Another thing I would change is a certain sense of Toronto exceptionalism. Toronto is a nice city, don't get me wrong, but there are far too many people that think Toronto is the greatest thing since sliced bread and make up all kinds of excuses for what problems we do have. It's not really a major problem as, in the grand scheme of things, Toronto doesn't have very many life or death issues. A while ago we had that Toronto Transit Idiosyncrasies thread and for every fairly obvious instance of idiosyncratic behavior, people would rush out to defend the City with all manner of fuzzy logic. One way streets may work all over Europe, Asia and even Canada, for instance, but introducing them into Toronto would be akin to replacing the Annex with the West Edmonton Mall. Articulated buses may work in every other city, but Toronto's climate is so unique that they would simply break like a cheap Chinese blender on the surface of Venus. Never mind all the stupid excuses people here make for the Leafs.
Maybe it's because of a perceived anti-Toronto bias in the rest of the country, some people feel the need to reflexively stand up to any criticism of anything to do with the City's idealized version of itself as an assault on dignity. David Miller has, on more than a few occasions, rebutted to criticism of his policies by accusing critics of not understanding Toronto or being somehow against the City itself. Lessons from elsewhere are frequently ignored with the simplistic excuse that "[insert random city] gets way more support from the Federal government and therefore has no lessons for us but to ask for more federal money", or "American cities suck, do you want us to end up like them?" (AKA the "we did better than Detroit, therefore we can do no wrong" argument).