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Veteran city politicians will be asked to consider pulling the trigger on their own careers at the next council meeting.

Rookie councillors Mary-Margaret McMahon (Beaches-East York ) and Jaye Robinson (Don Valley West) came forward earlier this month asking for a report on a three-term limit for all city politicians.

That was as the city’s Executive Committee looked at creating term limits for councillors serving on city agencies, boards and commissions.

The Executive Committee stopped short of absolute term limits.

But Robinson – who sits on the executive committee – and McMahon argue that term limits might just be the cure for what ails an increasingly angry and dysfunctional council.

“There is quite a lot of baggage here,” said McMahon, who campaigned in 2010 on only staying two terms on council and bringing the idea of term limits forward for >>>VET, page 10

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Skate for Camp: Nadra Sims, left, her daughter Ruby and Razia work on their skating during the Eastview Neighbourhood Community Centre ‘Skate For Camp’ event at Riverdale Park Rink on Family Day Monday, hosted by Toronto councillors Paula Fletcher and Mary Fragedakis. Donations were collected to help send kids to summer camp. For more photos from Family Day, see Page 3.

Be the first to walk down Jack Layton Way this Sunday the city but there was nothing yet in the area he represented for so many years and I have received dozens and dozens of emails and phone calls with wonderful suggestions of how to acknowledge Jack’s contribution here in Toronto-Danforth,” Fletcher said. “When the opportunity to name a new street presented itself and it was part of the redevelopment of

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Councillor Paula Fletcher invites you to join the community and special guest MP Olivia Chow, to celebrate the opening of the new street Jack Layton Way.

Bridgepoint Health it seemed a fitting way to commemorate Jack..”

The ceremonial opening of Jack Layton Way goes from noon to 1 p.m.

People are asked to visit www.facebook.com/events/342949742485631 to RSVP. Visit Fletcher’s site at http:// paulafletcher.ca/2013/02/february24-jack-layon-way-opening for directions to the new street.

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redevelopment, Jack Layton Way replaces the existing Don Jail Roadway.

This is the not the first honour the City of Toronto has bestowed on the late federal NDP leader and MP for Toronto-Danforth, who died of cancer in August 2011.

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email to The Mirror. “He worked tirelessly to make it a better place to live, work and play in. It is not often that there is a new street in the older part of the city. Jack was involved in the redevelopment of Bridgepoint (Health), so naming this beautiful new street is a way for everyone to honour and remember him.”

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You’re invited to the ceremonial opening of Jack Layton Way. Councillor Paula Fletcher, with guest Trinity-Spadina MP Olivia Chow, Layton’s widow, invite residents to take the first walk down Jack Layton Way Sunday.

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Family Day in The Beach Having fun: Left, The Beach Mirror, which sponsored the Family Day festivities Sunday in Kew Gardens, had a presence at the annual event including an ice sculpture made in its honour and a booth where (left lower) Skyler Stafford and Laura Gardner share a laugh. Below, Gary Imai watches as his son Kai, 6, tries to get up off the Riverdale Park rink during the Eastview Neighbourhood Community Centre ‘Skate For Camp’ event Family Day Monday. Hosted by Toronto councillors Paula Fletcher and Mary Fragedakis, donations were collected to help send kids to summer camp. Below, right, MJ Thexton and Finn Gildea ride a camel at Kew Gardens Sunday.

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Brent Hayes, left, his daughter Riley, 2, and wife Jodie work on their skills during the RBC Family Day Free Skate at Ted Reeve Arena Monday.

Ikeia Foderingham, 12, helps her brother Isaac, 6, learn to skate during RBC Family Day Free Skate at Ted Reeve Arena Monday.

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s Toronto’s Feeling Congested? campaign shifts into its next stage, Torontonians eager to see an improved transit system throughout the city and its surrounding regions must understand the size and complexity of the challenge.

To be blunt, the process of enabling criticallyneeded transit improvements is going to get harder as the process advances.

Having the public give feedback and direction – which happened earlier this month – is a critical component to this process. That meaningful methods of paying for transit infrastructure were at the heart of these consultations is important.

Community members must understand that we will only get the transit we are willing to pay for.

But ultimately it will be the leaders we elect who will be entrusted with the potentially difficult decisions that will get shovels in the ground. These leaders may be in a position where they have to weigh what’s best for a community versus what’s politically expedi- our view ent.

Feeling But that’s one of the reasons why the public feedback part is Congested so important – that we articulate what it is we want and that we to host panel are willing to pay for it.

It is also important to keep discussions that momentum going.

Early next month, the Feeling Congested? campaign is hosting a series of discussion panels.

The first features Toronto’s chief planner, Jennifer Keesmaat, former Vancouver co-director of planning Larry Beasley, president and CEO of Toronto Board of Trade Carol Wilding, along with councillors Peter Milczyn (planning and growth committee chair) and Michael Thompson (economic development committee chair).

It takes place Monday, March 4 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Jane Mallett Theatre at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts. It’s vital to get involved now any way you can. While this focus on transportation is looking not only at the needs of today, but also those decades from now, some big things are happening in the coming months.

Last week we heard Metrolinx chair Robert Prichard say a special board meeting is being planned for May 27 where the investment strategy to pay for $34 billion worth of projects will be released. These projects include the eastern portion of a downtown relief subway line. The realization of some of these projects may be decades away, but the potential decisions putting them in motion are fast approaching. We need to be ready. newsroom

Shaving land transfer tax a big fight

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arring anymore run-ins with the law, it looks as though Mayor Rob Ford has at least one serious fight ahead of him as he attends to the last two years of his term: the land transfer tax.

The mayor has made it clear he would like very much to shave 10 per cent off the tax on real estate transactions.

The plan is a dilution of his 2010 election promise to scrap the tax entirely – something even the tax-cutting Ford soon realized would be financially impossible.

The tax brings in in the neighbourhood of $350 million a year, and since Ford’s predecessor David Miller introduced it, has become a crucial element in balancing the budget.

The 10 per cent cut, on the other hand, is a battle the mayor might conceivably win. Held against budgets that run in the neighbourhood of $10 billion, $35 million can exist in a margin of error – and such a cut would just be added into the other pressures the city’s budget committee and council have to deal with each year.

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The real battle will be convincing council to support adding that $35 million to the tally.

Ford’s former budget chief Mike Del Grande, as staunch a fiscal conservative as the mayor in most respects, was deeply skeptical about the plan.

His replacement, Frank Di Giorgio, is comparatively cheerful at the prospect of at least looking. But he’s unwilling to make any cut to the tax without finding some offsetting revenue.

And the rest of council?

Over the past three budgets, council as a whole has been unwilling to follow the mayor and his agenda too far down the road to privation. With an election coming up, will 23 councillors jump onto the land transfer tax bandwagon as readily as they did in 2010, when they supported the freshlyelected mayor’s plan to scrap the vehicle registra-

tion tax?

There’s very little percentage that they will do so. Unlike the vehicle registration tax, which all cardriving voters had to pay every year they continued to own a car, the land transfer tax is relatively invisible.

Property-holding Torontonians pay it every time they move house. But that tax is rolled into other costs of buying and selling and moving – and once the move is done, the tax doesn’t rear its head again until the next move.

Which means for most Torontonians in the 2014 election, it won’t be top of mind.

Given that, shaving 10 per cent off in the 2014 budget will take an enormous amount of political capital from the mayor’s office – more than David Miller used to get it installed in the first place.

It may take all that Ford has at this point in his mandate. It will likely take even more. n D a v i d Ni c k l e T h e Mirror’s City Hall columnist.

His column appears every Thursday. Contact him at dnickle@insidetoronto.com

To the editor: Re: Cartoon, page 4, Jan. 31.

The cartoon commenting on the poor functioning of both minority and majority governments brilliantly highlights the problem with our current electoral system.

The big problem with a minority government is that defeat of some legislation is taken as triggering a new election. Only when a fresh coalition cannot be formed is an election necessary.

The other side of the coin is that our majority governments don’t actually represent the majority of the voters. Usually they only represent about 40 per cent. This means that legislation passed by parliament does not have the clear support of the electorate.

The most popular class of electoral systems, proportional representation, ensures the elected representatives actually do reflect the way the people voted. Bills passed by parliament really do enjoy the support of the representatives of the majority of the people.

If we followed the example of most countries and switched to some form of proportional representation, a cartoon complaining about the problems of both majority and minority governments would not be needed.

Gary Dale

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Tara Hatherly thatherly@insidetoronto.com Beach resident Michelle Monteith is hitting the stage to help Tarragon Theatre celebrate Canadian playwright Hannah Moscovitch.

Presented by Tarragon Theatre, A Hannah Moscovitch Double Bill, co-produced by Theatre Crisis and Theatre PANIK, runs until March 24 at 30 Bridgman Ave. Monteith stars in Little One, billed as a “stylish lullaby-nightmare thriller.”

Monteith stars alongside Joe Cobden in the Natasha Mytnowych-directed play.

Reworked since its 2011 debut, the play follows two adopted siblings as they try to cope with their past and each other.

“I think Hannah always has an interesting perspective on the relationship between two people, so in this case it’s very complicated, humourous, sometimes a little spooky and a little creepy,” Monteith said.

“But there’s always a lighter

aspect to the darker side of life, and I think it’s entertaining. Her work is always entertaining, even in spite of the dark subject matter.”

The award-winning Moscovitch is Canada’s most-produced young playwright, known for her edgy and thought-provoking style.

“I think she always takes a very honest look at what it means to be human,” said Monteith.

“I think that her plays take an honest look at the relationships between people, and that there’s a humour and a tenderness with which they’re portrayed that I think speaks to people. People can see themselves in the characters that she writes about, and she always finds a way of making maybe unlikable people likeable... She really knows how to walk the line of telling a truthful story, but making it entertaining and complicated, which isn’t easy to do.”

Monteith lives in the Beach with her husband and nine-month-old daughter.

Originally from Scotland, she grew up in British Columbia, moving to Toronto twelve years ago. She’s acted professionally for almost 15 years, after switching gears to pursue her passion.

“I originally went to the University of Victoria, originally to do social work, but I soon switched over into the theatre program there,” she explained.

“I started (acting) for fun in high school. I was an extremely shy person, and I think I was always drawn to the performing arts, but felt too shy. I had to choose between taking band or taking drama, and I didn’t play an instrument, so I went into drama and I just found that although I was shy, there was a freedom in getting to say someone else’s words; I didn’t feel quite so shy doing that.”

She enjoys researching characters, learning their psychology and behaviour, and pushing her own limitations.

“I find that fascinating, what makes people tick,” she

said. “I’m always looking for interesting roles, complex characters, maybe characters I haven’t played before.

I like to challenge myself. I like to surprise myself with what I think I can’t do and try to do that.”

After Little One finishes showing at Tarragon Theatre, Monteith will hit the road with the play, before returning to perform in Soulpepper Theatre Company’s production of Angels in America.

Little One runs until March 17, followed March 19 to 24

by Roseneath Theatre’s production of In This World, a complex exploration of adolescence, race, class and sex, directed by Andrew Lamb and starring Meilie Ng and Oyin Oladejo. Running to March 24, the Moscovitch mini-festival also features Other People’s Children, an unsettling drama directed by Paul Lampert, starring Niki Landau, Elisa Moolecherry and Gray Powell.

Tickets for A Hannah Moscovitch Double Bill are available online through www.tarragontheatre.com

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Education

He’s one of Canada’s outstanding principals TAMARA SHEPHARD tshephard@insidetoronto.com The office of Riverdale resident Rob MacKinnon doesn’t scream principal.

His office accoutrements sets it – and it could be argued MacKinnon and his leadership style – apart.

Large portraits in oil or charcoal leap off the walls,

all but one a gift from his students at Etobicoke School of the Arts.

A second open door off the school’s foyer and a large couch and seating area invite students to drop in. Many do.

Last week, The Learning Partnership named MacKinnon, a former principal of Monarch Park

Collegiate in the east end, as one of Canada’s Outstanding Principals.

He is one of eight Toronto principals, seven from the Toronto District School Board (TDSB), to receive the honour this year, including Thelma Sambrook from Bowmore Road Junior and Senior Public School – a feeder school to Monarch Park CI – who was

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“Everyone wants to come to school happy. Even in the darkest, most difficult times, students need to remember that we’re here to help them get back to that (happy) place,” MacKinnon said of his teenage students.

“It’s reminding them we speak to them with respect, treat them with respect...

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“In my first-year assembly, I told students ‘every person in this building is here to help you; use us.’

“It’s telling them, ‘you can stay here’ (after school). We open the gym. Kids need to feel safe and welcome to come to school every day.

“Hopefully, they leave here full of confidence and we hear back from them after they leave that they’re living happy lives.”

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This year’s 51 winning principals receive their award on Feb. 26 at a gala dinner in Toronto.

Later this month, the principals will also participate in a five-day executive leadership training program at the University of Toronto Rotman School of Management.

This is MacKinnon’s ninth year as a principal, his third year at ESA. At Monarch Park Collegiate, during his six-year stint, the school climbed dramatically in the Fraser Institute’s Secondary School Report Card from near bottom at 609 to 268.

He cited the academic turnaround to the introduc-

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Riverdale resident Rob MacKinnon, principal of Etobicoke School of the Arts and former principal at Monarch Park Collegiate, named one of Canada’s Outstanding Principals.

tion of the International Baccalaureate program at the school as well as bringing in a new dome over its sports field which opened this school year.

His teaching philosophy: “get out of the way”. “ Yo u l e t ( t e a c h e r s ) pursue their passion. ‘How can I support you to make things happen?’ You allocate resources so that they’re best used to support them in those things. Teachers know best what is going on in the class-

room,” he said.

TDSB Superintendent Jane Phillips-Long nominated MacKinnon as one of Canada’s Outstanding Principals.

“In particular, I nominated Rob for his support of his students and staff. He’s a dynamic and innovative leader whose skills empower both students and staff to reach their full potential.

“He has active listening skills and an ability to connect with all stakeholder groups.“

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Police

Elizabeth Byrnes takes 55 Division reins

East-ender plans to increase communication with residents, social media presence JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com

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aving just taken the reins, new 55 Division police Supt. Elizabeth Byrnes has already come up with a set of priorities including increasing communication with residents and helping to bring her division further into the digital age.

Byrnes is a veteran of Toronto Police Services, having cut her teeth in 43 Division before moving to 42 and 41 divisions.

She began working with the Sex Crimes Unit in 1999, working her way up to detective sergeant in 2001.

From there, she became an inspector at 52 Division before returning to the Sex Crimes Unit as a staff inspector.

From February 2012 until she took over as superintendent of 55 Division from outgoing Supt.

Frank Bergen in January, Byrnes was the superintendent and unit commander of Communication Services with the police.

When the opportunity arose to apply for her current position, she jumped at it.

“This was a great opportunity for me,” she said. “I’m an eastend person, so this is an area I frequent and socialize in.”

She added, however, that it is also a great division, serving a diverse group of residents who are already connected and keep each other in touch through Facebook, Twitter and other social media.

“One of my goals is to try to connect to the residents,” she said. “There are always great opportunities to connect with residents through the media, but by expanding our social media (presence) we’ll be able to blast messages out right away.”

Byrnes, who was born and

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Elizabeth Byrnes took over from outgoing Supt. Frank Bergen in January as the new superintendent at 55 Division. She is also an east-end resident.

raised in Scarborough, noted that ramping up communication was especially important with a number of new condos going up in former industrial areas in the division.

Unlike residents in the cozy, single-family neighbourhoods in 55 Division, condo-dwellers are often more likely to keep to themselves.

“One of the best crime prevention tools we can have is neighbours knowing neighbours,” she said. “We want to get people to know each other

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“We’ve had the occasional drug seizure, but I’m not aware of any sort of big systemic or identifiable areas to focus on here just now.”

Though a newcomer to the division, Byrnes has already connected with it, making her all the more dedicated to ensuring it gets the policing and support it needs to reduce crime.

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she hopes to continue with the help and support of the officers at the division.

While she has only been on the job since January, Byrnes already has a good idea of the challenges police face in 55 Division. She pointed out that crime is low in the area, but there are some definite trends.

“There are a lot of thefts – autos or things from people’s property,” she said. “I want us to drill down into who’s doing these types of crimes.” She added that property crimes usually occur

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WHERE: Community Centre 55, 97 Main St. CONTACT: Lainey Anderson, 416-691-1113, COST: Free Learn to be cybersafe.

Free home buyers information workshop WHEN: 10:30 a.m. WHERE: Mayfair Fitness Club, 801 Lake Shore Blvd. E. CONTACT: 416575-3854 to register COST: Free Seasoned professionals share necessary information regarding all aspects of preparing for home ownership. There are presentations by a lawyer, financial advisor, mortgage broker, home inspector and a realtor. Valuable information is included for both condos and residential home ownership.

n Sunday, Feb. 24

Jack Layton Way Opening WHEN: noon to 1 p.m. WHERE: Jack Layton Way, 550 Gerrard St. E. CONTACT: Councillor Paula Fletcher, 416-392-4060, http://paulafletcher.ca/2013/02/

n Monday, Feb. 25

SAD workshop WHEN: 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

WHERE: Community Centre 55, 97 Main Street CONTACT: Zari Atai, 416-778-5805, ext. 222 COST: Free Learn how to cope with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).

n Tuesday, Feb. 26

Coxwell station upgrade project open house WHEN: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: East York Civic Centre foyer, 850 Coxwell Ave. Coxwell station will be undergoing renovations starting in the summer 2013. TTC staff are at this open house to provide information and to answer questions. As well, find out more about how Arts Services is partnering with the Children’s Peace Theatre and the TTC on a youth arts mural to be displayed on the construction hoarding at Coxwell station.

n Wednesday, Feb. 27

CLC and ESC meeting WHEN: 6:30 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Queen Street East Presbyterian Church, 947 Queen St. E. CONTACT: Patricia Halajski, 905-527-5499 COST: Free A light supper will be served at 6:30 p.m. A draft agenda will be

sent out prior to the meeting.

RSVP to Patricia Halajski (phalajski@lura.ca, 905-527-5499) to RSVP.

n Thursday, Feb. 28

Creative Works Studio’s Art Show WHEN: 5:30 to 8 p.m. WHERE: 793 Gerrard St. E. You’re invited to Creative Works Studio’s opening reception of its annual art show Artists, Icons and Everyday People. The Creative Works Studio is an arts-based occupational therapy community program that helps individuals living with mental health challenges and addictions heal and cope through the power of artistic expression.

n Saturday, March 2

Fifty-plus Active Living and Information Fair WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

WHERE: Applegrove Community Complex, 60 Woodfield Rd. CONTACT: seniors@ applegrovecc.ca COST: Free, free lunch and more The information fair includes workshops, exhibitors, lunch and more.

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n Tuesday, March 26

Riverdale Historical Society WHEN: 6 p.m. WHERE: Riverdale library, 370 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: www.riverdalehistoricalsociety.com Riverdale Historical Society presents A Stinking Industry - 19th Century Rendering in Riverdale.

Cost, free for members and $5 for non-members.

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february-24-jack-layon-way-o, councillor_fletcher@toronto.ca Join Councillor Paula Fletcher and MP Olivia Chow at the ceremonial opening of the new Jack Layton Way. This new street is part of the Bridgepoint Health redevelopment and replaces the existing Don Jail Roadway. Join the pair in celebration as they take the first walk down Jack Layton Way.

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Vet councillors ‘still have a contribution to make’: Minnan-Wong >>>from page 1 debate. “It was quite a surprise to most of us rookies. With term limits, that would dissipate. You wouldn’t have that with fresh new councillors coming in.”

Robinson agreed, saying her experience is that many of the older councillors have become entrenched – in more ways than one.

“I’ve only been around two years but along with a lot of the newbies, what we have observed is a very divisive and polarized council,” said Robinson. “We have been able to get a few things done in two years, but imagine how council could be.”

Robinson said she believed coun-

cillors who have made a career of politics have brought old feuds and stale approaches to the floor of council – and in so doing, gummed up the works.

“There are trenches that are deep, deep trenches at city hall,” she said.

“We had a fairly healthy turnover this last election and I think that’s had a positive impact on council.

“The hope would be that (a term limit) might inspire higher voter turnout and more engagement if there was more opportunity to participate in the process for more people.”

Robinson said three four-year terms should be enough for anyone

with ambitions to reform city government or mark achievements for their community.

A calling - not a career “There are too many councillors who stay here for a long time,” she said. “This is a calling – not a career.

I think city hall could benefit from fresh faces and more diversity on council.”

Robinson admitted with more than half of councillors already having served three terms, the policy change could be a tough sell.

Councillors from both sides of the political spectrum bore that

out. Don Valley East Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong, who sits on the executive committee alongside Robinson, called the idea simplistic.

“I don’t think you can use that broad a brush,” said Minnan-Wong, who has been on council since the early 1990s.

“I think there are a number of veteran councillors who still have a significant contribution to make.

And in the last election we had a 25 per cent turnover at council – so the public and the voter is surprisingly adept at identifying a councillor’s best-before date.”

Don Valley East Councillor

Shelley Carroll said term limits for councillors would do nothing so much as create a pressure to bring political parties into municipal government.

Party system could follow “If you put in place term limits, a party system follows close behind because party-aligned people start thinking, if you’re leaving after every second term how do we maintain the work that we’re doing in a certain way?” Carroll said.

“Pretty soon you have a grassroots movement saying, let’s have political parties.”

For the 45th year in a row, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario is organizing its annual Free CA Tax Clinics, which will be offered at various times and locations across the province.

Chartered Accountants (CAs) will prepare tax returns for those in low-income brackets until March 31, 2013.

Free CA Tax Clinics are now held across Ontario from Feb. 19 until the end of March. To qualify for this free tax return assistance, total household income must be less than $30,000 with dependents or

less than $20,000 without dependents. For information on clinics in the Greater Toronto Area, call 416-9621841, ext. 462 or visit the Institute website at: http:// www.icao.on.ca In 1969, the Institute first launched the Free CA Tax Clinic program, which was designed to serve low-income people who need help preparing tax returns. The Free CA Tax Clinics help these people receive much-needed tax credits and refunds. Since the program was initiated, thousands of Ontarians have

benefited from the volunteer tax-time help of the CAs. Today, the program is an ongoing partnership between more than 200 community service groups that host the clinics and close to 1,800 volunteer Chartered Accountants and CA students.

People who meet the requirements and have booked appointments are asked to bring a copy of their last filed return, notice of assessment, social insurance number and all tax information slips. Tax returns will be completed on site at the clinic.

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Drop off paint cans, electronics at The Beer Store LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com The first of its kind in the province, The Beer Store officially opened its ‘Recycling Plus’ depot that provides a one-stop drop-off spot for empty alcohol containers, paint cans and household electronics last Friday.

Located in the Dupont

Street and Symington Avenue area, on Campbell Avenue across from The Beer Store, the depot – a pilot project – was initiated in co-operation with Stewardship Ontario and Sims Recycling Solutions.

An idea that arose from Beer Store employees, Recycling Plus is an evolution of the beverage distributor’s deposit-return programs.

“Ninety one per cent of all beer and 80 per cent of all wine, spirit and cooler containers are brought back,” said Ted Moroz, president, of The Beer Store during a grand-opening media event, at the depot at 299 Campbell Ave. “We’re able to divert half a million metric tones of packaging from landfill.”

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YWCA’s CAMP TAPAWINGO For over 80 years, parents have trusted our camp to provide their girls with the best camp experience available.

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beer and wine bottles, Torontonians can get rid of a range of electronics, batteries and paint cans.

Moroz called the depot a “true one-stop shop where environmentally concerned people can bring back their waste” keeping “potentially hazardous waste” from landfill.

“People of Ontario are thirsty for practical ways to keep waste out of landfill,” said Minister of Environment Jim Bradley. “I hope this program will pave the way for more initiatives like this.”

Stewardship Ontar io through its Orange Drop Program (which recycles municipal household hazardous and special waste materials) will oversee the collection and safe processing of batteries, paints, stains and coatings while Sims Recycling Solutions will process the returned electronic waste.

Since its inception in 2008, the Orange Drop Program has kept more than 72,000 tones of household hazardous waste from landfills and >>>Recycling, page 17

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Minister of Environment Jim Bradley helps launch Recycling Plus, a one-stop drop-off depot for not only empty alcohol bottles, but paint cans and household electronics, located in the Dupont Street and Symington Avenue area.

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A special memorial canvas in

Community currently on display at the con-

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stituency office of Beaches-East York MP Matthew Kellway.

The project, which came about after Layton’s death in August 2011, is a way for constituents to add TARA HATHERLY their remembrances and expresthatherly@insidetoronto.com sions of hope and thanks to the former Toronto-Danforth MP and At Fairmount Park, a group of NDP leader. community members is keeping a The large canvas is designed Canadian tradition alive and well. to be a tangible way for people to The Fairmount Park Ice Masters express their thoughts, emotions come together every winter to build about Layton and his death. and maintain natural outdoor ice “When I saw the outpouring of rinks at the park. The group of about love for Jack in the form of chalk 50 volunteers spends five days and art, poetry and prose at Nathan nights a week looking after the rinks, Phillips Square, I thought we one equipped with boards and nets should provide an opportunity for hockey and the other for pleasure here, closer to home, for people to skating. The rinks are open free to share,” Kellway wrote in an email residents, bringing the community

reluctant to commit their feelings to writing.

Instead, he said many took up the opportunity and put pen to canvas.

“One of the interesting and lovely things is that people of all ages – from kids to the elderly – together to enjoy one of Canada’s have shared their feelings. most beloved pastimes.

“And those feelings – though “It’s definitely something that has expressed differently – all describe jelled the community,” said group a loving and lovely man who is member Ray Bernard. “In the winter missed greatly,” Kellway said, when all the neighbours don’t necescrediting artist Nathalie Vachon sarily get out much, it gives us all a for linking all of the expressions reason to gather. I’ve met people so beautifully. from all over the community, not just In recent months, Vachon, who my immediate neighbours.” has lived in the Upper Beach area Originally run by the city, the Ice near Kingston Road and Victoria Masters took over the rink about 20 Park Avenue for more than 10 years ago. Just a few people strong years, took on the task of creating back then, the group has continued artwork, specifically an Asianto grow and even spawned a band, inspired cherry tree motif, to The Lost Boys, and an annual neigh-

on the project as Layton was someone she admired for his integrity and vision, and appreciated his support for environmental causes and the arts.

“I’m happy to be able to do something to honour that,” she said, adding she was touched by bourhood festival, Winterfest. The all of the thoughtful messages on group has also inspired and helped the tapestry. other parks to set up their own com“It was hard not to be in tears munity rinks. reading it all.”

Volunteers work in shifts through ■ cold and snowy weather to flood the The Jack Layton memory canvas rinks with water. It takes a lot of work, will be up at Kellway’s local office, but Bernard said it’s all worth it.

155 Main St., at Gerrard Street East, “Everyone is excited and enjoys until Thursday, Oct. 18. and uses the rink and that’s what People are welcome to add their makes it worthwhile in the end,” messages to the piece, which is set he said. “When you see the kids out to be presented to Layton’s widow, using it, that really motivates us to Trinity-Spadina MP Olivia Chow, keep it up and keep it going ... it’s a on Friday, Oct. 19 during a Harvest lot of neighbourhood dads and it’s Supper fundraiser. a lot of guys that have been around

Fairmount Park Ice Masters keeping Canadian tradition alive for 20 years working on the rink who on,” Bernard said. “Even if the whole enjoy the social framework that it rink isn’t finished and there’s a half or offers. ” a quarter of skating surface, kids are Along with putting in time and out there skating on it ... I’ve walked labour, the group also fundraises by there and seen teenagers playto provide supplies for the rinks. ing hockey well beyond midnight, While much of the rink equipment and little kids using it early in the A memory canvas to honour the late Jack Layton was donated by the city when the morning.” will be on display at the constituency office rinks changed hands, equipment still After last year’s warm winter, which of Beaches-East York MP Matthew Kellway needs to be replaced or purchased at only saw a few days cold enough for at 155 Main St., at Gerrard Street East, until times. The city still provides electricskating, the group is thrilled with Thursday, Oct. 18. Left, a message from Susan ity and lighting. this winter’s colder temperatures, Singh to Jack Layon, who died in August 2011.

The rinks give local kids a reason to which have already provided weeks The memorial canvas with people’s memories look forward to winter every year. of skating time. Weather permitting, was created by artist Nathalie Vachon.

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Give drivers a break with parking permit switch over, Fletcher says CITY HALL The unofficial grace period car owners with parking permits have to swap their cars from one side of the street to the other could be made official if council goes along with a notice of motion by Ward 30 Councillor Paula Fletcher.

The motion, coming before today’s meeting of Toronto Council, is intended to put a stop to the practise that some parking enforcement officers have of waiting for the monthly changeover, requiring drivers to move their cars from one

side of the street to the other, and ticketing those drivers who are either a minute too early, or a minute too late, in making the change.

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“But it’s informal, and when something’s informal then it just depends on the officer or the time, or where they’re at with their quota, and it certainly leads to a lot of frustration on the part of everybody,” Fletcher said. “Citizens are getting ticketed for a couple of minutes over the limit.

It’s just not good.”

Fletcher said she’s had calls from constituents who’ve slept in a hour later than normal on a Saturday and gone out to find a $40 ticket.

“They already pay quite a bit for parking on the street and they don’t get a break often,” she said.

The motion by Fletcher – seconded by Trinity-Spadina Councillor Mike Layton – would make that grace period official.

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In a report, Integrity Commissioner Janet Leiper said Ford had apologized to Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health Dr. David McKeown, over remarks he and his brother, Councillor Doug Ford, had made on their radio program in 2012.

The brothers had taken McKeown to task for commissioning a report titled “Road to Health: Improving Walking and Cycling in Toronto.”

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‘Jamaica, until recently, did not have a single pediatric oncologist ... while SickKids alone has 20 pediatric oncologists.’

A new initiative will see SickKids Hospital taking its top-of-the-line health care for children with pediatric cancer and serious blood disorders down south.

Through a partnership with six Caribbean nations, SickKids doctors will be seeking to improve health outcomes for children in Barbados, the Bahamas, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

The Caribbean-SickKids Paediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders Project came about because some of SickKids’ top doctors are natives of Caribbean countries.

‘Born in Jamaica’ “Our former head of cancer and blood disorders, Dr. Victor Blanchette, was brought up in Barbados and Dr. Upton Allen, the head of infectious diseases here, was born in Jamaica,” said Dr. Stanley Zlotkin, SickKids chief of global child health.

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Leukemia survivor Kanigia and her father Curtley at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Barbados.

couple of years, it’s become apparent to them that the survival and recovery rates in the Caribbean are much lower than they are here.”

Zlotkin noted children treated for leukemia at SickKids have an 80 to 90 per cent chance of successfully

battling the disease, a number that drops to 50 per cent in the Caribbean.

The Caribbean-SickKids Paediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders Project will allow SickKids doctors to provide training to medical professionals from the Caribbean

nations and offer ongoing telemedicine support.

Blanchette estimated the program could help with the diagnosis and treatment of 75 cases of newly diagnosed leukemia or lymphoma each year, with potential cure rates as high as 90 per cent once proper medical equipment and training are in place.

He added since many children in the Caribbean are of African descent, those nations may see higher incidences of certain cancers such as Burkitt’s lymphoma.

By simply offering training, SickKids promises to boost the chances of recovery for children in the selected nations,

which lack the resources and knowledge in dealing with childhood cancer and blood disorders.

“Jamaica, until recently, did not have a single pediatric oncologist,” said Ted Garrard, SickKids foundation president and CEO. “Trinidad and Tobago has only one pediatric oncologist, while SickKids alone has 20 pediatric oncologists.”

Dr. Michelle Reece-Mills, who was trained at SickKids, became Jamaica’s first – and to date, its only – fully trained physician specializing exclusively in children’s cancer and blood disorders. $8-million target The SickKids Foundation has already raised about $2 million for the project, with an overall target of raising $8 million over the next five years. Most of the funding will go directly to the Caribbean nations.

“We want to make sure each facility has telemedicine facilities, computers where we can see each other on the screen,” Zlotkin said.

“We’ll also be updating the labs down there to make sure

they have the best equipment they can.”

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“We’re looking to the community for philanthropic support,” Garrard said.

“Whether that’s Canadian companies that do business in the Caribbean, members of the (Caribbean) diaspora or people who just want to make a difference, we think this is something they’ll want to support.”

The program is slated to run for five years with an end goal of ensuring children living in the six Caribbean countries receive the same quality of care as children treated for cancer and blood disorders at SickKids.

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Get drawing and storytelling to create Pan Am mascot by March 8 There’s still time to create a mascot for the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games.

Steve Wallace, vice president of brand activation for

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“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be part of history,” Wallace said.

Entries have been submitted by the Girl Guides of Canada Chill Fest Camp, Mme. Walsh’s Grade 4 class at Glen Park Public School in Stouffville and an entry from First Nations School of Toronto.

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Students at All Saints Catholic School took part in the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Mascot Challenge recently. Illustrator Kevin Sylvester gives tips to Julia, Isabella and Penelope on their project.

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The top six designs will be chosen from a TO2015 panel and the young nominees will have a chance to work with a professional illustrator to bring their creations to life.

The designs will then compete in a nationwide online voting

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Entries must be handdrawn with a 250-word mascot life story and be mailed by March 8. The winner will be announced Aug. 7.

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