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PUBLISHER’S NOTE JULY 2022 EDITION Welcome to our July edition! This month, we’re featuring Mark Grimes, Toronto City Councillor for Ward 3 Etobicoke-Lakeshore on our cover. It’s great to catch up with Mark as he discusses growth and development in our community. We’ve also included some great features from June MacDonald-Jenkins, Principal of Humber College Lakeshore Campus and James Maloney, Member of Parliament for Etobicoke-Lakeshore. Check out our Finance Feature article on Side Gigs, How To Generate Additional Sources of Income from our friends at Moya Financial on Brown’s Line. Have a great summer! Thank you for reading, Roger Tumminieri Publisher, Etobicoke Lakeshore Press etobicokelakeshorepress@gmail.com www.etobicokelakeshorepress.com (416) 788-0716
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TABLE OF CONTENTS JULY 2022 Publisher’s Note
Welcome to our July Edition Page 6
Cover Story
Mark Grimes Talks Growth & Development Page 8
Community
Making Sense of the Census Page 10
Office146
Featuring Happy Healthy Women Page 11
Humber College Update
Welcoming a New President & CEO Page 12
Finance
How To Generate More Income Page 14
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COVER STORY COUNCILLOR MARK GRIMES In 2018, our boundary expanded making the new Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore the largest municipal Ward in Canada by population. At 141,751 residents, we are larger than entire cities like Kingston and St. Catharines, and we’re approaching the same population as the Province of Prince Edward Island. We’re continuing to grow, and over the last several years our community has been under siege by development – but why is all of this growth happening? The answer starts at the Province. The Ontario Government sets the bar for growth targets, and then kicks the ball back to municipalities who are left to figure out how to manage that growth. If you asked the Province, they’d tell you that land use is under municipal jurisdiction. Technically, that’s correct, but the jurisdictional lines become blurred when you learn that municipal Official Plans are required to be consistent with provincial growth plans, and that Provincial tribunals can (and do) overrule municipal decision making on development. In 2019, the Province introduced changes to their growth policies. These changes are reshaping the development process, and are placing increasing pressure on our City to accommodate more residents. The new policies call for more intensification, and under the Province’s plan, the City of Toronto is required to accommodate 3.6 million people by 2051. Some developers are taking these mandates to the extreme and are putting forward applications that are completely egregious and in my opinion, downright greedy. The City cannot control what a private land owner chooses to put forward, and the City is legally required to review and process all applications. Unfortunately, we can’t just say “no”.
zoning and established permissions and that ignores the need for additional services to counter the impact of additional density. I will continue to vote to fight development that our City Planners find to be egregious and inappropriate for our community. When development applications come forward that our City Planners can support, I will continue to work to ensure that the proposal responds to the needs of the community. For example, on the Christie’s Site, we secured a Park Lawn GO station, 2 new public parks, a community centre, 2 child care centres, space for 2 elementary schools, 1,500 affordable units, and space for upwards of 3,500 jobs. We’ve brought in new policies to require all eligible new developments to incorporate affordable units. On other sites, we’re securing funding to enhance our parks and public spaces. We’re working to ensure that when development does happen, it works for the community and that growth pays for growth. We will continue to experience development across the City of Toronto. Given some new rules introduced by the Province earlier this year, it’s going to be a tough battle. New rules are reshaping how we secure community benefits from development. New rules will financially penalize cities for not reviewing development applications fast enough. New rules will likely result in more appeals to the Ontario Land Tribunal. I will continue to vote to support our communities, and oppose development that our City Planners find to be egregious and inappropriate for our community.
We need more housing in Toronto, and I have made my position on development very clear. I am in favour of responsible growth that respects our community’s wishes, respects our established area growth plans, revitalizes our main streets, and contributes to our neighbourhood amenities. I am opposed to over development that does not conform to our area’s
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HUMBER COLLEGE COMMUNITY UPDATE We might be entering the quieter summer months but there’s no shortage of news and excitement here at Humber College’s Lakeshore campus. After an exceptional career, our long-time president and CEO Chris Whitaker is retiring at the end of June. It has been an absolute pleasure working with Chris since my arrival last fall. His vision and leadership have been paramount in Humber’s growth and development over the past decade and kept it at the forefront of polytechnic education in this country. While I’m sad to see him leave, I wish Chris all the best in his retirement. He leaves a lasting legacy at Humber and one he should be enormously proud of.
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I had the privilege to work with Dr. Vaughan since 2016 while Dean at Loyalist College. As Humber’s first female President, she brings more than three decades of post-secondary success and experience to Humber.
Volunteers are currently needed to support the maintenance and watering of pod sites located around south Etobicoke. The project is looking for volunteers for any day of the week, including weekends, on an ongoing basis until Sept. 2.
Please join me in welcoming Ann Marie to Humber. We are excited to welcome her to the Lakeshore campus and to have her lead our college going forward.
Watering usually takes about 15 to 30 minutes per site.
For those of you who enjoy getting a little fresh air and exercise with a dash of volunteerism, there’s an opportunity to support an important project that works to improve food security in south Etobicoke. The GARDENS project is a collaboration between LAMP Community Health Centre and Humber College with oversight by the GARDENS Advisory Council. It partners with local businesses and schools to reclaim and repurpose underutilized land for the purpose of growing fresh produce while engaging, educating, and empowering the community through access to nutritious food and free
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ANN MARIE VAUGHAN
However, with every end comes a new beginning and Humber is entering an exciting new chapter in its history with the announcement of our incoming president and CEO, Dr. Ann Marie Vaughan.
High school students who need to complete their 40 hours of community service this summer also have an opportunity to do so through the GARDENS Youth Grow initiative. As well, the GARDENS project offers free educational workshops and excursions for community members at no cost. Topics include food preparation and preservation, small space container gardening and growing vegetable scraps, among others. For information on any of the Garden’s opportunities, please check out our website at www.gardenslakeshore.ca If you are in the area, you may want to
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drop by the Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre to enjoy our exhibits and tour schedule. Of note is a new exhibition at the Third Floor Gallery. This Old Tree features a collection of paintings by artist Pat Rice. The exhibition is inspired by the generations of trees and natural environments that are found in the Long Branch neighbourhood, an area where Pat grew up and spent the majority of his life. Paintings of other iconic areas of Long Branch are also part of the exhibition, which continues at the Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre until Sept. 17. I also have more information to share about a sustainability tour I had mentioned was in the works in my previous column. The Lakeshore Grounds Sustainability Tour, which is set to launch July 18, explores the natural
and built environment that is shared by a number of partners and home to many florae and fauna. This tour tells the ongoing story of South Etobicoke’s changing landscape through a sustainability and ecology lens. Discover the sustainability initiatives made by Humber’s Lakeshore Campus and reflect on the diverse environment in Colonel Samuel Smith Park that local groups aim to protect, enhance, and promote. The Sustainability Tour embodies where we come from and where we are going, inviting participants to learn about the rich ecosystems and sustainability initiatives at the Lakeshore Grounds. You can find more information by visiting LakeshoreGrounds.ca/tours.
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FINANCE HOW TO GENERATE MORE INCOME Want more wealth? One of the best ways to get it is by adding additional income streams. Most of us earn one income at a time, while others have a handful of sources. Perhaps not surprisingly, multiple income streams are a common characteristic among many high-earners and high-wealth individuals. Rich or poor, however, more income always brings the same thing: better financial security. Assuming you’re not already blessed with abundant wealth, what can you do to generate additional income and improve your financial position? Here’s a look at three ways to boost your earning power. Invest in a business through stocks or partnership If you haven’t done so already, putting your money to work by investing in a diversified portfolio of financial assets is an important first step on the path to increased income and additional wealth. Needless to say, no stock market investment is ever risk-free, but you can mitigate risk by investing in blue chip companies that routinely pay a dividend (meaning they’re businesses that tend to weather market declines, and also make regular payments to shareholders). Besides providing steady income, this strategy is also likely to deliver long-term growth as the value of each business increases over time. A far riskier strategy, but one that offers the potential for dramatically higher return on investment, is skipping the stock market to partner with a promising business, either by buying bonds, or becoming a direct investor in the company. Of course, if the company struggles or fails, you risk losing your investment. If they hit it big and go public, you could be in line for a major windfall. Sell a service or product as a side-hustle Say you’ve got an employment income, and don’t want a part-time job working for another boss elsewhere. One popular and potentially lucrative option is to set up your own side-business selling a service of some kind. Whether it’s yard work and home repair, portrait photography, or possibly even educational lessons of some
kind, services are seen as a growing sector as more people look to outsource tasks they don’t know how to do, don’t have time to do, or simply don’t want to do. If you’d rather not shovel someone else’s snow, or teach guitar to 10-year-olds, an alternative is selling products via a home-based business. The key is finding an appealing product that catches the eye of notoriously fickle customers, and a platform like Etsy that allows you to easily sell your wares. Come up with a hot-seller, however, and your side-hustle might out-perform your primary source of income. Generate rental income, or invest in real estate Real estate is often an effective way to add income to your portfolio, no matter whether you own it yourself and use it to make money, or invest in a broad basket of properties through a real estate trust. If you’re a homeowner, or have a second property, rental income gives your finances a regular cash injection. Of course, it’s not always one-way traffic, and being a landlord requires significant investment when it comes to purchasing, maintaining, and insuring the property. Still, as owner, you will end up benefiting if the property appreciates in value – you might even consider flipping it and investing the earnings. If you don’t want to be a landlord, or can’t afford to be, you can still make money by investing in real estate trusts, companies that own and operate income-generating properties such as shopping malls, apartment buildings, office buildings, and hotels. Some such trusts invest in single family homes. Investors can diversify and minimize risk exposure by purchasing real estate ETFs, which piece together different investments into a single asset. While these kinds of investments all come with some degree of risk, real estate has traditionally delivered both healthy dividend returns and long-term growth as property values keep rising ever higher.
This article is not intended to provide financial or financial planning advice, please call or email Moya Financial and they will be more than happy to chat with you. 747 Brown’s Line,Toronto ON M8W 3V7 Call: 416 255 1742 . Email: main@moyafinancial.ca