Less than 2 weeks to the election and there is a lot of angst & wringing of hands. Do you feel that you have to vote for John Tory to keep out Doug Ford?- Relax --Ford CANNOT win. There are many reasons not to vote for Tory from unfunded transit plans, to white privilege, to his deep ...
That’s Not Honest Politics
As the municipal election campaign winds up in the last two weeks of frenzied electioneering, the leading candidate still will not declare whether he is in favour or opposed to the expansion of the Island Airport. John Tory has been challenged a number of times during the election to explain his position on the Island Airport, ...
CommunityAIR Press Release
           Desperately Needed TTC Funding ‑ or - Island Airport Infrastructure?          Questions for John Tory For Immediate Release Monday, October 20, 2014 Contact: Brian Iler, Chair CommunityAIR has recently obtained letters sent by the TTC, seeking urgent funding from the provincial and federal governments. The letters, dated July 29, 2014, attached, have not previously been made public. These letters outline ...
Which will the Harper Government fund?
The Toronto port Authority has on several occasions asked for $100 million tax dollars for infrastructure improvements for the few who use the island airport. The TTC sorely needs that infrastructure money to improve badly needed services for many, many more thousands who face delays and breakdowns daily on the city's publicly-funded transportation system. The CommunityAIR ...
Can Olivia possibly save us?
Can Olivia possibly save us from this triumvirate? It is enough to break the heart of genuine waterfront lovers who see nothing but menace and misfortune in Porter's plans for further expansion and jets. Mr. Tory's natural milieu is big business. Transport Minister Raitt, when with the Toronto Port Authority, thumbed her nose at citizens who protested against ...
Tory Loses a Vote
The following is a letter sent by the highly accomplished Tamara Bernstein to mayoral candidate John Tory. As the letter shows, Ms Bernstein, artistic director of Summer Music in the Garden, the free concerts at the Toronto Music Garden, draws her conclusion from experience. Mr. Tory, you have lost my vote. I was planning to vote for you ...