diff --git a/src/app/robots.ts b/src/app/robots.ts index cc243b4..1c708a9 100644 --- a/src/app/robots.ts +++ b/src/app/robots.ts @@ -8,23 +8,31 @@ export default function robots(): MetadataRoute.Robots { { userAgent: "*", allow: "/", - disallow: ["/admin", "/api/"], + disallow: [ + "/admin", + "/api/", + "/toronto/vote/survey-questions", + ], }, { userAgent: "GPTBot", allow: "/", + disallow: ["/toronto/vote/survey-questions"], }, { userAgent: "ChatGPT-User", allow: "/", + disallow: ["/toronto/vote/survey-questions"], }, { userAgent: "ClaudeBot", allow: "/", + disallow: ["/toronto/vote/survey-questions"], }, { userAgent: "PerplexityBot", allow: "/", + disallow: ["/toronto/vote/survey-questions"], }, ], sitemap: `${baseUrl}/sitemap.xml`, diff --git a/src/app/toronto/vote/survey-questions/DownloadPdfButton.tsx b/src/app/toronto/vote/survey-questions/DownloadPdfButton.tsx new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ecf0603 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/app/toronto/vote/survey-questions/DownloadPdfButton.tsx @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +"use client"; + +import { Download } from "lucide-react"; + +export function DownloadPdfButton({ className }: { className?: string }) { + return ( + + ); +} diff --git a/src/app/toronto/vote/survey-questions/page.tsx b/src/app/toronto/vote/survey-questions/page.tsx new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5249f27 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/app/toronto/vote/survey-questions/page.tsx @@ -0,0 +1,142 @@ +import type { Metadata } from "next"; +import { DownloadPdfButton } from "./DownloadPdfButton"; +import { + ADDITIONAL, + STAGE_ONE, + STAGE_TWO, + type ChoiceQuestion, +} from "./questions"; + +export const metadata: Metadata = { + title: "Candidate Questionnaire — Toronto 2026", + description: + "The full set of questions Build Canada is asking Toronto's 2026 municipal candidates.", + robots: { + index: false, + follow: false, + nocache: true, + googleBot: { index: false, follow: false }, + }, +}; + +function OptionList({ options }: { options: ChoiceQuestion["options"] }) { + return ( + + ); +} + +export default function SurveyQuestionsPage() { + return ( +
+
+ {/* ── Hero ─────────────────────────────────────────────── */} +
+

+ Toronto 2026 · Candidate questionnaire +

+

+ Every question we’re asking Toronto’s candidates. +

+

+ Five yes-or-no questions, sixteen trilemmas, and ten additional + questions on the choices facing the next council. Every question + also carries an optional text box for a candidate’s own + comments. +

+ +
+ + {/* ── Stage One ────────────────────────────────────────── */} +
+
+

Stage One

+

+ Yes / No +

+
+
    + {STAGE_ONE.map(({ id, topic, question }) => ( +
  1. +
    + + {id} · {topic} + +
    +

    + {question} +

    +
    2. + ))} +
+
+ + {/* ── Stage Two ────────────────────────────────────────── */} +
+
+

Stage Two

+

+ Trilemmas +

+
+ + {STAGE_TWO.map(({ id, number, title, questions }) => ( +
+

+ {number} + {title} +

+ {questions.map(({ id: qid, question, options }) => ( +
+

+ {qid} + {question} +

+ +
+ ))} +
+ ))} +
+ + {/* ── Additional questions ─────────────────────────────── */} +
+
+

Additional Questions

+

+ Ten more choices +

+
+ + {ADDITIONAL.map(({ id, topic, question, options }) => ( +
+

+ {id} · {topic} + {question} +

+ +
+ ))} + +
+ +
+
+
+
+ ); +} diff --git a/src/app/toronto/vote/survey-questions/questions.ts b/src/app/toronto/vote/survey-questions/questions.ts new file mode 100644 index 0000000..41bc3dd --- /dev/null +++ b/src/app/toronto/vote/survey-questions/questions.ts @@ -0,0 +1,605 @@ +// Toronto 2026 candidate questionnaire — the questions sent to every candidate. +// Every question also carries an optional free-text comment field on the live survey. + +export type YesNoQuestion = { + id: string; + topic: string; + question: string; +}; + +export type ChoiceQuestion = { + id: string; + question: string; + options: { label: string; body: string }[]; +}; + +export type QuestionSection = { + id: string; + number: string; + title: string; + questions: ChoiceQuestion[]; +}; + +export const STAGE_ONE: YesNoQuestion[] = [ + { + id: "S1", + topic: "Housing", + question: + "Should Toronto permit substantially more housing as-of-right in every ward, including areas currently dominated by detached and semi-detached homes?", + }, + { + id: "S2", + topic: "Encampments", + question: + "When a person living in a park has been offered an available indoor space that meets their accessibility, safety and household needs, should the city require them to leave the encampment?", + }, + { + id: "S3", + topic: "Road pricing", + question: + "Should Toronto introduce road-pricing measures, such as congestion charges or tolls, if the revenue is dedicated to transportation improvements?", + }, + { + id: "S4", + topic: "Infrastructure", + question: + "Should Toronto raise additional local revenue to address its infrastructure repair backlog rather than defer maintenance while seeking funding from other governments?", + }, + { + id: "S5", + topic: "Transparency", + question: + "Should Toronto publish project-level budgets, schedules and performance updates for all major capital projects?", + }, +]; + +export const STAGE_TWO: QuestionSection[] = [ + { + id: "housing-and-growth", + number: "1", + title: "Housing and Growth", + questions: [ + { + id: "1.1", + question: + "If Toronto could make one major housing intervention this term, which should receive the greatest emphasis?", + options: [ + { + label: "Permission", + body: "Permit substantially more housing as-of-right", + }, + { + label: "Cost and speed", + body: "Reduce approval times, development charges and other city-imposed costs", + }, + { + label: "Public delivery", + body: "Build or finance substantially more affordable and supportive housing", + }, + ], + }, + { + id: "1.2", + question: + "What should be Toronto's primary role in delivering affordable and supportive housing?", + options: [ + { + label: "Direct provider", + body: "Build, acquire and own significantly more housing", + }, + { + label: "Partner and financier", + body: "Supply land, funding and incentives to non-profit and private providers", + }, + { + label: "Regulator and enabler", + body: "Focus primarily on permitting enough housing and reducing barriers to construction", + }, + ], + }, + { + id: "1.3", + question: + "Where should Toronto permit the greatest increase in housing density?", + options: [ + { + label: "Across the city", + body: "Permit more apartments and multiplexes in nearly every neighbourhood", + }, + { + label: "Along corridors and transit", + body: "Concentrate growth on major streets and near rapid transit", + }, + { + label: "In designated centres", + body: "Concentrate most growth downtown and in existing growth centres", + }, + ], + }, + ], + }, + { + id: "transit-and-transportation", + number: "2", + title: "Transit and Transportation", + questions: [ + { + id: "2.1", + question: + "What should receive the greatest share of the next available transit funding?", + options: [ + { + label: "Service", + body: "More frequent and reliable service on existing routes", + }, + { + label: "Maintenance", + body: "Vehicles, stations, signals and other state-of-good-repair work", + }, + { + label: "Expansion", + body: "New rapid-transit lines and extensions", + }, + ], + }, + { + id: "2.2", + question: + "When there is not enough street space for every use, which should generally receive priority?", + options: [ + { + label: "Passenger capacity", + body: "Transit, walking and cycling", + }, + { + label: "Goods and essential access", + body: "Deliveries, trades, emergency vehicles and accessibility", + }, + { + label: "General traffic and parking", + body: "Automobile capacity and curbside parking", + }, + ], + }, + { + id: "2.3", + question: + "If large-scale autonomous taxi service is introduced in Toronto, what should the city regulate most aggressively?", + options: [ + { + label: "Safety", + body: "Collision standards and interaction with pedestrians, cyclists and other road users", + }, + { + label: "Street use", + body: "Congestion, empty vehicles, pickups and curb access", + }, + { + label: "Public obligations", + body: "Accessibility, geographic coverage and service standards", + }, + ], + }, + ], + }, + { + id: "public-safety-and-public-space", + number: "3", + title: "Public Safety and Public Space", + questions: [ + { + id: "3.1", + question: + "Which approach should receive the greatest additional investment to improve public safety?", + options: [ + { + label: "Enforcement", + body: "Police, bylaw enforcement and a more visible official presence", + }, + { + label: "Crisis and prevention services", + body: "Mental-health response, addiction treatment and youth intervention", + }, + { + label: "Public-space management", + body: "Lighting, maintenance, sanitation and active use of streets and parks", + }, + ], + }, + { + id: "3.2", + question: + "Over the next council term, the Toronto Police Service budget should:", + options: [ + { + label: "Increase", + body: "above inflation to expand police staffing or services", + }, + { + label: "Hold", + body: "approximately constant after inflation", + }, + { + label: "Decrease", + body: "after inflation, with some responsibilities and funding transferred to civilian services", + }, + ], + }, + { + id: "3.3", + question: + "How should Toronto govern automated licence-plate readers and similar surveillance technology used on public streets?", + options: [ + { + label: "Permit broad use", + body: "Allow police and approved organizations to deploy them under existing privacy law", + }, + { + label: "Permit under strict rules", + body: "Establish citywide limits on access, retention, auditing and data sharing", + }, + { + label: "Prohibit broad automated collection", + body: "Restrict their use to narrowly authorized investigations", + }, + ], + }, + ], + }, + { + id: "city-government-and-service-delivery", + number: "4", + title: "City Government and Service Delivery", + questions: [ + { + id: "4.1", + question: + "Which change would do the most to reduce the cost of building housing in Toronto?", + options: [ + { + label: "Lower municipal charges", + body: "Reduce development charges, parkland payments and related levies", + }, + { + label: "Faster approvals", + body: "Expand as-of-right zoning and automate routine permits", + }, + { + label: "Simpler standards", + body: "Reduce parking, design and other construction requirements", + }, + ], + }, + { + id: "4.2", + question: + "What is the most important change Toronto should make to reduce capital-project delays and cost overruns?", + options: [ + { + label: "Improve project delivery", + body: "Strengthen professional project management, procurement and contracting", + }, + { + label: "Control political changes", + body: "Prevent councillors from altering scope after approval without identifying funding", + }, + { + label: "Limit the project pipeline", + body: "Start fewer projects and fully fund them before construction begins", + }, + ], + }, + { + id: "4.3", + question: "Which service-delivery model should Toronto use more often?", + options: [ + { + label: "Direct delivery", + body: "Expand permanent city staff and internal operational capacity", + }, + { + label: "External delivery", + body: "Use competitive contracts and outside providers where they can deliver better value", + }, + { + label: "Specialized agencies", + body: "Move major functions to arm's-length organizations with clear performance mandates", + }, + ], + }, + ], + }, + { + id: "taxes-spending-and-fiscal-sustainability", + number: "5", + title: "Taxes, Spending and Fiscal Sustainability", + questions: [ + { + id: "5.1", + question: + "Over the next council term, residential property-tax revenues should generally:", + options: [ + { + label: "Grow faster", + body: "than inflation to improve or expand services", + }, + { + label: "Grow approximately", + body: "with inflation and population", + }, + { + label: "Grow more slowly", + body: "than inflation, requiring service restraint or alternative revenues", + }, + ], + }, + { + id: "5.2", + question: + "Which type of additional revenue should Toronto rely on most heavily?", + options: [ + { + label: "Broad recurring revenue", + body: "Property taxes or new municipal income or sales taxes, if authorized", + }, + { + label: "Growth and transaction revenue", + body: "Land-transfer taxes, development charges and taxes on real-estate activity", + }, + { + label: "User and road charges", + body: "Congestion charges, tolls, parking levies and service fees", + }, + ], + }, + { + id: "5.3", + question: + "What should Toronto do first to address its infrastructure repair backlog?", + options: [ + { + label: "Raise dedicated revenue", + body: "Introduce a levy or other recurring source reserved for maintenance", + }, + { + label: "Delay expansion", + body: "Redirect money from new facilities and projects toward existing assets", + }, + { + label: "Reduce the asset base", + body: "Sell, consolidate or close facilities the city cannot sustainably maintain", + }, + ], + }, + ], + }, + { + id: "governance-and-representation", + number: "6", + title: "Governance and Representation", + questions: [ + { + id: "6.1", + question: + "What should be Toronto's primary approach to the provincial government?", + options: [ + { + label: "Partnership", + body: "Align with provincial priorities where doing so secures funding or approvals", + }, + { + label: "Advocacy", + body: "Publicly press for greater authority, revenue and a different fiscal arrangement", + }, + { + label: "Self-reliance", + body: "Plan budgets and services on the assumption that substantial new provincial support will not arrive", + }, + ], + }, + ], + }, +]; + +export type AdditionalQuestion = ChoiceQuestion & { topic: string }; + +export const ADDITIONAL: AdditionalQuestion[] = [ + { + id: "O1", + topic: "Cycling", + question: "Over the next council term, Toronto should:", + options: [ + { + label: "Accelerate", + body: "Expand the protected cycling network, including projects that remove traffic lanes or parking", + }, + { + label: "Complete existing commitments", + body: "Finish approved projects but undertake few additional road reallocations", + }, + { + label: "Review and reverse", + body: "Remove or redesign lanes that fail defined safety, ridership or congestion standards", + }, + ], + }, + { + id: "O2", + topic: "Protest and Access", + question: + "When demonstrations substantially block transportation or access to essential institutions, the city should prioritize:", + options: [ + { + label: "Maintaining access", + body: "Keep major roads, transit, hospitals and essential facilities operating", + }, + { + label: "Protecting protest", + body: "Accept significant disruption unless there is an immediate safety threat", + }, + { + label: "Predetermined limits", + body: "Protect protest subject to clear rules for locations, access routes and duration", + }, + ], + }, + { + id: "O3", + topic: "Technology", + question: "Where should Toronto direct its next major technology investment?", + options: [ + { + label: "Resident services", + body: "Permits, licences, payments and service requests", + }, + { + label: "Internal operations", + body: "Procurement, finance, staffing and administrative efficiency", + }, + { + label: "Performance management", + body: "Public data and systems that measure outcomes and hold departments accountable", + }, + ], + }, + { + id: "O4", + topic: "Budget Decisions", + question: + "When Toronto faces a structural operating-budget gap, what should it do first?", + options: [ + { + label: "Reduce services", + body: "Reduce or redesign lower-priority services", + }, + { + label: "Reduce overhead", + body: "Reduce internal administration, staffing or contract costs", + }, + { + label: "Raise revenue", + body: "Raise taxes, fees or other revenue", + }, + ], + }, + { + id: "O5", + topic: "Business Climate", + question: + "What is the most important municipal intervention for improving Toronto's business climate?", + options: [ + { + label: "Lower costs", + body: "Reduce commercial taxes, fees and licensing expenses", + }, + { + label: "Reduce delay", + body: "Accelerate permits, inspections and approvals", + }, + { + label: "Improve fundamentals", + body: "Expand housing, transportation, public safety and infrastructure", + }, + ], + }, + { + id: "O6", + topic: "Investment Attraction", + question: + "How should Toronto attract major employers, investment and events?", + options: [ + { + label: "Targeted incentives", + body: "Direct financial bids, tax measures or customized agreements", + }, + { + label: "Citywide fundamentals", + body: "Housing affordability, transportation, safety and quality of life", + }, + { + label: "Sector strategy", + body: "Concentrate resources on a small number of industries where Toronto has an existing advantage", + }, + ], + }, + { + id: "O7", + topic: "Construction Capacity", + question: + "What should Toronto prioritize to increase construction capacity?", + options: [ + { + label: "Predictable demand", + body: "Maintain a stable, long-term pipeline of public projects", + }, + { + label: "Workforce supply", + body: "Expand apprenticeships, training and recognition of international credentials", + }, + { + label: "Productivity", + body: "Encourage modular construction, prefabrication and more efficient building methods", + }, + ], + }, + { + id: "O8", + topic: "Public Realm", + question: + "What should receive the greatest priority in Toronto's public-realm budget?", + options: [ + { + label: "Basic maintenance", + body: "Cleanliness, roads, sidewalks, snow clearing, washrooms and routine park care", + }, + { + label: "Major improvements", + body: "A smaller number of transformative parks, streets and public spaces", + }, + { + label: "Programming and activity", + body: "Markets, events, patios, recreation and cultural programming", + }, + ], + }, + { + id: "O9", + topic: "Arts, Culture and Nightlife", + question: + "What should be Toronto's primary tool for supporting arts, culture and nightlife?", + options: [ + { + label: "Regulatory reform", + body: "Simpler permits, flexible operating rules and later hours", + }, + { + label: "Public funding", + body: "Grants, city facilities and affordable cultural space", + }, + { + label: "Protection from displacement", + body: "Planning and property measures that preserve existing venues and workspaces", + }, + ], + }, + { + id: "O10", + topic: "Autonomous Vehicles", + question: + "If autonomous taxi services operate in Toronto, which condition should the city prioritize?", + options: [ + { + label: "Data disclosure", + body: "Mandatory reporting on trips, collisions, congestion and curb use", + }, + { + label: "Service obligations", + body: "Accessibility, geographic coverage and minimum service standards", + }, + { + label: "Limited municipal conditions", + body: "Avoid additional requirements beyond provincial regulation", + }, + ], + }, +];