Social engineering
Social engineering
The application of sociological principles to specific social problems.
—Oxford dictionary

City planners along with left-leaning city politicians are using new residential condominium projects to push Toronto into becoming a city of the future, a city that will have far more density, a city of integrated neighbourhoods where people work, shop and play close to where they live, a city less reliant on cars and are more reliant on transit, bicycles and walking and a city of neighbourhoods where all citizens can find housing, no matter how low their incomes.

There is more. The buildings need to be energy efficient using less electricity, heat and water. Buildings will be encouraged to generate their own electricity. Green roofs are the ideal.

Nice life but far too inefficient

In this planned city, detached houses, and even townhouses, are overshadowed by high-rise residential towers in five major hubs and by mixed-use mid-size condo towers lining the major avenues.

The housing of the future. The kids will love it.

There should be more parks and green spaces in the new residential areas. Families need to be encouraged to move downtown and live in residential towers. The existing public housing stock needs to be repaired, replaced and increased.

All of this will take money; money the city doesn't have and money the federal and provincial governments will not provide. So the condominium developers and the condo buyers must provide most of the funds needed to build this city of the future.

One small problem. I am not so sure Canadians, anymore than chickens, will embrace this planned society.

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