Han Dong

Han Dong commits to a ward-wide housing consultation so Scarborough North gets the same housing rules as every other suburban ward

• Ward-wide housing consultation launched in the first 101 days with the first public report.
• A community meeting before any major development application reaches Council.

Confidence:High

Han Dong says he will treat tax dollars like his own, testing every tax and fee increase against inflation and holding a budget town hall

• Every tax and fee increase tested against inflation before he votes.
• A Ward 23 Budget Town Hall before every budget vote; a public page showing where dollars are spent.

Confidence:High

Han Dong pledges a ward-wide lighting audit in his first 100 days, a monthly Ward 23 safety table with 42 Division

• Lighting audit of every park, path and street in the first 100 days, fixes funded in the first budget.
• Standing monthly safety table with 42 Division, plaza owners, condo boards and TCHC, focused on auto theft and home invasions.
• Quarterly safety and bylaw blitz on the Finch–Middlefield industrial strip and Finch/McCowan/Markham Road plazas.

Confidence:High

Han Dong wants the Sheppard East subway extension funded and shovel-ready this term, opposes Finch East red bus lanes

• The Sheppard East Subway Extension funded and shovel-ready this term.
• Opposes red priority bus lanes on Finch East that take a lane from drivers.
• Pushes for signal priority, queue-jump pockets, far-side stops, more express buses, and service past McCowan into Malvern.

Confidence:High

Han Dong pledges a multilingual ward office open evenings and Saturdays with 24-hour response times, four town halls a year

• Real multilingual constituency office open evenings and Saturdays.
• Every call and email returned within 24 hours from day one; response times published monthly.
• Four town halls a year; his budget vote explained publicly.

Confidence:High

Han Dong promises school streets with traffic calming and crossing guards at every requesting school

• School streets first: traffic calming, crossing guards, better markings and enforcement at every school that asks.
• Safe crossings where seniors actually cross; reachable bus stops.
• The Steeles Avenue East widening and Morningside extension on a public schedule with mailed updates.

Confidence:High