Freeze and Reinvest

Honest budgets, Community safety

Police funding must buy safety, not waste.

I will not hand the Toronto Police Service a huge budget that isn’t used effectively. Every resident deserves to feel safe, and every tax dollar for policing should show results: lower gun violence, faster response where it matters, safer TTC, and real accountability through the Police Services Board.

Context: Toronto’s 2026 police operating budget is about $1.70 billion gross / $1.43 billion net, roughly a $94 million (7%) increase over 2025. That’s a large share of city spending. Size alone is not a safety plan.

Results, not blank cheques

Fund what works. Demand clear outcomes for overtime, hiring, and specialty units, results for every safety dollar, not just a bigger budget.

Accountable through the Board

I take the Mayor’s seat myself, not a stand-in. That board sets priorities, hires and holds the Chief accountable, and approves the city’s largest budget. I’ll push for policing that reduces harm: real accountability, spending justified line by line, transparent reporting, no access-for-donors culture, and community safety built with neighbourhoods, if a decision affects a community, that community is consulted first.

Safety is more than policing

Violence interruption, youth outreach, crisis response, treatment, and community centres prevent harm before a cruiser is the only tool left. Fund prevention alongside enforcement.

Safe streets. Honest books. Power back to the people.

Community safety initiatives, Full plan

Freeze and Reinvest

Read the full plan: Freeze and Reinvest: A Community Safety Plan for Toronto.