Sidewalk Labs offers a futuristic vision for Toronto, but at what cost?

Published: June 25, 2019, 4 p.m.

b'After 18 months of consultation, Google sister company Sidewalk Labs has released its master draft proposal to develop a portion of Toronto\\u2019s waterfront. The proposal includes everything from an affordable housing plan, to sensored pneumatic garbage shoots, to a data privacy framework in the form of an independent urban data trust. Today on Front Burner, we talk to The Logic\\u2019s editor-in-chief David Skok about what\\u2019s in the report, and what questions we need to ask ourselves when we consider building smart cities.'