Tell City Council: Save Our Subway!

UPDATE --> Council has delayed the motion to March 21st

Council voted 12-14 to delay this urgent item to Executive Committee on March 21st.

>Join us on March 21st to pack the Executive Committee meeting to make sure they approve this urgent motion. Find out how your Councillor voted here.

Josh Matlow & I moved a motion to direct the City Manager to launch a public education campaign to tell Torontonians the risks of Ford’s subway upload. A majority of Council voted to refer the item to Executive Cmte. On March 21, come to Exec, make your voice heard & save the TTC pic.twitter.com/0yy4nuR7Io
— Joe Cressy (@joe_cressy) February 26, 2019

Thank you for taking action to ask your Councillor to vote "yes." Updates will be posted soon.

What's the Save Our Subway motion?

If Council votes yes to the “Save Our Subway” motion,¹ the City of Toronto will launch a necessary public information campaign: announcements in subway stations, ads on buses, streetcars, and subways, and public consultations in every community council district. It's exactly what we need to defend our subway. But there is no time to lose. We only have a small window before the province moves ahead with their plan. Encourage your Councillor to vote "yes" on February 26th!

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Copy and paste from the points below, or add your own! I was pleased to learn about your leadership in December, when you voted to keep the TTC in Toronto's hands. Now it's time to take leadership on the next step, and ensure that Toronto residents are consulted and informed about this critical issue. This motion is urgent and needs to be voted on this week, because the province wants to introduce legislation this Spring. The negotiations for our subway have been happening behind closed doors. I urge you to vote "yes" so that residents are consulted and understand the risks of the province's plan. The Terms of Reference for the subway upload negotiations included potential public consultations. Please vote "yes" on February 26 so that consultations become a reality. [1] Read the "Save Our Subway" motion here: http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2019.MM3.10

Have an extra five minutes? Call your Councillor!

Sample phone script: "Hello, my name is ______ and my postal code is ______. I'm calling to ask Councillor _______ to vote "YES" to Save Our Subway. I'm counting on your leadership to protect our public transit system."

	City of Toronto	Mayor John Tory	416-397-2489
1	Etobicoke North	Councillor Michael Ford	416-397-9255
2	Etobicoke Centre	Councillor Stephen Holyday	416-392-4002
3	Etobicoke-Lakeshore	Councillor Mark Grimes	416-397-9273
4	Parkdale-High Park	Councillor Gord Perks	416-392-7919
5	York South-Weston	Councillor Frances Nunziata	416-392-4091
6	York Centre	Councillor James Pasternak	416-392-1371
7	Humber River-Black Creek	Councillor Anthony Perruzza	416-338-5335
8	Eglinton-Lawrence	Councillor Mike Colle	416-338-2500
9	Davenport	Councillor Ana Bailão	416-392-7012
10	Spadina-Fort York	Councillor Joe Cressy	416-392-4044
11	University-Rosedale	Councillor Mike Layton	416-392-4009
12	Toronto-St. Paul’s	Councillor Josh Matlow	416-392-7906
13	Toronto Centre	Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam	416-392-7903
14	Toronto-Danforth	Councillor Paula Fletcher	416-392-4060
15	Don Valley West	Councillor Jaye Robinson	416-395-6408
16	Don Valley East	Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong	416-397-9256
17	Don Valley North	Councillor Shelley Carroll	416-338-2650
18	Willowdale	Councillor John Filion	416-392-0210
19	Beaches-East York	Councillor Brad Bradford	416-338-2755
20	Scarborough Southwest	Councillor Gary Crawford	416-392-4052
21	Scarborough Centre	Councillor Michael Thompson	416-397-9274
22	Scarborough-Agincourt	Councillor Jim Karygiannis	416-392-1374
23	Scarborough North	Councillor Cynthia Lai	416-338-2858
24	Scarborough-Guildwood	Councillor Paul Ainslie	416-392-4008
25	Scarborough-Rouge Park	Councillor Jennifer McKelvie	416-338-3771

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