Toronto is Canada’s biggest, richest and most challenged city

<p>Toronto is the largest city in Canada and among the most diverse, cosmopolitan, educated and successful cities in the world. But it has serious challenges from poor transit to congestion to unaffordable housing prices that have led to significant discontent among many of its citizens. Most clearly that was expressed in the election a few years ago of a populist outrage machine as Mayor, reflected now in the selection of his brother as the Conservative party leader for the upcoming provincial election.</p> <h2>What are the systemic causes of Toronto&rsquo;s challenges?</h2> <p>Having lived in Toronto twice for a total of 17 years, having lived in four other major cities in Canada and globally, having visited 24 cities in the past seven years alone and being an amateur urban planning nerd, I have some thoughts. Some will agree, some will disagree, because cities are complex systems and many times the only solutions are the least-worst ones.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/the-future-is-electric/toronto-is-canadas-biggest-richest-and-most-challenged-city-447ef62d59bd"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p>