Susan Chapelle

Susan Chapelle chose 'Reduce approval times, development charges and other city-imposed costs'.

• Answer: Reduce approval times, development charges and other city-imposed costs.
• Cut months of process and fees that do not buy a pipe or a park. Keep growth charges that are published, tied to real infrastructure and spent in the area that grows. Homes stuck in process cost more than an honest development charge.

“Cut months of process and fees that do not buy a pipe or a park. Keep growth charges that are published, tied to real infrastructure and spent in the area that grows. Homes stuck in process cost more than an honest development charge.”

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Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 14 questionnaire · October 14, 2026

Confidence:High

Chapelle: house people now — buy and renovate existing buildings, lease long-term, use city land and modular builds, care attached.

• House people now rather than waiting years for every new development
• City buys and renovates existing buildings, leases long-term, uses its own land and modular construction
• Care connected from day one; radical consolidation of housing, health and support services
• Modelled on Houston's coordinated approach and Parkdale's Dunn House

“We don't have to wait for new buildings. The City can buy and renovate existing buildings, lease long-term, and use its own land and modular construction to house people now, with care connected from day one.”

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Source: Susan Chapelle — Today We Vote. I Know What Is at Stake. (election-day campaign post) · October 26, 2026

Confidence:High

Susan Chapelle chose 'Yes'; where appropriate indoor space is available, public parks should return to public use.

• Answer: Yes.
• If appropriate indoor space is genuinely available and meets a person's accessibility, safety and household needs, public parks should return to public use. The City must pair this with housing, treatment, mental health care and supports that help people remain housed.

“If appropriate indoor space is genuinely available and meets a person's accessibility, safety and household needs, public parks should return to public use. The City must pair this with housing, treatment, mental health care and supports that help people remain housed.”

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Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 14 questionnaire · October 14, 2026

Confidence:High

Susan Chapelle chose 'Reduce internal administration, staffing or contract costs'.

• Answer: Reduce internal administration, staffing or contract costs.
• Before cutting frontline services or raising household taxes, City Hall must modernize from within. We must audit bloated third-party consulting contracts, eliminate redundant administrative red tape, and direct every possible resource directly to frontline community delivery.

“Before cutting frontline services or raising household taxes, City Hall must modernize from within. We must audit bloated third-party consulting contracts, eliminate redundant administrative red tape, and direct every possible resource directly to frontline community delivery.”

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Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 14 questionnaire · October 14, 2026

Confidence:High

Susan Chapelle chose 'Remain approximately constant after inflation'; keep the police budget whole.

• Answer: Remain approximately constant after inflation.
• Keep the police budget whole. Do not cut frontline response. Add civilian support beside it, not instead of it. Prevention plus a funded service is how streets get safer.

“Keep the police budget whole. Do not cut frontline response. Add civilian support beside it, not instead of it. Prevention plus a funded service is how streets get safer.”

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Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 14 questionnaire · October 14, 2026

Confidence:High

Susan Chapelle chose 'Vehicles, stations, signals and other state-of-good-repair work'; riders feel frequency.

• Answer: Vehicles, stations, signals and other state-of-good-repair work.
• Riders feel frequency. They lose it when signals fail, cars are out of service and stations are broken. City dollars should keep the system we already own running. New lines are mostly Queen's Park and Ottawa. Service improves when the fleet and signals work.

“Riders feel frequency. They lose it when signals fail, cars are out of service and stations are broken. City dollars should keep the system we already own running. New lines are mostly Queen's Park and Ottawa. Service improves when the fleet and signals work.”

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Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Ward 14 questionnaire · October 14, 2026

Confidence:High