funding transferred to civilian services'

• Answer: Decrease after inflation, with some responsibilities and funding transferred to civilian services.
• Funding should decrease modestly after inflation. Funding should be tied to measurable results, stronger neighbourhood policing and appropriate response. Police are essential, but repeated increases have not solved slow response times or gaps in mental-health, housing and crisis services.

“Funding should decrease modestly after inflation. Funding should be tied to measurable results, stronger neighbourhood policing and appropriate response. Police are essential, but repeated increases have not solved slow response times or gaps in mental-health, housing and crisis services.”

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Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

Curran Stikuts chose 'Mental-health response, addiction treatment and youth intervention'

• Answer: Mental-health response, addiction treatment and youth intervention.
• All three matter and mutually reinforce each other, but we cannot arrest our way out of a mental-health and addictions crisis. I would prioritize treatment, crisis response and prevention because reducing the number of people reaching crisis is essential to making neighbourhoods safer.

“All three matter and mutually reinforce each other, but we cannot arrest our way out of a mental-health and addictions crisis. I would prioritize treatment, crisis response and prevention because reducing the number of people reaching crisis is essential to making neighbourhoods safer.”

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Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

PRE-WINDOW: Stikuts: can't arrest our way out of a mental-health crisis; fund care

• Greatest additional safety investment: mental-health response, addiction treatment and youth intervention.

“All three matter and mutually reinforce each other, but we cannot arrest our way out of a mental-health and addictions crisis. I would prioritize treatment, crisis response and prevention because reducing the number of people reaching crisis is essential to making neighbourhoods safer.”

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Source: PRE-WINDOW: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

Curran Stikuts chose 'Transit, walking and cycling'; We should prioritize transit, walking and cycling when street space is limited.

• Answer: Transit, walking and cycling.
• We should prioritize transit, walking and cycling when street space is limited. In Toronto Centre, where so many trips are already made without a car, designing streets to move more people efficiently and safely through dense neighbourhoods should be the priority.

“We should prioritize transit, walking and cycling when street space is limited. In Toronto Centre, where so many trips are already made without a car, designing streets to move more people efficiently and safely through dense neighbourhoods should be the priority.”

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Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

Curran Stikuts chose 'Mandatory reporting on trips, collisions, congestion and curb use'; As a start

• Answer: Mandatory reporting on trips, collisions, congestion and curb use.
• As a start, ensuring that the impact of autonomous vehicles on safety, congestion, and the economy is measured. essential.

“As a start, ensuring that the impact of autonomous vehicles on safety, congestion, and the economy is measured. essential.”

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Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

Curran Stikuts chose 'More frequent and reliable service on existing routes'; More frequent and reliable service can create a virtuous

• Answer: More frequent and reliable service on existing routes.
• More frequent and reliable service can create a virtuous cycle. Better service attracts more riders, which strengthens the case for further investment. But service and maintenance go together. We can't expand frequency if vehicles, signals and stations are not kept in good repair.

“More frequent and reliable service can create a virtuous cycle. Better service attracts more riders, which strengthens the case for further investment. But service and maintenance go together. We can't expand frequency if vehicles, signals and stations are not kept in good repair.”

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Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

PRE-WINDOW: Stikuts: back road pricing if fair, protects low-income drivers

• Answer: Yes.
• Revenue must be dedicated to better transit, safer streets and transportation improvements.

“I'm in favour of road pricing if it is designed fairly, protects low-income and essential drivers, and the revenue is dedicated to better transit, safer streets and transportation improvements.”

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Source: PRE-WINDOW: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

Curran Stikuts chose 'Accept significant disruption unless there is an immediate safety threat'

• Answer: Accept significant disruption unless there is an immediate safety threat.
• The Charter of Rights and Freedoms already answers this question. It sets a high bar for restricting peaceful expression and assembly. The City should protect those rights while using existing laws to address genuine safety risks or unlawful obstruction.

“The Charter of Rights and Freedoms already answers this question. It sets a high bar for restricting peaceful expression and assembly. The City should protect those rights while using existing laws to address genuine safety risks or unlawful obstruction.”

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Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

Curran Stikuts chose 'Restrict their use to narrowly authorized investigations'; Recent backlash in the states over Flock shows the risks

• Answer: Restrict their use to narrowly authorized investigations.
• Recent backlash in the states over Flock shows the risks when license plate data is widely shared or retained. Toronto should require strict purpose limits, short retention, audit logs, public reporting and judicial authorization for non-urgent searches.

“Recent backlash in the states over Flock shows the risks when license plate data is widely shared or retained. Toronto should require strict purpose limits, short retention, audit logs, public reporting and judicial authorization for non-urgent searches.”

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Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

Curran Stikuts chose 'Strengthen professional project management, procurement and contracting'

• Answer: Strengthen professional project management, procurement and contracting.
• We need stronger controls and clearer accountability throughout major projects, with City division leaders and contracted service providers held to measurable timelines, budgets and performance standards.

“We need stronger controls and clearer accountability throughout major projects, with City division leaders and contracted service providers held to measurable timelines, budgets and performance standards.”

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Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

Curran Stikuts chose 'appointing and removing senior staff, restructuring departments'

• Answer: appointing and removing senior staff, restructuring departments.
• I support strong-mayor powers over senior officials as an accountability mechanism. The mayor is elected citywide and should be responsible for how the administration performs. These powers should be used transparently and other Council respected.

“I support strong-mayor powers over senior officials as an accountability mechanism. The mayor is elected citywide and should be responsible for how the administration performs. These powers should be used transparently and other Council respected.”

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Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

Curran Stikuts chose 'Expand permanent city staff and internal operational capacity'

• Answer: Expand permanent city staff and internal operational capacity.
• Toronto has tested contracting out and too often seen worse results, from snow clearing to garbage bins. Core services should stay public so the City can enforce standards, fix problems quickly and remain directly accountable to residents.

“Toronto has tested contracting out and too often seen worse results, from snow clearing to garbage bins. Core services should stay public so the City can enforce standards, fix problems quickly and remain directly accountable to residents.”

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Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

Curran Stikuts chose 'Yes'; Residents should be able to see what major projects are supposed to cost and whether they are on track. When b

• Answer: Yes.
• Residents should be able to see what major projects are supposed to cost and whether they are on track. When budgets go over or schedules slip, the City should explain why and who is responsible as best as possible.

“Residents should be able to see what major projects are supposed to cost and whether they are on track. When budgets go over or schedules slip, the City should explain why and who is responsible as best as possible.”

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Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

PRE-WINDOW: Stikuts: publish project costs; explain overruns and who is responsible

• Answer: Yes.
• Residents should be able to see what major projects are supposed to cost and whether they are on track.

“Residents should be able to see what major projects are supposed to cost and whether they are on track. When budgets go over or schedules slip, the City should explain why and who is responsible as best as possible.”

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Source: PRE-WINDOW: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

Curran Stikuts chose 'Permits, licences, payments and service requests'; We should make it easier for residents to navigate city hall.

• Answer: Permits, licences, payments and service requests.
• We should make it easier for residents to navigate city hall. residents shouldn't get lost in an administrative maze or barely operable fillable PDF while trying to apply for a permit, pay a fee, or access a service.

“We should make it easier for residents to navigate city hall. residents shouldn't get lost in an administrative maze or barely operable fillable PDF while trying to apply for a permit, pay a fee, or access a service.”

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Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

PRE-WINDOW: Stikuts: strong-mayor powers over senior staff are accountability tools

• Strong mayor powers mainly for: appointing and removing senior staff, restructuring departments.

“I support strong-mayor powers over senior officials as an accountability mechanism. The mayor is elected citywide and should be responsible for how the administration performs. These powers should be used transparently and other Council respected.”

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Source: PRE-WINDOW: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

Curran Stikuts chose 'Cleanliness, roads, sidewalks, snow clearing, washrooms and routine park care'; Before investing in marquee spaces

• Answer: Cleanliness, roads, sidewalks, snow clearing, washrooms and routine park care.
• Before investing in marquee spaces, we need to make sure we're getting the fundamentals right across the city. Successful programming and activities are predicated on well maintained spaces, which create the conditions for programmed and spontaneous activities that contribute to the public realm.

“Before investing in marquee spaces, we need to make sure we're getting the fundamentals right across the city. Successful programming and activities are predicated on well maintained spaces, which create the conditions for programmed and spontaneous activities that contribute to the public realm.”

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Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

PRE-WINDOW: Stikuts: prioritise maintenance over expansion; deferred work costs more

• Infrastructure backlog first step: redirect money from new facilities toward existing assets.

“The right choice depends on the asset, but we should be strategic about prioritizing maintenance over expansion. Deferred maintenance only gets more expensive. Neglecting our existing assets will only reduce our ability to invest in new projects.”

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Source: PRE-WINDOW: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

PRE-WINDOW: Stikuts: quickest business support is faster permits and approvals

• Business climate: accelerate permits, inspections and approvals.

“There is an important role for the city to play in reducing the burden on businesses through initiatives like the small business property tax subclass. But the quickest way to increase support for businesses in Toronto is to ensure that permitting and approvals don't act as a impediment to growth.”

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Source: PRE-WINDOW: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

Curran Stikuts chose 'Housing affordability, transportation, safety and quality of life'

• Answer: Housing affordability, transportation, safety and quality of life.
• Targeted incentives creates a competitive race to the bottom between municipalities. We should focus on what makes Toronto an amazing place to live, play, and do businesses.

“Targeted incentives creates a competitive race to the bottom between municipalities. We should focus on what makes Toronto an amazing place to live, play, and do businesses.”

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Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

Curran Stikuts chose 'Expand the protected cycling network, including projects that remove traffic lanes or parking'

• Answer: Expand the protected cycling network, including projects that remove traffic lanes or parking.
• In dense areas like Toronto Centre, cycling is a practical way to move more people efficiently, reduce congestion and make streets safer for everyone. With month over month record ridership for Bike Share, investing in more protected bike lanes is an investment worth making.

“In dense areas like Toronto Centre, cycling is a practical way to move more people efficiently, reduce congestion and make streets safer for everyone. With month over month record ridership for Bike Share, investing in more protected bike lanes is an investment worth making.”

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Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 13 questionnaire · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High