So a quick word on #onstorm & #torontoflood. This is what #climatechange looks like. It's already too late to turn the clock back. This is it. And conversations about how to deal with it need to start focusing on resiliency rather than avoidance. That's going to mean different 1/
Priorities for developers and city planners, which must set higher standards for building codes and sewer systems. That's going to raise costs on building and in a city like #Toronto, it's only going to make housing more expensive. So if you are following or supporting one of 2/
The two major mayoral candidates, either @JohnTory or @jen_keesmaat, their claims about more affordable developments and better housing, deserve to be scrutinized through this reality of flooded basements, waterlogged streets, and people being rescued from parking elevators. 3/