I'm tired of treating symptoms instead of broken systems.
Recently, one of my patients was hospitalized because of an asthma flare. When she was discharged, she showed me photos of her apartment. The walls and ceiling were covered with mould. I know so many stories like this one, where a person’s health is directly related to political decisions.
We must fix this. Housing is the number one issue here—for tenants, for folks in need of deeply affordable housing, for the unhoused and for parents whose kids can’t afford to move out.
As a family doctor, I see how things like the housing crisis, soaring food costs, and gaps in our healthcare system are making it harder for so many of our neighbours to get by. I cannot stay silent witnessing this injustice. For this and many other reasons, I decided to run to share the stories of my community and to bring change to Toronto Centre.