The Community Response handbook was designed for the Bathurst Quay neighbourhood to enable us to be better prepared for emergencies that could arise. It was created in response to the October 2022 bomb scare that resulted in an eight-hour evacuation of neighbourhood.

The Ontario government’s Bill 110 allows the Province to expropriate Little Norway Park and remove the city’s voice from major decisions affecting it. The Bill also removes the City of Toronto from the Tripartite Agreement that has shaped the relationship between the airport, the waterfront, the City of Toronto and surrounding communities for decades.

Our community is a unique mix of cooperatives, social housing and condos with wonderful local amenities. The history of how this all came about provides good lessons for the future of housing policy and community building.