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Stephen Harper[/caption]
Thanks to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Canada is the only G8 country without a national transit strategy. Not one single federal dollar goes toward TTC service. Thanks for nothing, Steve.
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Kathleen Wynne[/caption]
We appreciate Premier Wynne for the Union Pearson Air Rail Link and the Eglinton Crosstown, but: privatization, cost overruns, flip flops, delays, $30 fares, diesel fumes and no provincial subsidy for the TTC’s operating budget are not what we bargained for.
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Doug Ford[/caption]
Doug Ford has consistently voted for things like increasing fares, eliminating bus routes, and cutting the TTC budget. All of this results in overcrowding, service cuts, and fare increases for TTC riders. What’s more, Doug Ford doesn’t even want to explore the option of a low-income fare pass to provide fare relief for riders, or ask the Province for an operating subsidy to the TTC.
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Giorgio Mammoliti[/caption]
Throughout his terms as city councillor, Mammoliti has voted to increase fares, eliminate bus routes, and to slash the TTC budget. When it comes to important transit votes on Council, such as to study the creation of a low-income fare pass or ask the Province for more money, Mammoliti is consistently absent from the votes that would benefit riders.
Joe Mihevc[/caption]
As city councillor, Joe Mihevc has consistently shown that he’s dedicated to improve TTC service for riders by voting to save the 41 bus routes slated to be cut in 2011, by voting to put TTC surplus back into the TTC, and by moving a motion for the City to advocate for a Provincial operating subsidy in line with pre-1995 levels.
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Andy Byford[/caption]
As CEO of the TTC, Andy knows you can’t expect a public transit system to run smoothly on a shoe-string budget. His demand for an additional $500 million to improve TTC service is exactly what we transit riders have been waiting to hear. Yay Andy!
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Sheryl Lindsay[/caption]
As the executive director of Sistering, and a member of the Fair Fare Coalition, Sheryl has been instrumental in getting City Council to look at creating a low income pass for TTC riders. Quite frankly, it wouldn’t have happened without her dedication and hard work.
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Steve Munro[/caption]
Want to know about transit in Toronto? Go to Steve’s blog. If we had listened to Steve Munro back in the 80’s there would be an LRT along Sheppard instead of a subway and no such thing as overcrowding or short turns on TTC buses. His extensive knowledge and watch over the TTC has benefited transit riders across Toronto.
(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.