Are you voting for a Davis or a De Baermaeker?

The Toronto Public Space Committee (TPSC) has posted two illuminating videos on their website showing impassioned speaches on outdoor advertising from councillor Janet Davis and councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker — De Baememaeker can’t get enough of it, while Davis defends our right for freedom from messages to buy, buy, buy. The TPSC posts the ads in hopes of encouraging voters to consider issues of ad creep before heading to the ballot box.

With the City about to sell off our sidewalks on an unprecedented scale with the Coordinated Street Furniture Program, and with new bylaws concerning postering, billboards, ad trucks, and more coming before City Council in the new year, the stakes have never been higher for advocates of livable, accessible, and vibrant public spaces.