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Accessibility · CNIB

Accessible transit for people who are blind, partially sighted, or Deafblind

Public commitment with CNIB: consult, remove barriers, and report in the open. Read the CNIB commitment →

Accessibility for people with disabilities

I endorse the Accessible Ontario Pledge

The AODA Alliance asked Ontario’s political parties to make a clear 10-point Accessible Ontario Pledge after the province missed the January 1, 2025 accessibility deadline. As an independent candidate for Mayor of Toronto, I endorse that pledge.

What a mayor can deliver: finish TTC accessibility, keep elevators working and fix Wheel-Trans; clear sidewalks and curb cuts; expand accessible and supportive housing on city land; and expand tax and utility relief for low-income seniors and people with disabilities.

What I’ll fight for at Queen’s Park: strong AODA leadership and enforcement; education, health-care, built-environment and accessible-housing standards; no backsliding on disability rights; accessible elections; and reform of Ontario’s broken human-rights complaint process, the full Accessible Ontario Pledge roadmap.

  1. Meet and work with the disability community, including the AODA Alliance
  2. Strong leadership and a public multi-year accessibility action plan
  3. No backsliding on the AODA or disability rights
  4. Stronger accessibility standards: including education, health care, built environment, and housing
  5. Faster development of accessibility standards
  6. Real AODA enforcement with public reporting
  7. Use every lever of government so public money never creates new barriers
  8. Accessible provincial and municipal elections
  9. Remove new disability barriers created by government decisions
  10. Fix Ontario’s dysfunctional human-rights tribunal process

Read the full pledge on the AODA Alliance website. Endorsing this pledge is not an endorsement of this campaign by the AODA Alliance.

Justice for all

I pledge to fight anti-Palestinian racism

As an independent candidate for Mayor of Toronto, I endorse the Vote Palestine call to address anti-Palestinian racism and protect freedom of expression on Palestine, and I endorse the Arab Canadian Lawyers Association (ACLA) framework for naming and confronting anti-Palestinian racism.

ACLA describes anti-Palestinian racism as a form of anti-Arab racism that silences, excludes, erases, stereotypes, defames or dehumanizes Palestinians or their narratives. I oppose anti-Palestinian racism the same way I oppose Islamophobia, antisemitism, anti-Black racism, and every form of hate directed at any community.

What a mayor can deliver: equal dignity and fairness in city services, hiring, and decisions; protect the right to peaceful protest and speech in public space; strengthen Access T.O. so every resident can use city services without fear; and make sure city institutions do not silence, exclude, or defame Palestinians or their allies.

What I’ll fight for beyond City Hall: full recognition of anti-Palestinian racism in Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy and in Ontario’s anti-racism work; protection of free expression and civil rights for peaceful advocacy for Palestinian rights, including Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS); and an end to the chilling of speech in workplaces, schools, universities, and public institutions.

  • Name and fight anti-Palestinian racism using the ACLA framework
  • Protect peaceful advocacy and free expression on Palestine
  • Fair city services and hiring for every resident, without exception
  • Stand against Islamophobia and antisemitism alongside anti-Palestinian racism

Learn more: Vote Palestine platform · ACLA anti-Palestinian racism resources. Endorsing these frameworks is not an endorsement of this campaign by Vote Palestine or ACLA.