Over the years, I have had the pleasure of visiting Vancouver and comparing it to Toronto. Sadly, Toronto is not learning from cities like Vancouver and other cities that are planning for the future and know what they would like to be. Toronto has many competing interests and no one unifying vision or group. During our last visit to Vancouver, Krista drove us around and we saw the wonderful waterfront that is being returned to the citizens to enjoy. I am sure that many tourists visit Toronto and have no idea that it is a city on a major lake. That lake has been hidden by the intense development that has all but obscured any view of the lake. Most of the beaches are gone or unusable; in fact this year an articical beach was built near Harbourfront.
Sadly, Toronto still has no plan or vision, our attempts at a slogan support this fact. The other issue which is being studied by a university of Toronto professor is the Ontario Municipal Board which allows developers with money to force their plans through despite the fact that some of these plans are not in the best interests of the city and its residents. Toronto also has councillors who represent their constituents to the detriment of the rest of the city and we have a great number of groups that shout NOT IN MY NEIGHBOURHOOOD.
Time for Toronto to wake up and observe what cities like Vancouver have accomplished and help Toronto become the city it should be.
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