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Beaches Lions Easter Parade marks 50th anniversary JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com

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Fifty-five Division police station is once again collecting formal attire for high school students through its Prom 911 program.

The initiative makes prom wear accessible to students free of charge so they can attend their prom in style.

It is expanding to including formal wear for teen boys as well this time around.

Donations of fancy dresses, shoes, accessories, purses, suits and ties can be dropped off at 55 Division, 101 Coxwell Ave. at Dundas Street East.

Donations will be on display Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1 at the Beaches Lions Clubhouse at 10 Ashbridges Bay Rd. The prom wear is offered free to students.

Call 416-808-5500 for details.

This year’s Toronto Beaches Lions Easter Parade is an

extra special one as organizers celebrate the event’s 50th anniversary.

Technically, the parade is 51 years old, but the local Lions

Club has been sponsoring the event for five decades, said organizer Richard Boudreau.

The Lions started sponsoring the parade when it was in

its second year,” said Richard Boudreau, adding everyone is invited to come enjoy birthday cake.

This year’s Easter parade –

one of the largest of its kind in North America – will run from 2 to 4 p.m. along Queen Street East westward from Munro >>>parade, page 12

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East-end councillors Paula Fletcher and MaryMargaret McMahon are mourning the loss of their council colleague and former Toronto mayor Rob Ford, who died Tuesday after a long battle with cancer.

While Fletcher, who represents Ward 30 (TorontoDanforth), may not have always agreed with Ford’s political views or actions, she said it’s no longer about that.

“No matter what side of the political fence you sit on, it’s a tragedy. This is just a human issue now, a very big tragedy for his family,” she said Tuesday.

“To lose your dad so young and to such a vicious, pernicious cancer is devastating.”

Fletcher said Rob Ford was a father, a brother, an uncle and a son who will be dearly missed, especially by his family.

“It’s going to be a big hole in the Ford family,” she said. “My heart goes out to his family, especially his kids.”

Calling Ford “a major character,” Fletcher said he fought a good fight in a battle he sadly didn’t win.

“He rallied really well and he was so bright and hopeful,” she said.

McMahon (Ward 32 Beaches-East York) also expressed her condolences.

“My heart goes out to the close-knit Ford family.

They’re a very tight family.

I’m really thinking of them, especially the kids and Renata,” she said Tuesday afternoon.

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Politically, McMahon said she and Ford usually played well in the schoolyard, except when it came to trees.

“We got along. We disagreed on trees but we would always have a good banter and be able to joke about it after,” she shared.

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Community reacts to news of babysitter’s sex assault charge Man, 23, arrested after boy, 6, tells parents he was assaulted by caregiver in Woodbine and Danforth area home JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com

Above, Monica Godin, left, joins the story-telling walk by lantern light during the Friends of Monarch Park Earth Hour event Saturday evening at Monarch Park. Right, Imogen, 6, works on decorations for her lantern.

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News that a well-known eastend resident Daniel Harker has been charged with the alleged sexual assault of a six-year-old boy has sent shockwaves throughout the community and created a massive social media buzz.

Online, some said they couldn’t believe the 23-yearold Toronto man could do such a thing and emphasized that he is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Others expressed outrage that they didn’t know about Harker’s arrest and the charges he faces until it was shared with the public. Some parents were incensed and upset to learn their children have been in close contact with him.

Harker has been charged

by Toronto police in connection with an incident involving a six-year-old boy at his home near Woodbine and Danforth avenues on Saturday, March 5.

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Jenn, who asked that her last name not be used, has two sons who were in Harker’s Saturday morning sports class through the City of Toronto.

And while she didn’t know the accused very well, the eight-year Leslieville resident said she was “blown away” to learn her sons’ instructor is facing sexual assault charges. ”It’s shocking to open up your Facebook and a lot of your contacts or local neighbourhood Facebook pages have posted an alert with a big picture of your

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child’s coach alleging sexual assault,” she told The Mirror Tuesday night.

“It makes you think twice about your blind trust in strangers around your children. I recognize that he could be innocent, but it just shakes you.

Jenn said Harker “always seemed so nice and good” with her boys, but said she’s taking the allegations seriously.

Sixteen-year Beach resident Andreea Julia Gasca said her first reaction, as a mom, was one of anger as her child had direct interactions with the accused.

On the other hand, as someone who works in the legal system, Gasca said she’s supposed to wear the “reasonable doubt” hat.

“Although he is legally innocent until proven guilty, six year olds rarely have the mental capacity to come up with stories intricate enough to convince the first step of the judicial system, the police, that the story was fabricated, which casts a huge shadow of doubt about his innocence,” she said.

Gasca’s family – specifically her 11-and-a-halfyear-old daughter – has attended programs at the SH Armstrong Community Centre for about three years.

“We always have to use extra caution in selecting primary caregivers for our kids, no matter how many references or where those references come from.”

CJ Williams, a mother of two grown children who takes care of a family member’s two kids, saw the accused a “few times” at Gledhill but didn’t have any direct interaction with him.

Mother of two Tiffanie Yarema said she’s “shocked but also not surprised” by the news.

Yarema, who has lived in Leslieville for 16 years, expressed her concerns on social media Tuesday night.

Her children, a four-yearold son who has autism and an eight-year-old girl, both attend Roden Public School and weren’t in contact with the accused as far as she knows.

Yarema said she’s concerned as the accused worked at SH Armstrong Community Centre down the street from the school.

Parents at Pape Avenue School were advised of Harker’s arrest on Tuesday.

An information session was organized for yesterday evening at the east-end school.

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Remembering Rob Ford, man of the people T

here’s a reason Rob Ford was elected Toronto’s mayor in 2010, and it’s the same one that is now being expressed across the city as news of his death sinks in.

At the age of 46, Ford lost his battle with a rare and aggressive form of cancer Tuesday morning; family members were at his side at Mount Sinai Hospital.

With his death comes an end to a controversial and, at times, bizarre run of Toronto politics. But unpacking all of that is for another day.

Today, we need to mourn and pay our respects to a man who had a profound impact on the city he loved and the people who lived in it.

While we remember Rob Ford, the politician, we must also our view remember him as a father who leaves a wife and two young chilHis love of dren, aged eight and 10. Our deep Toronto was condolences go out to them and to the entire Ford family. reciprocated From the first campaign he won as councillor in Etobicoke North back in 2000, Ford always had a populist “man of the people” persona. He was genuine with that, and people gravitated toward to it. Here was a guy who unapologetically loved his sports, and his barbecues.

Many in the city saw themselves in him: the average guy who was going to stick it to the so-called “elites” who thought Toronto was theirs to rule.

Many voters loved that. And they loved Rob Ford.

He was unbeatable in every race he ran for councillor, and when he announced he would seek the mayor’s seat in 2010, many of those “elites” scoffed.

But Ford knew what they didn’t – he had deep and loyal support from those who proudly called themselves members of Ford Nation.

Some of his populist success was built on tapping into resentment by those who felt excluded by the megacity’s political system – particularly those in Scarborough, North York and Etobicoke, who felt they’d been treated as second-class citizens since amalgamation.

Ford may have exploited that feeling. A feeling which resonated with him personally.

Rob Ford was what he was, and he always fought hard for what he believed in.

He will be greatly missed by the city that he loved.

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Rob Ford: a lesson in not making assumptions I think I first met Rob Ford in former Etobicoke Councillor Doug Holyday’s office on the second floor of Toronto City Hall, back in 2000. Rob had just won an election up in Ward 2, and he’d come down to see Holyday, bringing along his big brother Doug before settling in.

It’s funny, at first I thought Doug might be the new councillor – he was the aggressively friendly one, while Rob stood politely back: smiling a bit nervously, not saying much, rocking from one foot to the other. He was an easy guy to underestimate; an easy guy not to notice. And the first time we met, I did both.

Mea culpa.

Over the 16 years between his arrival at City Hall and his death in a hospital bed just a few hundred metres north and west of it, Ford taught me otherwise.

He came to City Hall with two clear and simple objectives: if not to reduce the size of government here,

david nickle the city then highlight where it was overstuffed, and to provide customer service to his constituents. He did this both by taking lessons from his father, former Progressive Conservative MP and labelmaking entrepreneur Doug Ford Sr. He didn’t win votes at Toronto Council. But he did win votes in his northwestern Etobicoke ward, and then, improbably, across the entire city in 2010, and again in his Ward 2 stomping grounds in 2014.

His simple, straightforward narrative caught on.

It made him unbeatable, at least electorally.

Of course, Rob Ford was entirely fallible, as beatable as anyone both politically and personally. For the first couple of years as mayor, Ford ran a tight ship on council, winning many votes and pushing his small

government agenda even when fiscal and organizational realities seemed to make that impossible. The vehicle registration tax was repealed; former mayor David Miller’s baby Transit City, cancelled; garbage collection west of Yonge Street was contracted out. In his first year, Ford used the last Miller-era budget surplus to orchestrate a property tax freeze.

It all fell apart. But we know all about that.

His plan to build a subway on Sheppard Avenue East didn’t survive council. A conflict of interest trial nearly cost Ford his job. A video of Ford smoking crack cocaine revealed a substance abuse problem of profound and humiliating depth, along with terrible displays of rage and racism and vulgarity that put Toronto in the crosshairs of international late-night television comedy.

You could make a joke out of it, and many did. But really, it was sad and hurtful,

and at times very frightening and dangerous.

And then there was the cancer. You can’t make a joke out of that. It tortured him for awhile, teased him with hope and, as is cancer’s wont, came back for what turned out to be the kill.

The last time I talked with Rob Ford was a couple months ago, when he’d come back to City Hall in the midst of bouts of the chemotherapy that couldn’t save him. We did a little interview outside a committee room, and talked a bit.

It was a nice conversation. He told me the doctors thought the chemo was working, that he was feeling pretty dragged out and often felt quite ill, but at least this time his hair wasn’t falling out. He took that as a good sign, and I agreed it might just be.

Mea culpa.

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Board of health gives unanimous support for safe injection sites

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Next step: gathering public opinion on potential locations DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com Toronto Board of Health will be making the final call on the establishment of three supervised injection sites for intravenous drug users in July.

But on Monday, March 21, the board of health voted unanimously to go ahead with public consultations for those sites, leading to a final vote on actually implementing the plan in the summer.

Consultation would see sites put at the Queen West Central Toronto Community Health Centre in the west, the South Riverdale Community Health Centre in the east, and The Works at Toronto Public Health’s building on Victoria St. Medical Officer of Health Dr. David McKeown told the

board all three organizations now deliver extensive harmreduction programs to drug users, including dispensing clean needles.

But he said safe injection sites would add a layer of treatment and safety to the process, and also make for greater community safety as users wouldn’t be injecting themselves in public places and leaving discarded needles.

Dr. Jurgen Rehm, director of social and epidemiological research department at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, reported that based on his studies of similar programs in Switzerland, the safe injection sites will improve community safety.

“The research shows that they did not increase crime, they actually do reduce other problems like public drug use and discarded injection

equipment,” he said.

Ke v i n L e e f r o m t h e Scadding Court Community Centre corroborated this, noting that currently his west-end neighbourhood adjacent to the Queen West Central Toronto Community Health Centre has to deal with the fallout of street drug use directly.

“We have million-dollar homes, and we have social housing,” he said. “Queen West distributes 300,000 needles and those needles go somewhere. At Scadding Court we’re just a block down and we do our due diligence to check the playground for needles, condoms and we’re finding them on a regular basis.”

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Riverdale actress stars in The Crackwalker Claire Armstrong on stage as part of Factory Theatre’s Naked Season JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Award-winning Riverdale actress Claire Armstrong is honoured and excited to be performing in a play she studied and admired as a York University student.

Armstrong, who has lived near Danforth and Logan avenues for six years, is performing a lead role in Judith Thompson’s dark work The Crackwalker.

Thompson is also directing the 90-minute play, which runs from today to Sunday, April 10 at Factory Theatre.

“I have so much respect for Judith. She’s one of Canada’s leading playwrights. Judith is Canadian theatre royalty,” Armstrong said during a recent interview.

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Claire Armstrong has been drawn to acting since her first time on stage when she was in Grade 5.

“It’s a play that I’ve wanted to do for years and it’s such a great honour to do the play with Judith directing.”

Thompson is an Officer of the Order of Canada and the recipient of two Governor General Literary Awards for Drama.

The Crackwalker is set in Kingston, ON, and paints a stark portrayal of five diverse, downcast, and downtrodden members of society who are

each dealing with different struggles.

Armstrong plays the challenging role of Sandy, the best and only friend of a character named Theresa.

“Sandy is in a pretty intense and abusive relationship with her husband, Joe,” said Armstrong, whose character is loosely based on a toughas-nails waitress Thompson knew while she was working as a social worker in the eastern

Ontario city.

“Sandy tries to help Theresa, who struggles with mental illness. She’s very loyal and very tough but she also has a lot of vulnerability. It’s a really great role because Sandy is so layered.”

Throughout it all, a mysterious man called the Crackwalker bears witness to all of the characters’ struggles and reflects their despair and hopelessness.

And while the play premiered 35 years ago at Theatre Passe Muraille, Armstrong said many of its themes are still relevant.

“It’s really about five people who have been forgotten by society,” she said, adding The Crackwalker highlights the great need for services and resources for those on the fringes of society.

Armstrong said the play aims to make the audience see the humanity of the characters and that despite their many flaws they each have a lot to offer.

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Tickets cost $35 and can be purchased online at www. factorytheatre.ca, by phone at 416-504-9971 or in person at the theatre, 125 Bathurst St. Armstrong’s first memory of being on stage was when she performed in the school play in Grade 5.

In high school, she joined Garden City Productions community theatre and performed in a number of plays and musicals.

“At age 16, I played Maria in West Side Story. That was kind of my biggest challenge to this point and that’s when I decided I wanted to go to school for theatre,” Armstrong said.

In 2004, she moved to Toronto to attend York

University’s theatre program and pursuing a double major in theatre and French literature.

Four years later, Armstrong finished her post-secondary studies, landed an agent and went on to perform in several notable works as a member of The Classical Theatre Project.

“I got to play some great, challenging theatre roles right out of school, which was a great opportunity,” she said.

Three years ago, Armstrong, along with seven fellow thespians, founded The Storefront Theatre at 955 Bloor St. W., just west of Ossington Avenue.

Armstrong has had the opportunity to travel across Canada doing what she loves.

She’s also done some TV and film work including the lead role in her first feature film, Dim the Fluorescents, which is set to be released in the fall.

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Chorale holds wBeach Good Friday concert A concert featuring Gabriel Faure’s Requiem is set to take place Friday in the Upper Beach.

Presented by the Toronto Beach Chorale and featuring soloists Max van Wyck and Jocelyn Fralick, the Good Friday event will be held at Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Rd. at Scarborough Road, starting at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for youth aged seven to 18, and are available online at www.torontobeachchorale.com. Admission is $25 for adults or $12 for those 18 and under at the door.

Call 416-699-6091 for details.

Families invited to Easter Egg hunt Local realtors Nell Bradshaw and Natasha Varjacic along with Jimmie Simpson Community Recreation Centre are hosting their sixth annual Easter Egg Hunt Saturday.

This free family event will run from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at McCleary Playground, 75 McGee St. at Queen Street East in Leslieville.

Cofee and hot chocolate will be served along with treats for the children. There will be egg colouring, facepainting, crafts and draws.

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This is a fundraiser for Nellie’s Shelter for Women and Children.

The charity provides shelter, safety and support to women and their children who are experiencing personal and financial crisis because of violence, poverty, homelessness and despair.

For details, call 416-469-2090.

Aidan’s church hosts wSt. Bunny in the Beach

Beach Zipline, a new ministry run

by St. Aidan’s Anglican Church in the Beach that aims to make connections and serve families in the community, is hosting a Bunny in the Beach event.

The free festivities will be held Saturday, 1 to 4:15 p.m., at Beaches Library, 2161 Queen St. E. Highlights include family pictures with the Easter Bunny, face painting for kids, take-home Easter baskets, and stories and songs.

Those interested must RSVP to get a ticket and sign up for either the 1 to 2:15 p.m. time slot or the 3 to 4:15 p.m. time slot. Visit http:// beachzipline.ca/community to RSVP. food and shopping wWine, coming to Riverside

A celebration of the grape is coming to Riverside.

From March 29 to April 3, the Riverside Business Improvement Area (BIA) will host the second annual edition of Riverside WineFEST. Festivities will include free Ontario wine tasting events, prix fixe wine dinners and other special offers, and a free wine expo at the Ralph Thornton Centre, 765 Queen St. E., among other things.

More than 15 businesses are set to take part.

The Riverside BIA runs from the Don Valley Parkway to Empire Avenue along Queen Street East.

Visit www.riverside-to.com/ event/riverside-winefest Community wApplegrove Complex hosts its AGM

Applegrove Community Complex at 60 Woodfield Rd., just north of Queen Street, is holding its annual general meeting on Tuesday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Members and community members are invited to socialize, enjoy a light meal, vote, recognize partners and volunteers, and learn more about the community centre.

The meeting will also include nomination for vacancies on the centre’s board of directors. For details about board positions, visit www.applegrovecc.ca/gov-

ernance.htm#agm Contact executive director Susan Fletcher at Susan@ApplegroveCC. ca or 416-461-8143 to RSVP or submit a nomination.

Steps employment wNext fair set for Tuesday

Nellie’s Shelter for Women and Children has partnered with the Ralph Thornton Centre to host the Next Steps Employment and Education Fair Tuesday.

The event will run from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the Ralph Thornton Centre, Second Floor, 765 Queen St. E., east of Broadview Avenue.

All are welcome to come learn more about employment programs and education options. Contact Anna at anna@nellies.org or 416461-0980.

club forming at wTennis Norwood and Fairmount

Tennis buffs are invited to get involved in forming a community tennis club at Norwood and Fairmount parks.

Anyone interested in connecting to brainstorm for ideas, improvements and events at local courts should contact the office of Ward 32 Councillor MaryMargaret McMahon at councillor_mcmahon@toronto.ca or 416-392-1376.

BIA seeks proposals for w‘The Danny Loves Music’ The Danforth Mosaic Business Improvement Area is looking for quotes for sound and staging for its The Danny Loves Music series, which runs for five dates in July at East Lynn Park, 1949 Danforth Ave., west of Woodbine Avenue.

Companies interested in applying should email Oliver Hierlihy at info@thedanny.ca by Friday, April 1.

Visit www.thedanny.ca.

Shelter looking wNellie’s for committee members

Two dedicated people are being sought to join the fund development committee at Nellie’s Shelter for Women and Children.

Anyone interested in applying must submit a cover letter outlining their interest to serve on the committee and how their experiences align with Nellie’s mission, which is to supply programs and services for women and children experiencing violence, poverty and homelessness.

For details, visit www.nellies. org/2016/02/26/fund-development-committee-members or email Janna Cheng-Brown at janna@nellies.org Applications are due by Wednesday, March 31.

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MPP’s Men’s Health Awareness Week bill gets support No date for third reading of Beaches-East York MPP Arthur Potts’s bill Beaches-East York MPP Arthur Potts’s private members bill to designate the third week of June as Men’s Health Awareness Week in Ontario has received all-party

support Bill 170, an Act to proclaim the week immediately preceding the third Sunday in June as Men’s Health Awareness Week, had its second reading on Wednesday, March 10.

Potts tabled his private member’s bill in the Ontario Legislature on Wednesday, Feb. 24. Representatives from the Canadian Men’s Health

Foundation (CMHF), including group founder and Order of Canada recipient Dr. Larry Goldenberg, president Wayne Hartrick, and high profile athlete champion supporter Olympic gold medalist Adam Kreek joined Potts at Queen’s Park for the announcement.

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A date for the bill, which aims to raise understanding and awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys, to go to committee and then onto a third reading has yet to be determined.

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Sign up in advance for Beaches Spring Sprint No registration on race day, Saturday, April 2 Registration is open for the 29th annual edition of the Beaches Spring Sprint.

Participants can sign up to take part in the five- or two-kilometre run/walk on Wednesday, March 30 and Thursday, March 31 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Beaches Recreation Centre, 6 Williamson Rd. at Lee Avenue.

There is no registration on the day of the race.

The Beaches Spring Sprint will take place Saturday, April 2 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Beach Boardwalk and the Balmy Beach Canoe Club.

Proceeds from the event help support the community programs at Beaches Recreation Centre.

Email springsprint@hotmail.ca for more information or to volunteer.

Fewer crashes at Lake Shore and Carlaw A recent traffic enforcement project conducted by members of 55 Division’s “D” Platoon has resulted in 229 charges.

Operation Slow Down, which ran from January 31 to February 26 in the area of Carlaw Avenue and Lake Shore Boulevard East, also saw 69.5 hours spent on enforcement and 150 vehicles stopped.

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Parade along Queen from Munro Park to Woodbine >>>from page 1 Park Boulevard to Woodbine Avenue.

This time around, the event will feature close to 90 floats and marching bands.

Boudreau, who also serves as second vice-president for the Toronto Beaches Lions Club, said he’s looking forward to seeing the Shriners’ Train, “a converted tractortrailer that looks Sunday like a locomotive and features a band behind the float.”

New this year, members of Toronto Police Services’ mounted unit will take part in the parade along with some of their four-legged colleagues.

As always, the highlight of the parade will be a visit from the guest of honour, the Easter Bunny. There will also be lots of sweet treats for the kids and the young at heart.

Broadcast journalist Christina Stevens is the parade’s Grand Marshall.

The popular annual event draws anywhere from 40,000 to 100,000 people.

Revelers are urged to come out early to ensure they get a good spot along the parade route.

Regardless of the weather, Bourdeau is inviting everyone to dress warmly and come down to Queen Street for the familyfriendly event.

He said he’s optimistic and hopeful the weather will cooperate for this Sunday’s festivities.

“We’re calling on the Easter Bunny to bring a good, sunny day,” Boudreau said.

Attendees are once again asked to bring along some small change to donate to the Twoonies for Lions campaign, which helps support the work done by the east-end social service organization.

Funds from the parade, as well as other events, will be used to help the local Lions Club sponsor as many guide dogs as it can through the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides.

Motorists should expect several detours and road closures starting at 12:30 p.m. as a result of the parade.

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“Today the federal government released a budget that recognizes cities are the very best investment,” said Tory, following the release of the federal budget Tuesday afternoon.

“They have listened to our issues, they understand our priorities and they are committed to a strong partnership with Canada’s biggest city.

This is truly a city’s budget.”

Tory was joined by TTC chair Josh Colle and housing advocate Ana Bailao to speak to two areas of investment: a three-year plan to invest $3.4-billion in public transit over three years nation-wide, and to flow some portion of an $11.9-billion infrastructure plan into housing.

While Tory admitted that both of

these new expenditures wouldn’t deal with the city’s $2.6 billion 10-year capital plan for public housing repair, or fix the TTC’s $2.7 billion state of good repair backlog, he said both pledges were a good start.

He said because the transit funding is based on ridership, Toronto should see a much larger share.

“This new increased share will make a major impact on the TTC’s state of good repair and work for a stronger and more reliable transit system,” he said.

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