Skip to main content

← Mayor

Jack Weenen

Candidate for Mayor

In their own words

This candidate hasn’t listed a campaign website or social account with the Town. That says nothing about them as a candidate — it just means less of their material is published online for us to summarise.

Where they stand

Every candidate in this race is shown against the same 16 issues, in the same order, whether or not we’ve found something for each one. Why we do it this way.

Housing

Will I be able to afford to live here?

This candidate has spoken about this issue more than once. Each statement is shown with its own source.

Jack Weenen chose 'No'; communities should be given agency in determining what their neighbourhoods look like.

  • Answer: No.
  • Communities should be given agency in determining what their neighbourhoods look like. This means increasing consultation and outreach such that we are confident that we are building to the desire and to the benefit of people who are already living there, and not building to meet a statistic number
“Communities should be given agency in determining what their neighbourhoods look like. This means increasing consultation and outreach such that we are confident that we are building to the desire and to the benefit of people who are already living there, and not building to meet a statistic number”

(a few sentences)

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

Confidence:High

Jack Weenen chose 'Expand as-of-right zoning and automate routine permits'; small homeowner-landlords exempt from rent tax.

  • Answer: Expand as-of-right zoning and automate routine permits.
  • Homeowners (not faceless landlords) living in their residences and renting out fewer than 3 total units would be exempt from paying tax on rent, keeping rents down and strengthening individual homeowners so they can increase housing supply.
“Homeowners(not faceless landlords) living their residences renting out fewer than 3 total units will be exempt from paying tax on rent. This keeps the cost of rent down, as well as strengthening the individual homeowner such that they can increase the housing supply.”

(a few sentences)

Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Jack Weenen candidate page

Confidence:High

Jack Weenen chose 'Reduce approval times, development charges and other city-imposed costs'.

  • Answer: Reduce approval times, development charges and other city-imposed costs.
  • We can't allow indiscriminate building because there is a housing problem. Empowering homeowners to expand and build new units will create the type of communities that will provide long term solutions, while empowering corporate development will create and austere and dependent communities.
“We can't allow indiscriminate building because there is a housing problem. Empowering homeowners to expand and build new units will create the type of communities that will provide long term solutions, while empowering corporate development will create and austere and dependent communities.”

(a few sentences)

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

Confidence:High

Jack Weenen chose 'Focus primarily on permitting enough housing and reducing barriers to construction'.

  • Answer: Focus primarily on permitting enough housing and reducing barriers to construction.
  • There's a very serious need to reestablish the dwindling middle class in Canada, this starts at home in Toronto by empowering residents to move away from long term rental and into home ownership.
“There's a very serious need to reestablish the dwindling middle class in Canada, this starts at home in Toronto by empowering residents to move away from long term rental and into home ownership.”

(a few sentences)

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

Confidence:High

Jack Weenen chose 'Yes'; we are not going to have encampments near schools or parks.

  • Answer: Yes.
  • We are not going to have encampments near schools or parks. After a certain point on the streets the hardships are such that many of the people in question lack the mental acuity to understand their situation as dire enough to ask for, or accept, the help they need.
“We are not going to have encampments near schools or parks. After a certain point on the streets the hardships are such that many of the people in question lack the mental acuity to understand their situation as dire enough to ask for, or accept, the help they need.”

(a few sentences)

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

Confidence:High

Think we’ve got this wrong?

Taxes & spending

What happens to my tax bill, and where does the money go?

This candidate has spoken about this issue more than once. Each statement is shown with its own source.

Jack Weenen chose 'Congestion charges, tolls, parking levies and service fees'; road tolls for non-residents.

  • Answer: Congestion charges, tolls, parking levies and service fees.
  • Road tolls for non-residents; Uber and other tech companies operating should be taxed according to their road use.
“Road tolls for non residents. Uber and other tech companies operating should be taxed accordingly to their road use.”

(a few sentences)

Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Jack Weenen candidate page

Confidence:High

Jack Weenen chose 'Grow more slowly than inflation, requiring service restraint or alternative revenues'.

  • Answer: Grow more slowly than inflation, requiring service restraint or alternative revenues.
  • Our most recent property tax hike was such that we need a cool down over the next council term.
“Our most recent property tax hike was such that we need a cool down over the next council term.”

(a few sentences)

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

Confidence:High

Jack Weenen chose 'Reduce internal administration, staffing or contract costs'; not spend a billion dollars on FIFA, for example

  • Answer: Reduce internal administration, staffing or contract costs.
  • not spend a billion dollars on FIFA, for example
“not spend a billion dollars on FIFA, for example”

(a few sentences)

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

Confidence:High

Think we’ve got this wrong?

Emergency services

When I call for help, will it come fast enough?

This candidate has spoken about this issue more than once. Each statement is shown with its own source.

Jack Weenen chose 'Remain approximately constant after inflation'; we need to reassess how the money is being spent.

  • Answer: Remain approximately constant after inflation.
  • We need to reassess how the money is being spent. We need police officers that belong to the community, who live here and have a stake in their own city.
“We need to reassess how the money is being spent. We need police officers that belong to the community, who live here and have a stake in their own city.”

(a few sentences)

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

Confidence:High

Jack Weenen chose 'Police, bylaw enforcement and a more visible official presence'.

  • Answer: Police, bylaw enforcement and a more visible official presence.
  • Despite the hyper focus on the drug addicted-homeless stereotype of street safety, we forget that they do not account for the majority of the crime. Rehab and intervention is required, but foremost; we need to the police to rid the streets of the dealers, actually respond to calls, and enforce law.
“Despite the hyper focus on the drug addicted-homeless stereotype of street safety, we forget that they do not account for the majority of the crime. Rehab and intervention is required, but foremost; we need to the police to rid the streets of the dealers, actually respond to calls, and enforce law.”

(a few sentences)

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

Confidence:High

Jack Weenen chose 'Keep major roads, transit, hospitals and essential facilities operating' during demonstrations.

  • Answer: Keep major roads, transit, hospitals and essential facilities operating.
  • The City of Toronto and the TPS must respect the right to peaceful assembly and protect it without compromising the safety of the city, its residents and visitors, while acknowledging and promptly addressing protesters' concerns.
“The City of Toronto & the TPS must respect our right to peaceful assembly and protect it without compromising the safety of the city and its residents and visitors. The city thereby also has the responsibility to acknowledge and promptly address the concerns brought forth in said protests.”

(a few sentences)

Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Jack Weenen candidate page

Confidence:High

Think we’ve got this wrong?

Transit

Can I get where I need to go without driving?

This candidate has spoken about this issue more than once. Each statement is shown with its own source.

Jack Weenen chose 'Automobile capacity and curbside parking'; considerations for the elderly and the disabled are first concern.

  • Answer: Automobile capacity and curbside parking.
  • Considerations for the elderly and the disabled are first concern.
“Considerations for the elderly and the disabled are first concern.”

(a few sentences)

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

Confidence:High

Homeowners and residential occupants with vehicles registered to their addresses within the core should be exempt from congestion charges.

  • Answer: Yes.
  • Homeowners and residential occupants with vehicles registered to their adresses within the core should be exempt from congestion charges.
“Homeowners and residential occupants with vehicles registered to their adresses within the core should be exempt from congestion charges.”

(a few sentences)

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

Confidence:High

Jack Weenen chose 'Vehicles, stations, signals and other state-of-good-repair work'.

  • Answer: Vehicles, stations, signals and other state-of-good-repair work.
  • The vitrolite colour tiles and the retro mid century look that define so many of our stations, and the brutalist concrete shapes of the arcades falling to the platforms deserve restoration. Beauty makes a city more liveable, reconsidering aesthetic will reinforce support of the other issues.
“The vitrolite colour tiles and the retro mid century look that define so many of our stations, and the brutalist concrete shapes of the arcades falling to the platforms deserve restoration. Beauty makes a city more liveable, reconsidering aesthetic will reinforce support of the other issues.”

(a few sentences)

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

Confidence:High

Think we’ve got this wrong?

Government

Will decisions be made in the open, and will anyone answer for them?

This candidate has spoken about this issue more than once. Each statement is shown with its own source.

Jack Weenen chose 'Plan budgets and services on the assumption that substantial new provincial support will not arrive'.

  • Answer: Plan budgets and services on the assumption that substantial new provincial support will not arrive.
  • Years ago the provincial government amalgamated the city reducing our agency and access to our politicians. Today the provincial government makes it clear that it will operate as it sees fit within the city; in direct opposition of local sentiment. The provincial government should fear secession.
“Years ago the provincial government amalgamated the city reducing our agency and access to our politicians. Today the provincial government makes it clear that it will operate as it sees fit within the city; in direct opposition of local sentiment. The provincial government should fear secession.”

(a few sentences)

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

Confidence:High

Jack Weenen chose 'The powers should sit unused regardless of who holds them'.

  • Answer: The powers should sit unused regardless of who holds them.
  • As it related to the previous question, this is a controversial political tool that can be easily abused, however it would seem the need for it is dependent on how other levels of government are interacting with the city at that time.
“As it related to the previous question, this is a controversial political tool that can be easily abused, however it would seem the need for it is dependent on how other levels of government are interacting with the city at that time.”

(a few sentences)

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

Confidence:High

Jack Weenen chose 'Yes'; Toronto is long overdue for absolute transparency on major capital projects.

  • Answer: Yes.
  • Toronto is long overdue for absolute transparency about operational and financial updates. The city has the technology to efficiently disseminate how and where tax dollars build the projects the city needs.
“We are long overdue for absolute transparency about operation and financial updates. We have the technology to efficiently disseminate relevant information about how and where our tax dollars are building the city projects we need.”

(a few sentences)

Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Jack Weenen candidate page

Confidence:High

Think we’ve got this wrong?

Roads & infrastructure

Will the things I use every day actually get fixed?

This candidate has spoken about this issue more than once. Each statement is shown with its own source.

Jack Weenen chose 'Yes'; Toronto should raise local revenue for its infrastructure backlog, not beg the province.

  • Answer: Yes.
  • Almost 40% of the province's population lives in the Toronto area. Toronto should raise its own revenue rather than beg the province for its own money back, especially when the province undermines the city's agency over public spaces.
“We will not beg the province to get our own money back; especially when the province has clear interests in undermining the city's agency in directing the uses of our public spaces.”

(a few sentences)

Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Jack Weenen candidate page

Confidence:High

Jack Weenen chose 'Introduce a levy or other recurring source reserved for maintenance'.

  • Answer: Introduce a levy or other recurring source reserved for maintenance.
  • Charge the developers for the increased strain they've put on our systems. Sewers, bridges, transformers etc are their costs if they bring such a magnitude of change to the projected maintenance and retirement budgets of public infrastructure.
“Charge the developers for the increased strain they've put on our systems. Sewers, bridges, transformers etc are their costs if they bring such a magnitude of change to the projected maintenance and retirement budgets of public infrastructure.”

(a few sentences)

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

Confidence:High

Think we’ve got this wrong?

Economy

Will our main streets and local jobs thrive?

Jack Weenen chose 'Expand housing, transportation, public safety and infrastructure' to reverse Canada's brain drain.

  • Answer: Expand housing, transportation, public safety and infrastructure.
  • Toronto is the business capital, yet Canada is experiencing a brain drain. Retaining those tempted to leave and keeping arrivals happy, by making the city more liveable, is the best way to reinforce the business climate.
Show their words & source (a few sentences)
“Toronto is the business capital, yet Canada is experiencing a brain drain. We need to retain those tempted to leave, and keep the arrivals here and happy. The best way to reinforce the business climate is to make the city more liveable, inviting workers, reinforcing business and social relationships”

Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Jack Weenen candidate page

Confidence:High

Environment

Is the candidate protecting the nature we live in?

Not reviewed yet. Know something?

Healthcare

Will there be a doctor and a hospital when we need one?

Not reviewed yet. Know something?

Growth & development

How fast should we grow, and who decides what gets built where?

Jack Weenen chose 'Concentrate growth on major streets and near rapid transit'; densifying further would snowball taxpayer costs.

  • Answer: Concentrate growth on major streets and near rapid transit.
  • The city is at a mass where planning is crucial; it lacks the infrastructure to densify further without taxpayer costs snowballing. Transit was provided to remote areas, so developers can foot the infrastructure bill for densifying those areas.
Show their words & source (a few sentences)
“The city is at a mass now where planning is crucial, we don't have the infrastructure to further densify without the cost to the taxpayer snowballing. We have provided the transit to remote areas, now developers can foot the infrastructure bill for the densification of those areas.”

Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Jack Weenen candidate page

Confidence:High

Social & community services

Who looks after the most vulnerable residents?

Not reviewed yet. Know something?

Active transportation

Can I walk and bike safely around town?

Jack Weenen chose 'Finish approved projects but undertake few additional road reallocations'.

  • Answer: Finish approved projects but undertake few additional road reallocations.
  • Commuters and delivery workers do not share the same use of the roadway; the city should examine the relationship between bike-lane costs and their use by delivery companies rather than benefiting a handful of companies at taxpayer expense.
Show their words & source (a few sentences)
“We need to examine the relationship between the costs of bike lanes and the use of them by delivery companies. Commuters and delivery workers do not share the same use of the roadway. The direction the city's designs in should not benefit a handful of companies at the taxpayer's expense”

Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Jack Weenen candidate page

Confidence:High

Arts & culture

Does the candidate value what makes this place feel alive?

Jack Weenen chose 'Simpler permits, flexible operating rules and later hours' for arts, culture and nightlife.

  • Answer: Simpler permits, flexible operating rules and later hours.
  • Toronto's cultural scene only lacks access: seniors and differently-abled people do not have the access they should. Affordability and safety also need more support.
Show their words & source (a few sentences)
“We've come a long way from being a dry-city on Sundays. Today, we have a fantastic cultural scene that is only lacking in access; Seniors and differently abled people do not have the type of access that we should strive for. Beyond this, affordability and safety are areas that need more support.”

Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Jack Weenen candidate page

Confidence:High

Data centres

Should energy-hungry data centres be welcomed here?

Not reviewed yet. Know something?

Water & waste

Is our drinking water safe and our waste handled?

Not reviewed yet. Know something?

Bylaw enforcement

Are the rules fair, and are they actually enforced?

Jack Weenen chose 'Restrict their use to narrowly authorized investigations'; parking enforcement should be on foot.

  • Answer: Restrict their use to narrowly authorized investigations.
  • Parking enforcement should be on foot. Automated readers have missed the permit clearly displayed in his windshield, and he is tired of the TPS parking-ticket petition process that keeps cancelling penalties.
Show their words & source (a few sentences)
“parking enforcement should be on foot; this one is personal; they don't even check the windshield for the tag half the time, im tired of the TPS parking ticket petition form that comes back as "penalty cancelled" every time the automated-reader missed the permit clearly displayed in my windshield.”

Source: Build Canada Toronto Election Hub — Jack Weenen candidate page

Confidence:High

Think we got something wrong?

Candidates and members of the public can both report a correction. Every one is logged and answered, and corrections about a candidate’s own positions get priority.

Report a correction about this page →