Toronto Star · The Globe and Mail
Jennifer Keesmaat
Publishing · On our record since 2012
Where this writer stands
Housing1 piece
Public supply and demand controlsMarket supply and deregulation
“No recent Toronto administration has assembled so many complementary housing levers at once: public land, direct investment, rental incentives, affordable-housing acquisition, zoning reform, development-charge relief and potentially more flexible forms of ownership.” Read the piece
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Recent work
- Olivia Chow may be Toronto’s most impactful housing mayor since amalgamationOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 11, 2026
- There’s a way to build affordable housing in Toronto — and we’re doing it right nowOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 29, 2025
- Opinion: By letting public spaces and services fail, our cities are breaking a fundamental promise to the people who live thereOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 9, 2025
- I used to be Toronto’s chief planner. Mark Carney’s new plan gives me hope we might finally address the housing crisisOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 24, 2025
- Opinion: What kind of city does Toronto want to be?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 1, 2025
- Opinion: Public lands can help unlock the housing crisis – and our governments hold the keyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 20, 2024
- Opinion: Governments in Canada are finally taking aim at one of the housing crisis’s highest-priority issuesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 17, 2023
- Opinion: Canada’s new normal begins in our citiesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 22, 2020
- Opinion: Want to end congestion? Put a price on our roadsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 27, 2019
- Opinion: If we want people to give up their cars, we need to fix our streetsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 14, 2019
- Opinion | Transit decisions must remain local, former city planner saysOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 6, 2017
- Here’s how to change Canada from a suburban to an urban nationOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 30, 2016
- It’s time to reimagine Toronto’s streetcar ‘King”Opinion · Toronto Star · Jun 15, 2016
- It’s time to reimagine Toronto’s streetcar ‘King” | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 14, 2016
- ‘Affordable’ housing goes far beyond prices and interest ratesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 9, 2016
- ‘Affordable’ housing goes far beyond prices and interest ratesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 9, 2016
- ‘Affordable’ housing goes far beyond prices and interest ratesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 8, 2016
- Making room for families in a vertical TorontoOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 18, 2016
- Greenbelt makes GTA more, not less, livableOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 17, 2015
- Greenbelts make cities more livable, affordable and transit-friendlyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 11, 2015
- Greenbelts make cities more livable, affordable and transit-friendlyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 11, 2015
- Creating walkable, transit-friendly communities in TorontoOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 26, 2014
- In complete communities, pedestrians take precedenceOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 16, 2014
- Here’s how to change Canada from a suburban to an urban nationOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 15, 2014
- By densifying Eglinton, we can fight congestionOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 27, 2014
- Our cities will define our futureOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 9, 2012
- Our cities will define our futureOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 9, 2012
- Our cities will define our futureOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 9, 2012