Waterfront Toronto and members of a group of tech, data and privacy experts advising the corporation on Sidewalk Labs’ proposal for a data-driven neighbourhood on the east waterfront want a master plan for the project delayed. A rendering of Quayside, a proposed project from Sidewalk Labs in parternship with Waterfront Toronto. But some members of the committee advising Waterfront Toronto threatened to resign this week, saying Sidewalk Labs’ proposals don’t go far enough. Waterfront Toronto will have the “final evaluation” over the Quayside project and “nothing will proceed” without the corporation’s approval, Verner said. He said timelines around the master plan were “a bit aggressive” given the many questions around data governance.

Source: thestar October 19, 2018 00:02 UTC