Herman Rosenfeld and myself - that be Jessica Bell - went down to City Hall and responded to the City's anti-poverty strategy, which went to the executive committee meeting on June 30. The purpose of the anti-poverty strategy is to tackle inequality in our city and make it a fairer place to live. Now the anti-poverty strategy goes to City Hall for a vote on July 7.
Here's the best way to make Toronto and the TTC more affordable for those who need it most
Here's the best way to make Toronto and the TTC more affordable for those who need it most
Read Commitment to Community's position on improving transit to address poverty. We played a big role in writing this sucker.
Read the city's anti-poverty strategy.
In short, we want:
- real, meaningful, proactive solutions - more TTC service - a reversal of the planned 2% cut to the TTC's budget - $1 tokens for low income riders - free TTC to ODSP and OW recipients
Contact your councillor at 311 and ask for more service and lower fares to be included in the city's anti-poverty strategy.