Ms. Keesmat did not simply "defer" to council re the Scarb Subway: she actively promoted this one stop as a future transporation hub, as a review of her tweets would illustrate.   It may well have been appeasement to Tory for the Gardiner dust-up, but poor planning just the same. 

A quibble: she  might have done more to promote architectural quality, not especially a planner's role, but possible in her case given her prominence. 

Finally, with respect to Bozikovic's beef with Atwood, fair enough, but same goes for Wong-Tam et al., who, in her recent T Star piece, outlines the need for max heights and preservation of 2-3 storey structures...along a main subway line.  We need minimum heights with mandatory mixed use esp in the non-core areas.