Doug Ford and John Tory: where do you stand on transit issues that matter to TTC riders?

Just before our Big Transit Debate on Monday September 15 was about to begin, John Tory’s team cancelled his attendance, saying his “priorities have changed.”  We don't understand that answer because transit is the number one

issue this election cycle.

What we do understand is that John Tory’s decision to stand us up at the last minute sends a message that he doesn’t care about the needs of Toronto’s million daily transit riders who are squashed like sardines on the TTC every day because of a lack of funding.

But TTCriders members are not quitters. We turned the debate into a Q&A session with Olivia Chow.  In front of a capacity crowd, Chow expressed her support for the downtown relief line, the Scarborough LRT, and her commitment to invest $15 million into bus service.

We got our message out to the media.  Listen to a podcast by Rabble's Victoria Fenner.    We've included some of our media coverage at the bottom.

We pulled off a great event in tough circumstances. Thanks to the hard work of TTCriders organizers, Brenda, Herman, Shaun, Kamilla, Jess, Marco, Cindy, Helen, Marco, Milan, and more.   Thank you to Corey and Jesse at the Ryerson Student Union, Enzo Di Matteo, the moderator, Matt Elliott, the truth tweeter, and Josh Shook, and Mick Sweetman our volunteer social media experts.   Thanks to our members who came out and supported us.

And where was Doug Ford?  Doug Ford announced his decision to run for mayor on Friday.  His team told us he wasn’t attending our debate. We respect that decision because Doug is not doing any campaigning.

That said, it's time to send a message to Doug Ford and John Tory that us riders want a fair deal, and we want answers to questions that matter to us.

Help us.

Ask John Tory and Doug Ford key questions on transit so a) they know riders care about transit and b) so we can get the answers we need to help riders make an informed decision on October 27.  Please email us their responses to your questions at [email protected] We will be releasing a transit report evaluating the mayoral candidates in the coming days.

John Tory Tweet @JohnToryTO Call 416 916 8679 Email: [email protected]

Doug Ford Call 416-397-9255 Email [email protected]

Attend an upcoming debate and ask a transit question

Questions to ask

- What’s your plan to increase TTC service now? - What’s your plan to bring new transit routes to underserved areas such as Sheppard East and West Finch? - Will you lower fares, especially for low income people? - How will you pay for transit? - Will you keep the TTC publicly, owned, maintained, and operated?

Debate Media Coverage

CP-24 "Organizers of Mayoral Debate Furious with Tory" Now magazine "John Tory slammed for pulling out of transit, seniors debates" City News "Tory pulls out of three debates this week" City News "Organizer upset Tory pulled out of Big Transit Mayoral Debate" Metro News and Toronto Star "TTCriders group furious Tory pulled out of transit debate"

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