Mary-Margaret McMahon, a former city councillor, has been hired by Sidewalk Labs as its new director of community, where she will be responsible for selling the vision of the Sidewalk Toronto project to citizens. As a councillor, McMahon championed bike lands, tree protections and term limits for municipal politicians. (Toronto Star)

Talking point: McMahon’s old riding, formerly Ward 32, was just over three kilometres east of the Quayside plot. This is the most recent hire from Sidewalk Labs to come from one of the three levels of government which oversees and funds Waterfront Toronto, the company’s partner, on the Quayside project. In April 2018, the company hired John Brodhead, former federal chief of staff of infrastructure and, more recently, indigenous services. Maya Borgenicht, former federal policy advisor for indigenous affairs and infrastructure, joined the company in June 2018 as a policy and program delivery associate.