Year: 1915
Summary: Lists essential qualifications for the head of a Fire Department, based on merit and administrative skills.
Year: 1914
Summary: Argues that the city tax rate is not easily reduced, but the fire loss tax rate is. Citizens pay the price for fire damage.
Summary: Presents a potential Fire Insurance Policy for the citizens of Toronto.
Summary: The City Council should create a Fire Prevention Commission to establish rules and regulations upon the subject of fire prevention. There is too much division of authority in the matter of inspecting fire escapes, hence the need for a single commission.
Summary: Two steps should be taken to increase fire safety in the aftermath of the Woodbine Hotel fire: establishment of a strong central authority and a Fire Prevention Commission.
Year: 1919
Summary: Highlights the great need for more housing, and argues the the newly appointed Toronto Housing Commission should be allowed to act fast. Details steps taken to increase the supply of housing - other than by private means.
Year: 1978
Summary: The London Public Library is an effective community I&R agency, despite the struggles of the London Urban Information Centre.
Year: 1968
Summary: Suggests the implications of transferring the authority of the Toronto Housing Authority to the province: the city would experience financial gains, while the province would gain control and authority. Discusses Regent Park.
Year: 1975
Summary: A scan of waste management practice and authorities in Ontario and how they play out in various cities, emphasizing the need for a more comprehensive strategy of waste management, recycling and renewable energy.
Summary: A report on the challenges presented by low housing supply and expensive housing and rental stock in the city of Toronto.
Year: 1928
Summary: Highlights road accident fatality rates in Canada and expresses a need for regulatory changes in order to prevent them. Compares road fatality rates to the number of people killed in wars, saying "the civil war of motor accidents has lasted twenty years and shows no sign of termination."
Year: 1981
Summary: Assesses the role of recreation at the municipal level, considering major benefits and financial constraints.
Year: 1940
Summary: Highlights the issue of housing challenges due to unemployment, noting the number of people on voucher, in houses of industry, and single men in hostels. Demonstrates that the number of people on relief is the lowest it has been since 1933 and that unemployment has decreased in the August-November period.
Year: 1971
Summary: Describes the importance of learning from past rehabilitation projects of low-income housing.
Year: 1973
Summary: Toronto must find a new way to dispose of waste, after having used lake Ontario, incineration and landfills. There are economic and social advantages to turning to recycling.
Summary: Discusses the legal structure of land easement and the possibilities of using this method for creating recreation spaces.
Year: 1959
Summary: Discusses the urgent need for reform in parking regulations in the city.
Year: 1952
Summary: Argues that investment for the development of Regent Park is an election issue.
Year: 1954
Summary: Discusses the structure of care in housing for the elderly and challenges this housing faces.
Summary: Examines the challenges municipalities face in fulfilling their responsibility to build old age homes.
Year: 1950
Summary: Discusses emergency housing set up in the aftermath of WWII and its costs.
Year: 1955
Summary: Describes the history of emergency housing in Toronto, and need for better provisions.
Year: 1948
Summary: Examines parking and traffic challenges grow as the city grows.
Year: 1937
Summary: Queries as to the wisdom of converting the Exhibition grounds into a horse-race track. Suggests that affecting economies in city services could be of greater benefit to city revenue.
Summary: Outlines the division of responsibilities between the province and municipalities with regard to development of public housing.
Year: 1963
Summary: The present system for public housing is overly complex and expensive, as well as inefficient. Outlines the effect that new legislation could have on Ontario social housing.
Year: 1920
Summary: Details of modern athletic structures/stadiums in North American cities (e.g. Cambridge, Philadelphia, New York), and discussion of logistics of building a municipal stadium in Toronto.
Year: 1962
Summary: The introduction of sewer charges in Metro Toronto could have two major advantages: equitable distribution of service costs and diversification of municipal revenue.
Year: 1930
Summary: Examines the ways in which legislation can prevent traffic accidents and fatalities, but also outlines ways in which roads and vehicles can and should be improved in order to make roads safer.
Year: 1929
Summary: Outlines the efficacy of "safety-responsibility" legislation passed by the Connecticut Commission of Motor Vehicles. Concludes these efforts to increase vehicle safety are worthy of more study.