Transit riders need to have a voice at City Hall about the decisions that impact our lives.
But new Premier Doug Ford has introduced a bill that will make our city less democratic. With Bill 5, Ford intends to slash Toronto City Council from 47 seats to 25 before the October 22 municipal election.
Like Premier Ford’s plan to break up the TTC and take over our subways, Bill 5 is all about provincial control, not about saving money. Meanwhile, a new poll shows that the majority of Toronto residents want the bill postponed until after October 22, or scrapped entirely.
TAKE ACTION TO STOP BILL 5:
TTCriders has been holding ward meetings to discuss our transit priorities and plans for the next 3 months. We won't stop being focused on the issues — improving TTC service, winning funding for the next two phases of the low income pass, and keeping our transit system public — but we also need to come together with allied organizations in Toronto to stop Bill 5.
(Toronto, Ontario) – Transit and environmental groups across Canada are celebrating a commitment by Liberal leadership candidate Frank Baylis to increase the Canada Public Transit Fund. Federal Liberal Party leadership candidates were surveyed about their transit commitments by Environmental Defence, TTCriders, Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders, Trajectoire Québec, Activate Transit Windsor Essex, and Équiterre.
Investing in transit means good, green Canadian jobs. See how federal Liberal Party leadership candidates answered a survey about public transit.