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As part of an initiative to turn all of Ward 19 into Canada’s first Homegrown National Park, community residents Anjum Chagpar and Georgia Vdreos are looking to green Palmerston Square.

The small square, in Seaton Village, was traditionally a park space but has since lost much of its urban oasis feel. Now surrounded by some 60 houses, the square is isolated from the rest of the city, which has limited traffic but also makes it ideal for a project of this type.

“It feels quite remote and removed from the rest of the neighbourhood,” Chagpar said.

“The notion of having a green square is nice because it’s so enclosed.”

Chagpar and Vdreos, who were selected as two of 21 Park Rangers for the David Suzuki Foundation’s Homegrown National Park project, led a group of volunteers in setting up planters in the space as part of a summer-long naturalization plan.

“It was inspired by the idea for transplanting the ideas found in national parks into our neighbourhoods,” Chagpar said. >>>A GREEN, page 6

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Peddle to the metal: Hayden Copping, 9, seated centre, gets set on his low rider for the Lawrence Park Athletic Association Family Fun Day Bike Parade in Cheltenham Park on Saturday. More photos on page three.

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Left, Conrad Theriault, 2, left, splashes for ducks while Parker Reucassel, 3, joins him at the duck pond during the Lawrence Park Athletic Association’s Family Fun Day in Cheltenham Park on Saturday. Below left, Falconer Sam Trentadue, right, helps Archie Grant, 13, hold a peregrine falcon. Below right, Matthew Williams, 6, jumps in the inflatable activity centre.

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Art ‘party’ celebrates Women’s College Hospital move Artwork to be demolished with old building; prints will be sold in support of new facility JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com With music pounding, drinks flowing and art being painted on the walls, the mood in Women’s College Hospital was certainly not like what you might expect in a typical health care facility.

The hospital hosted a live art competition through Art Battle as part of its move into a new facility. The old building is transitioning to a new, state-of-the-art site just east of its location at 76 Grenville Street.

Dubbed Paint the Halls, the event featured a DJ, catered food, bars and waiters in lab coats carrying out vodka shots in syringes and mixed drinks in intravenous bags.

The old Women’s College building will be torn down and rebuilt into a second phase of the new and improved Women’s College.

“To transition the hospital, we decided to do something different,” said Women’s College Hospital vice presi-

dent of marketing and communications Arlene Madell.

“We had applications from 300 artists from across the country and we chose 75 of them for the largest live painting competition in Canada.”

The 75 selected artists were given primed portions of the hospital walls on which to paint their works of art. The pieces ranged from abstract to realistic, with some – but not all – recognizing Women’s College’s role in the community since it started up as Women’s Medical College 130 years ago.

“The hospital was started in 1883 when women could not be educated as doctors,” Madell said.

“They started to educate and train doctors so women could be treated by women.”

The hospital made a name for itself as a birthing hospital, delivering some 150,000 babies, though those services were moved to Sunnybrook after that institution merged

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To transition the hospital, we decided to do something different.

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with Women’s College and the Orthopaedic and Arthritic Hospital in 1998.

The first phase of the new Women’s College opened on Monday, June 3, offering ambulatory care services that will see patients in and out in 18 hours or less.

Paint the Halls marked the end for the old building, which closed its doors to the public following the competition.

While the paintings will be destroyed along with the old Women’s College building, they have been photographed and prints will be sold in support of the Women’s College Hospital Foundation.

The painters were excited at the chance to showcase

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Participating in the Women’s College Hospital ‘Paint the Halls’ event on Thursday are: at left, Carlos Delgado; and, above, Leslie Lund and Navid Babadi

their work to an audience of patrons in a unique venue.

They had 75 minutes to complete their masterpieces, making time of the essence.

“I’ve done painting in public but nothing like this before,” said Montreal-based painter Andrew Davies.

While the work encom-

passed a variety of styles, all participating artists were determined to put on a show for those in attendance.

“It’s the last time the hospital’s going to be here, so we might as well make it a party,” said Toronto-based artist Chris Perez.

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Chapman won the $3,000 Art Battle grand prize for his depiction of a streetcar, while Keita Morimoto took home the $1,500 second place prize and Zara Diniz took the $500 third place prize.

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hen it comes time to decide on how we’re represented at city hall – specifically the size and number of wards in the city and how they’re divided – Toronto Council must be open to a variety of ideas.

Next week, there’s an Executive Committee report going to Toronto Council on a Ward Boundary Review for the city. Toronto, currently divided into 44 wards, last undertook such a review in 2000.

Since then, the wards’ make-ups and populations have changed. A city manager’s report to the executive committee notes “significant discrepancies among Toronto’s ward boundaries that warrant a review.”

According to the report, any adjustments undertaken would be in place for the 2018 municipal election. our view Mayor Rob Ford, meanwhile, has made his position clear. In his comments at the Executive Important Committee, Ford said he believes debate needs a 25-member council can do the Noting Toronto is expected to citizen input job. receive three more federal ridings (bringing the total to 25), Ford said it’s an opportune time to consider reducing Toronto Council’s ward allotment from two wards per riding to one.

“At the rate we’re going we’re going to have 50 councillors,” Ford warned. “And you see the problems we have with 44 councillors.”

There’s no denying the current 45-member size of council (44 councillors plus a mayor) can be unwieldy at times. There is merit to Ford’s argument. But it’s early in the process. We need to hear many voices.

Toronto Council will do Torontonians a disservice if it restricts itself – without considering any other factors – when defining new ward boundaries. Doing so may discount a more creative solution – one that gives a more effective voice to Torontonians – before it can be even explored. Figuring out what’s best for a diverse, multicultural city and its 140 neighbourhoods will be more complicated than shoehorning them into some cookie-cutter solution.

For Torontonians, this is not only about your representation at city hall. This is about how your neighbourhood fits into the city. This is an important debate that needs your input.

As the process moves along, we urge citizens to take advantage of the “broad engagement and public consultation process” referenced in the report.

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Media told where it stands at city hall these days We news media are stalkers these days at city hall.

We perch outside Mayor Rob Ford’s office, waiting for his noon-hour arrival to demand to know about allegations of smoking crack, cover-ups and staffing changes.

Early on in the multiweek stakeout, a woman passing through city hall called a group of us “vultures.”

A few days later, the mayor apologized for calling us “maggots.”

Can’t say we weren’t told where we stand at city hall these days.

In truth, since the story broke of the possible video of the mayor allegedly smoking crack cocaine, the media has mostly been standing in the hall outside the mayor’s office.

In refusing to answer the pertinent questions in this story, the mayor has all but invited us in.

And we’ve tried to be good house guests.

But it’s becoming clear

david nickle the city this short-term standoff with the mayor’s office could warp accountability and accessibility at city hall for years to come.

Evading questions Absent his press secretary and communications staff, Mayor Ford has taken to seconding city hall security staff to escort him between his parking garage and office doors.

Security has meanwhile made a space to the rear of the mayor’s office, inside the councillors’ secure area, inaccessible to news media who are accredited to enter the space.

There’s nothing illegal in doing this – indeed, the press gallery (and full disclosure, I’m serving as president of the gallery) had lost a battle in negotiating new council-

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Our view...has been that hard questions asking by professional journalists shouldn’t be flagged as a security concern.

approved security access rules, requiring reporters not to linger in the councillors’ common office area.

But the enforcement of the policy is new, and the purpose of that enforcement can only be to allow the mayor and his staff to continue to evade embarrassing questions from reporters – in this case, on a matter of city-wide interest.

This is not a new problem, or one endemic to the Ford administration.

The city’s security team along with a number of politicians have been looking for ways to restrict and even remove media access to councillors’ office areas

since the mayor David Miller administration.

Some councillors were very keen on such a move – often because reporters would, when a politician got into hot water, show up at their office doors with cameras in hand to ask hard questions.

Our view then and now has been that hard questions asked by professional journalists shouldn’t be flagged as a security concern.

Indeed, using the pretext of security to bar those questions from being asked raises a serious public accountability concern.

All of this would be irrelevant, of course, if our elected politicians would come forward and answer the questions put to them.

Or if they don’t wish to do so, they relied on their own resources to muddy the water and left the public service out of it.

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YMCA celebrates its new Centres of Community Krystal Koo and Michael Cooper donate $2 million to building, which will train Pan Am/Paragam Games athletes JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com

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nce the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/ Parapan Am Games are over, residents in the West Don Lands will have a sparkling new community hub to call their own.

The YMCA of Greater Toronto celebrated the topping off of its forthcoming site – still currently under construction – near the corner of Front and Cherry streets Wednesday, May 29.

The new YMCA facility will feature 82,000 square feet of space and will stand as one of the organization’s Centres of Community, with programming designed to meet the needs of the area’s diverse population.

YMCA of Greater Toronto Vice-Chair Tim Penner said the community will be invited to offer input into what they would like to see

take place at the centre.

“We’ll start a process where we have a number of meetings with the community to determine what services are most needed,” he said.

“We know there will be a pool, a gymnasium and a fitness facility, and at other, similar facilities, we offer things like child care, newcomer placement services, job placement services, substance abuse programs, seniors programs and youth leadership training programs.”

The YMCA of Greater Toronto will pay some $10 million of the venue’s estimated $25 million to $30 million cost. Prior to becoming a YMCA Centre of Community, it will be used as a training site for the Toronto 2015 Games.

A donation of $2 million by philanthropists Krystal Koo and Michael Cooper through the YMCA’s Strong

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YMCA of Greater Toronto vice president for property management Alex Verluis, right, leads a tour of the Y’s new Cherry Beach facility. The YMCA celebrated the ongoing construction at the site with a topping off ceremony last Wednesday.

Start, Great Future campaign will certainly help cover the costs.

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fantastic Olympic-sized swimming pool that you wouldn’t find anywhere else in Scarborough.”

For the couple’s generosity, the new site will be dubbed the Cooper Koo Family YMCA. The Cooper Koo Y will include a two-storey climbing structure, a 7,000square-foot gymnasium, an 11,000-square-foot open fitness space, a 25-metre, five-lane pool and a smaller training pool and more.

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The Palmerston Square program has been dubbed ‘PS’ for short, with Chagpar noting that could stand not just for the square’s name, but also for such concepts as Public Space, Park in the Square or Please Sit. “We’re looking at building communal tree houses, communal swings, front yard gardens – all kinds of things,” she said.

“We’re looking at what parts of the square we can convert to community gardens and we think there’s great space on the east side of the square.”

Some of the houses in the area already have front garden spaces helping to beautify the area.

Other ideas put forth for Palmerston Square include the installation of benches and other seating and a free library where people can take

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Frank Geofreda, left, and Yu Li dig out a tree stump as they joined volunteers Saturday in a greening project for the Palmerston Square area.

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The PS project is being run on a grassroots level, with volunteers donating their time and supplies.

“We obviously don’t have a ton of money to put into the project so we’re looking to home grow this,” Chagpar said.

The Homegrown National Park plan calls for an overall greening of the area, with community-led projects designed to turn the downtown ward in which nature complements the urban streetscape.

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CONTACT: The Toronto Challenge, http://www.toronto.ca/challenge/ COST: $10 to $20 Event raises money for non-profit organizations improving the quality of life for seniors.

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Health & Beauty Day WHEN: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

WHERE: Central Eglinton Community Centre, 160 Eglinton Ave. E. CONTACT: Nancy Lyon, 416-392-0511 COST: Free Enjoy exhibits and demonstrations on all facets of health and beauty. Cafe, door prizes.

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Walk to Fight Arthritis WHEN: 9 a.m. WHERE: Evergreen Brick

Works, 550 Bayview Ave. CONTACT: www.walktofightarthritis.ca Help the 4.6 million Canadians living with arthritis.

Grandmother groups raise money for the Stephen Lewis Foundation WHEN: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: Toronto Centre Island, Toronto Centre Island CONTACT: Marian Archbold, 416-

484-6679 COST: $20, kids free Scenic walk, music, children’s activities and picnic.

front of Mooredale’s Senior Youth Orchestra conducting Beethoven’s glorious Symphony No. 7, Op. 92 in A Major.

Mooredale Youth Orchestras WHEN: 3 to 4:30 p.m. WHERE: Laidlaw Hall, Upper Canada College, 200 Lonsdale Rd. CONTACT: www.mooredaleconcerts.com COST: $10 to $15 Pianist Anton Kuerti will be standing in

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Illustration techniques for kids WHEN: 4:15 to 5:45 p.m. WHERE: Annex Art Centre, 1075 Bathurst St. CONTACT: Moojan or Mike Goodge, 647-832-8507 COST: $120, four weeks Kids all ages will learn to draw, sketch and illustrate using different kinds of techniques and materials. Visit http:// arthousestudios.blogspot.ca/

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Little Italy BIA board meeting WHEN: 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

WHERE: Sicilian Sidewalk Cafe, 712 College St. Little Italy BIA board meeting.

MS Self-Help Group WHEN: 1 to 2:30 p.m. CONTACT: Lynn Laccohee, 416-967-3032 Women with multiple sclerosis get together for support, encouragement and information. Meeting location will be provided after registration.

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Artisanal Food Market WHEN: 11:30 a.m.

WHERE: Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. CONTACT: A Linton, 416-973-4000 Enjoy exploring new tastes in food and see what new, independent, local packaged food producers have to offer. Buskers and entertainment.

International track and field games WHEN: 5:30 p.m. WHERE: University of Toronto Varsity Stadium, 299 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: www.totrack.ca COST: $10 to $75 Celebration of playground-to-podium athletics.

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The Centre for Peaceful Protest WHEN: noon to 5 p.m.

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Scadding Court’s Gone Fishin’ WHEN: 3:30 to 7 p.m. WHERE: Scadding Court Community Centre, 707 Dundas St. W. Go fishing at Scadding Court. Children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Cost, $2 per person with a limit of one fish. Cost, 75 cents to have fished cleaned.

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Rotary Luncheon Speakers WHEN: 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. WHERE: Toronto Lawn Tennis Club, 44 Price CONTACT: Lars Henriksson, 416-4898438 COST: $20 Weekly speakers’ luncheons.

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Can good food make a sustainable sector?

WHEN: 7 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Metro Hall, Room 310, 55 John St. CONTACT: www.pushfoodforward.com COST: Pay what you can Food Forward is hosting an important dialogue on the barriers, challenges, and strategies for the viability of the local food sector and its small and medium enterprises.

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Mayor and taxpayers coalition slam councillors for attending cities conference in Vancouver DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com Mayor Rob Ford and the Toronto Taxpayers Coalition slammed 18 city councillors for all attending the Federation of Canadian Municipalities conference in Vancouver on the weekend.

B u t Tr i n i t y- Sp a d i n a Councillor Adam Vaughan, one of those who flew across the country for the nationwide municipal meeting, said there was only one problem with the number of councillors who went west.

“I would say there weren’t enough,” said Vaughan.

“Vancouver’s done some amazing things. And if you think you know everything, I guess you don’t have to go, but there’s all sorts of things that cities do on the ground that are partnerships between different people.

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Vaughan said he learned

a great deal about how Vancouver is dealing with street-level poverty and homelessness, and also about the way Vancouver is incorporating its highrise communities.

He said he also spent a great deal of time defending Toronto’s honor, against more or less constant jokes and jibes about Mayor Rob Ford’s problems dealing with an alleged video showing him smoking crack cocaine.

“Every time a session opened there was a joke about Toronto,” he said.

“You spent half your time explaining the scandal. It was aggravating because you’re there to learn instead of explaining what’s going on in Toronto. The day the staff started dropping off, people across the country were walking up to tell us the latest news in Toronto.

You’re used to Toronto being made fun of, with the Leafs and the whole bit, but it was

a little much at times.”

Mayor Ford and his brother Doug were both critical of the large council contingent on their way to Vancouver – when only two councillors, Michael Thompson and Pam McConnell – have seats on the FCM’s board of directors.

The Toronto Taxpayer Coalition, a community organization formed after Ford’s election in 2010, issued a news release on Monday, calling the trip a junket.

“While some on council are trying to stop the gravy train, other councillors have found a new mode of transportation: the Gravy Plane,” said Taxpayers Coalition President Matthew McGuire.

“I believe council needs to set a policy to limit the size of delegations to an affordable number. No private sector organization would send 40 per cent of it’s people on a junket like this.”

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The EA will determine the future of the Gardiner

Expressway East and Lake Shore Boulevard East, from about Jarvis Street and east of the Don Valley Parkway. Four alternatives will be considered within the study area, including: maintaining, improving, replacing or removing the elevated expressway.

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Local politicians sign up for rally >>>from page 1 your lights, all for free.”

The tune-ups will be offered from 8 to 10 a.m. and will be followed by a Spin-athon with members of the public and City of Toronto councillors invited to ride spin bikes on loan from Yonge Street Fitness from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

“At noon, we’ll get some councillors out there,” Ledger said. “It’s going to be like a spin class, but in the square.”

Local politicians Kristyn Wong-Tam and Glen Murray are among the more than 300

riders who have committed to take part in the Friends for Life Bike Rally, which will see roughly 375 participants biking from Toronto to Montreal on a six-day, 600kilometre journey beginning Sunday, July 28.

STILL A FEW OPENINGS As of earlier this week, organizers were still looking for a few more riders and crew members to join the rally.

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“We were there but we had a few who had to drop out so we’re sitting at just over 350.”

Rally organizers are also looking to fill in a few crew member positions. Some 125 volunteers are required to help those who are taking on the grueling bike trek.

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Former Cabbagetowner on cross-country trek to encourage organ donation JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com

organ donation.

The journey was inspired

by Ruiter’s friend, Matthew Antolin, who died on Dec. 16, 2012 while awaiting a heart transplant.

“Matthew was one of four boys in his family and he lost his youngest brother to the same (condition) Matthew had,” Ruiter said.

“It weakened his heart. He was fighting it for over 15 years and unfortunately he

Fo r m e r C a b b a g e t o w n resident Cayse Ruiter has embarked on the journey of a lifetime in memory of a good friend.

Ruiter set out on an 8,000kilometre cross-country bike trek from Tofino, British Columbia to St. John’s Newfoundland on Monday, June 3 to raise awareness for

passed away while he was still waiting for a transplant.”

Ruiter is hoping his journey encourages Canadians to sign up to become organ donors. He himself has benefited from organ and tissue donation, having had a ligament in his thumb replaced with a ligament from a donor.

His situation was obviously not as critical as that faced by Antolin and count-

said.

Ruiter, who recently moved from Cabbagetown to Ottawa, will take his time traversing the country, stopping off in various cities to visit friends and promote his cause. He hopes to make the journey in two months or so.

“I’d like to average around 150 kilometres a day, but we’ll see how I feel after biking the mountains,” he said.

less others, and Ruiter knows the difference organ donation can make. By taking a few minutes to sign up on the organ donor registry, a person can save as many as eight lives and make a positive impact on dozens of others.

“By doing this, hopefully I can get people to learn more about it and we can save someone else’s son or someone else’s brother,” he

“Going up the mountains will be tough, but then I get to come down,” he said.

“With the prairies, if the wind’s at my back, I’ll be laughing, but if I’m biking into the wind, that will be tough, too.”

To sign up to become an organ donor, visit www.beadonor.ca

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Ontario Bike Summit highlights provincial bike-friendly strategy JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com Ontario Transportation Minister Glen Murray has promised a revamped provincial cycling strategy by the end of summer in a bid to ensure cities across the province are more bike friendly.

Murray served as keynote speaker at the Ontario Bike

Summit Wednesday, May 29 and spoke to a crowd of roughly 200 cyclists and cycling advocates of the importance of active transportation both for the health of residents and to help combat gridlock.

While Ontario has a cycling strategy, the minister said it is in need of an overhaul to make cycling a safer and more attractive transporta-

tion option.

“When I became minister a few months ago, I looked at (the existing plan) and thought we could do a lot better,” said the Toronto Centre MPP, adding he would like to see Ontario cities rank regularly among the world’s most progressive and bike friendly.

Murray, an avid cyclist himself, is in favour of an

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enforceable one-metre separation between cyclists and passing motorists, though he could not promise such a plan, noting it would need to gain the support of the Legislature.

The Legislature has voted down a similar proposal in the past. Nonetheless, Murray said the health and environmental benefits of cycling as a form of transportation make better bike infrastructure crucial. not burning fossil fuels

6th Annual Blaze-a-Thon Fundraiser Join us to support the partially sighted, blind and deaf-blind community through healthy outdoor recreational tandem cycling. Ride or sponsor to help us raise funds for TRAILBLAZERS on June 8, 2013.

50k ride starts from CNIB — 1929 Bayview Ave, Toronto Registration ($25) at 8:00am. All are welcome! info@torontotrailblazers.org www.torontotrailblazers.org Call: (416) 760-2700 Registered Charity #86786 4753 RR 0001

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MPP Glen Murray (Toronto Centre) speaks during the Ontario Bike Summit last Wednesday at the Park Hyatt Hotel.

“We have to think of streets as a whole experience for everyone,” he said.“Let’s (encourage) people actually burning fat instead of burning fossil fuels.”

The minister said the province’s Places to Grow plan outlining ideas for growth and development across the province must be strongly integrated with the Big Move transit plan.

He dismissed those who say there is a war on the car, noting few people living in

the downtown community he calls home own cars, but pointing out there are five car dealerships within view of his home.

He said cycling should become more of a priority when it comes to planning matters and are essential in creating complete communities.

“We have to understand active transportation is an

essential part of a transportation network,” he said.

The minister called on those in attendance to speak out in favour of the one-metre passing rule. He vowed to do his part as well, both in advocating the issue and in revamping the province’s draft cycling strategy.

“By Sept. 1, we will have a comprehensive cycling program,” he said.

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Metrolinx planning more public meetings on electrification of express air-rail link More public meetings are planned by Metrolinx on the progress of future electrification of the Union Pearson Express air rail link.

Both the provincial transit planning agency and the Ministry of Transportation have pledged to convert the link running along the GO Kitchener rail corridor from diesel to electric, but only after the express service between Pearson International Airport and Union Station is completed in 2015.

While no firm confirmation has been given for a completion date for the conversion, Metrolinx has indicated it would like to electrify by 2017 and is conducting an environmental assessment to be completed next year. Four meetings are planned to update residents on the EA and address concerns about the controversial project, which has seen vigorous opposition from West Toronto advocacy

rahul gupta TO in TRANSIT groups such as the Clean Train Coalition.

The first meeting was held Tuesday at Toronto Pearson International Airport, and the next three are slated as follows: • Monday, June 10 at Metro Hall, Room 314, 55 John St., 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

• Tuesday, June 11, Mimico Presbyterian Church, 119 Mimico Ave., Etobicoke, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

• Wednesday, June 12, Mount Dennis Legion, 1050 Weston Rd. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

For more information on the meetings, visit www. metrolinx.ca twitter weighs in on wMayor transit funding Rob Ford’s Twitter account, @TOMayorFord, which usually posts innocuous announcements about

city initiatives, took a decidedly political tone last week when several tweets were posted taking shots at taxes and fees proposed

by Metrolinx to improve transit.

“I don’t support the Province’s @Metrolinx plan to slap new taxes onto the backs of hard working families,” stated one of the tweets. Another tweet was directed at the premier: “Until @Kathleen_Wynne exhausts every avenue I will not support new taxes on residents, who are telling me they can’t afford it.”

The mayor’s sentiments echo a recent poll taken by Forum Research that shows a majority of Ontarians don’t support raising taxes to benefit transit.

Metrolinx has said the charges are necessary to build the Big Move plan.

Rahul Gupta is The Mirror’s transit reporter. His column runs every Thursday. Reach him on Twitter: @TOinTRANSIT

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Help decide the future of the Gardiner Expressway East The Project Waterfront Toronto and the City of Toronto have resumed the preparation of the Gardiner Expressway / Lake Shore Boulevard Reconfiguration Environmental Assessment (EA) and Integrated Urban Design Study. The EA will determine the future of the Gardiner Expressway East and Lake Shore Boulevard East, from approximately Jarvis Street to approximately Leslie Street. Four alternatives will be considered within the study area, including: maintaining, improving, replacing, or removing the elevated expressway. Improvements to other roadways could also be required.

The Environmental Assessment The proposed study area for the EA is shown on the map below. Key components of an EA include consultation with government agencies, Aboriginal communities and interested persons; consideration and evaluation of alternatives; and the management of potential environmental effects. Conducting an EA promotes good environmental planning before decisions are made about a proposal.

Get Involved Your input into this important project is critical. The Project Team will be hosting a number of public forums, live webcasts, workshops and online opportunities for interested persons to participate in the EA planning process. We invite you to the first public forum where you can learn more about the project, the alternatives being considered and what other jurisdictions have done with elevated waterfront expressways. You will also be able to ask questions and speak directly with members of the project team, offer input and submit comments.

Gardiner Expressway East Public Meeting Thursday, June 13, 2013 6:00p.m. – 8:30p.m. (open house will begin at 6:00p.m. followed by presentations at 6:30p.m.)

Metro Toronto Convention Centre Room 701, South Building 222 Bremner Boulevard Please register for the event at: http://gardinerconsultation.eventbrite.com If you can’t attend the meeting in person, you can participate and watch the meeting online. Please join us at www.gardinereast.ca where you can learn about the project and contribute your insights, ideas, and views. For more information or to be added to the project mailing list, contact info@gardinereast.ca, or call (416) 479-0662.

Follow us on: Information will be collected in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record.

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