Toronto chief planner Jennifer Keesmaat is a new breed of bureaucrat
When Jennifer Keesmaat was named Toronto’s chief planner, her Grade 8 teacher called to congratulate her — and remind her of an unusual speech she gave in class.The topic was sidewalks and the role they play in our lives. It was a presentation she had long forgotten.“Why was I talking about that at that age? I don’t know,” Keesmaat says in an interview. “Y...