April came with a cruel surprise to many East End homes – frozen water pipes. By April 2, crews from Toronto Water had thawed the water lines to 1,024 homes across the city, many of which had been frozen since about Valentine’s Day. But after a record-cold February and a chilly March, the frost line […]
Tag: infrastructure
Building resiliency the key to surviving extreme weather
The recent prolonged stretch of frigid winter weather left many Toronto residents without water, and had the city scrambling to restore services. Ward 32 was among the hardest hit with hundreds of frozen pipes, broken water mains, and ‘no water’ calls to 311 and to my office. Many of our fellow neighbours are still without […]
Building resilience into our cities should be a national priority
Tom Mulcair came to Toronto City Hall a couple of weeks ago and delivered this simple message outside, as it happens, the mayor’s office: urban issues have to be a federal priority. And, he promised that the NDP would make them so. The occasion for Tom’s visit to city hall was my urban summit, Re-Imagining […]
