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Numerous informal requests, two formal complaints, and 2 community letters including one with the petition with 120 signatures (as of July 15th) have been filed since April 2026 - in attempt to have City staff work reflect Council directions and human rights obligations as defined by the City. Still, staff are continuing to plan and finalize work without a Stakeholder Advisory Committee. City staff leading this work:  Sipo Maphangoh, David Driedger, Oren Tamir

• in April 2026, Council told staff to establish a Stakeholder Advisory Committee to guide their work preparing a Planning Framework. Staff have refused and have designed and are implementing all engagements without a Committee.
• In May 2026 Staff declined a meeting with a local councillor’s office and community who wanted to address staff approach of planning without community.
• Staff are not taking action to address housing rights and anti-Black racism concerns while also reducing the neighbourhood boundary by 60%, and refusing to prepare a What We Heard report summarizing the feedback they’ve received so far.

Why this matters: Our government should not fund a planning process that moves ahead by ignoring local voices. Public resources must serve community priorities - not produce decisions that are shaped without community trust. The current process risks exacerbating displacement. 

This neighbourhood is in a critical moment. For decades, it has been a centre of culture, business, and community life, yet rising land values, redevelopment pressures, the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, and the lack of intentional community-centred policies have accelerated displacement for residents, businesses, and community spaces.

That is why we're asking for you to guide the development of a community-led plan by filling in this short 5–7 minute survey.

This priorities of the draft community-led plan sets out a 20-year strategy to respond to displacement and to provide support for people to remain, return, and thrive. It builds on our over seven years of organizing and two years of direct community consultation alongside a rich history and context of ongoing community-led initiatives.

Having a clear community voice is essential as the City of Toronto is publiishing a Little Jamaica and Oakwood Vaughan Framework Plan at the end of this year. The City's most recent public proposal, published April 7 2026, removed significant parts of the neighbourhood from the area that would be considered for tailored housing, and social and economic development policies to address displacement and/or anti-Black racism.

Fill in this survey to ensure community priorities are clearly defined and cannot be overlooked in these and future decisions.