For Mayor of Toronto · 2026Affordable artist housing and studio space
Protect and expand places to live, rehearse, make, edit, fabricate and build careers.
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Arts, culture and the creative economy · ProposedToronto Creates.
Culture is not decoration. Culture creates identity, tourism, economic output, neighbourhood vitality and global reputation.
Toronto Creative Economy
A city where creators can build a life—and build work the world wants.
Film, television, music, games, animation, publishing, fashion, design, architecture, digital arts, theatre, dance, museums and festivals are part of Toronto’s economic and civic infrastructure.
Maker spaces and performance venues
Support spaces where emerging and established creators can produce, perform and collaborate.
Creative districts and a living night economy
Make permitting and public-realm management predictable enough for culture to flourish without abandoning safety or neighbourhood responsibility.
Public art that belongs to neighbourhoods
Use public projects to create paid opportunities for local design and storytelling rooted in place.
The full creative workforce
Support performers, crews, crafts, technicians, producers, designers, writers, postproduction, immersive media and Canadian intellectual property.
Human authorship and fair work
Use responsible technology to expand capability while protecting consent, attribution, authorship and fair work.
City of Stories: Toronto should be known as a place that creates culture the world wants—not only a place that consumes it.
A Toronto-made showcase
Who Let the Kids in the Candy Kingdom
A creative project designed to showcase Toronto artists, performers, designers, film workers, crafts, emerging talent and new production methods.
Toronto should not only host the world’s stories. It should help its own creators own, build and share them. That means protecting rights, consent, credit, professional standards and human creative control.
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