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Pride 2026 Events

Happy Pride, Toronto Centre! Pride Toronto and their partner organizations have been hard at work over the past year to put together another amazing Pride Festival. If you’re attending the Street Fair on Church Street, be sure to stop by my tent and say hi! You can find us between Wellesley Street East and Maitland Street, all day on Saturday, June 27 and Sunday, June 28. 

This year’s theme, WE WON'T STOP, is our reminder that the rights and visibility we have today were hard-won and that honouring this legacy means continuing the work. It is our commitment to celebrating the identities, experiences and expressions of our 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. Because We Won’t Stop celebrating our vibrant diversity, honouring our history, and taking bold action towards equality.

Councillor Update - May 2026

You might not know it from the recent rollercoaster of weather, but spring has arrived in Toronto. Hot on its heels, our first Environment Day is happening at Allan Gardens on May 10, the Underpass Park Farmers' Market is opening May 14, and patio season begins right around the Victoria Day weekend. Let’s get out, enjoy our open spaces, support local businesses,  and celebrate the warmer weather!

The pedestrianization of two blocks of Church Street this summer is a major initiative that I have been working on with the Church-Wellesley Business Improvement Area. From June 19 - August 21, Church Street will be pedestrianized between Wellesley Street East and Alexander Street. To date, over 2,200 people have signed a petition in support of this, and I invite you to add your support by  visiting the Toronto Centre Projects website.

Councillor Update - April 2026

As we head into April, I wish you and your families a wonderful Easter and Passover. For those with kids, I’ve invited the Easter Bunny to join me this Saturday for free events for your whole family! 

Doug Ford’s campaign of cruelty against marginalized people living with addiction challenges continues to worsen – and he’s making our entire downtown increasingly unsafe in the process. Ford continues to ignore professionals, experts, researchers, and medical advice in the process as he tries to shut down two of the last remaining supervised consumption services (SCSs) in the Downtown East. 

New and Improved Park Spaces

We Did It: Downtown East Action Plan Now Fully Funded!

58 New Traffic Agents

Support the New Allan Gardens Expansion

Your City’s Budget Highlights for 2026

I’ve been working hard with the Mayor and Council to ensure that this year’s city budget is investing in what’s important and serving us better.

Spring Recreation Registration Now Open

Registration for spring recreation activities are open across the city. Toronto residents will be able to register for more than 16,700 courses with more than 151,000 spaces offered in swimming, arts and crafts, sports, fitness and much more, including adapted and accessible programs. Most registered programs begin on March 28.    

Councillor Update - March 2026

It’s been a very busy fall and winter in Toronto Centre and at City Hall, and I’m proud to see that more and more results are visibly taking shape.

Together, we’ve made real progress and delivered real results. Encampments in our parks are now virtually zero: the plan that my team and I have put in place, in conjunction with fast responses by our City’s social services partners, has meant that hundreds of people have now come out of the cold and into supportive and transitional housing, where they can better access the supports and services they need.

Similarly, here in Toronto Centre we’ve achieved 10,257 housing starts: we’re building and delivering more housing and affordable housing. We’ve acquired a new, much larger building for the St Lawrence Library to move to in a couple of years so that it can serve Moss Park as well. We even made our voices heard and reversed a proposed cut to the Downtown East Action Plan – which now will really start ramping up this spring and summer.