Steven Del Duca

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As mayor of Vaughan, I’m urging Mark Carney to meet our Jewish community

As mayor of Vaughan, I’m urging Mark Carney to meet our Jewish community

I have an urgent request for Prime Minister Mark Carney: please come to Vaughan, Ont., to meet with our Jewish community. As Vaughan’s mayor, I want you to know that Jews here feel angry, scared, defiant, tired, shocked and beleaguered. Who can blame them? I’ve lived my entire life in this country, but I have never before witnessed the shocking...

I’m slashing a ‘tax’ that’s driven up costs for homebuyers for too long. Other mayors should follow

I’m slashing a ‘tax’ that’s driven up costs for homebuyers for too long. Other mayors should follow

There is broad acceptance that we have a housing affordability crisis, created at least in part because we don’t have enough supply to meet our demand. Finding a way to overcome this challenge is deeply personal for me. My wife and I bought our first home in 2004. Four years later, we moved to our current address in a neighbourhood...