Citizens for Transparency and Accountability (CTA)
Below are questions every Londoner should be asking. They're drawn from city budgets, council decisions, and the issues shaping our daily lives — from property taxes and homelessness to bike lanes, safe supply, and who's actually accountable for how your money gets spent. The Citizens for Transparency and Accountability page exists to put those questions in one place, plainly and publicly, because an informed city is a harder city to manage behind closed doors. Click any category below to dive in, and check back for in-depth articles breaking down what we find.
🔥 MONEY & TAXES
1. Why are surpluses not applied on a yearly basis and returned to taxpayers?
2. Why did our property taxes increase by 26% compounded over the last four years?
3. Why did council stop going through the whole budget line by line every year?
4. How many millions of dollars are in city reserve funds?
5. Why did council approve a 34–40% salary increase?
🏠 HOUSING & HOMELESSNESS
1. Why did activists write our homelessness plan instead of elected officials?
2. Why is homelessness still climbing if we keep spending more?
3. What does it actually cost per person to put someone in a micro-shelter?
4. Are we duplicating services while people stay on the street?
5. Is it legal to clear encampments with nowhere to send people?
🚌 TRANSIT & INFRASTRUCTURE
1. Why is traffic congestion only getting worse in this city?
2. What was the impact on travel time with the addition of the rapid transit system?
3. Why was the Wonderland Road widening stopped?
4. Why spend millions on 27 km of almost empty bike lanes?
💉 SAFE SUPPLY & PUBLIC SAFETY
1. Is London still supporting safe supply?
2. How have safe supply and injection sites impacted our city?
3. Why are addicts and offenders housed next to vulnerable residents?
4. How is London managing the provincial funding for recovery and mental health?
📋 BUREAUCRACY & SPENDING
1. How much do we spend on consultants?
2. What's in the Climate Emergency Reserve Fund and how has it been spent?
3. What did painting the roads and crosswalks cost, and what's the upkeep?
4. What does constant DEI and ESG reporting cost the city?
5. Who is responsible for hiring city managers and staff?
🚨 LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY
1. How do non-elected organizations (GCoM, AMO, FCM) impact local policies and budget without voter input?
2. Which NGOs and non-profits get city money, and why don't they have to account for their spending?
3. Why do city bureaucrats have more access to information than our elected officials?
4. Does the ethics complaint process serve us or does it silence elected officials?
🏢 JOBS & ECONOMY
1. What's the actual plan to bring jobs to London?
2. How has the Free of Fear policy (Sanctuary City) impacted our local services and budget?
3. Why is London advertising for immigrants to come here when London has the worst unemployment rate in Canada?
🌍 CLIMATE & FCM/AMO
1. Is climate spending at the local level redundant?
2. Councillors spent over $20,000 on AMO and FCM conferences — how do taxpayers benefit?
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