As our city continues to densify, balancing commercial entertainment venues with residential well-being requires sophisticated, equitable urban planning. Currently, the City of Toronto utilizes an "Agent of Change" planning model.

This framework is designed to protect existing night businesses from noise complaints that arise when new residential developments are constructed nearby.

While protecting original land use is a logically sound planning principle, this policy is currently applied in a deeply inequitable manner.

At present, the Agent of Change principle only covers a very small, specific portion of downtown Toronto. This geographical limitation leaves countless neighborhoods vulnerable to new noise disturbances without the protections.This needs to change:

• Over the summer of 2025, No More Noise documented reports of extreme low-frequency vibrations originating from new venues in suburban areas, such as Rogers Stadium in Downsview

• These impacts were perceivable up to 9 kilometers away, proving that entertainment noise is no longer a strictly a localized "downtown" issue.

• The physiological stress caused by these widespread disruptions demonstrates that every resident, regardless of their postal code, requires objective protection from new noise sources.

Whether you live adjacent to a downtown nightclub or kilometers away from a mega-concert facility, your right to a healthy, restorative environment is valid.

We believe the Agent of Change policy should be expanded city-wide, ensuring it covers any existing land use. This will mandate that any potential new disturbing noise source built near established neighborhoods must not negatively impact the health and well being of nearby communities.

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