Stephanie Bertolo

Once, I saw a child, who was crossing the street to get to school, lying in a pool of blood after being hit by a car. It radicalized me.

Enough is enough. But not in the way Doug Ford says. Every effort needs to be made to penalize drivers who are speeding, distracted, or under the influence.

25.09.2025 17:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My love for theatre and housing came together in the play Stealing Home, on now at Toronto's Fringe Festival! Check out my review:

08.07.2025 17:46 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Toronto releases pre-approved housing designs for garden, laneway suites Rhianne Campbell reports, the new measures come as a way to boost construction on new housing, cut designs costs, and speed up permit approval times.

Toronto has released pre-approved designs for garden and laneway suites. This will help some homeowners interested in adding a unit to their property, but it's a drop in the bucket relative to the number of homes that we need. Featuring @stephbertolo.bsky.social. toronto.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...

05.07.2025 12:48 — 👍 19    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 1

Toronto needs more housing. Are garden suites a potential solution? | CBC News The City of Toronto is hoping new measures to cut design costs and speed up permit approval times for laneway and garden suites may encourage homeowners to build more, but some advocates and experts s...

More from @stephbertolo.bsky.social:

"Anything that helps reduce the cost of development and gets things built faster is a win... Unfortunately I think that laneway housing and garden suites aren't going to be a big part of the solution..."

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

07.07.2025 15:40 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 3    📌 0

Toronto is, in fact, a world class city, and various regional political dynamics serve to undermine it, and hold it back from further greatness.

01.07.2025 22:59 — 👍 237    🔁 23    💬 18    📌 5

CANADA VOTES 2025: ‘I don’t want to have to leave’, housing affordability top of mind for Gen Z this election Industry experts say development charges have increased more than 250 per cent in York Region.

And here: www.yorkregion.com/politics/fed...

24.04.2025 01:08 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

What are the top issues for Toronto this federal election? Experts weigh in Canadians will hit the polls to cast their ballots for the country’s next prime minister on April 28—but what issues are top of mind for Toronto this federal election?

Director @StephBertolo featured on CTV:

“I think what Toronto needs is, and all of Canada, is a coordinated effort on behalf of all governments to get more housing built. At a federal level, that means making it a national priority.”

www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

24.04.2025 01:03 — 👍 24    🔁 4    💬 5    📌 0

A chart of the grades for each party in six categories and overall. The grades and a breakdown can be found at https://www.moreneighbours.ca/news/analysis/mnto-2025-federal-election-housing-platform-evaluation

Advanced voting starts today. More Neighbours Toronto has analyzed the parties' housing platforms, such as they are, across six categories. We also gave an overall evaluation that accounts for the feasibility, practicality, and coherence of the platform: www.moreneighbours.ca/news/analysi...

18.04.2025 18:34 — 👍 25    🔁 9    💬 2    📌 3

How Trump and Several Lawsuits Could Undo New York’s Congestion Pricing The program is the target of several lawsuits and of President-elect Donald J. Trump, who said he will end it permanently once he takes office on Jan. 20.

Conservatives hate socialism until it comes to paying for the real cost of driving. Then they love public goods.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/n...

07.01.2025 23:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations to our new board members, @zakls.bsky.social @stoneape314.bsky.social, Stephanie Bertolo, and Nicholas Harterre!

They bring fresh perspectives and passion to the table, and we can’t wait to get started.

Here's to a great year, and fixing the housing crisis for the next one!

16.12.2024 00:35 — 👍 20    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 0