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JAMBOREE: Rolph Road Elementary School students dance during the Toronto District School Board’s Folk Dance Jamboree held on Tuesday evening at the East York Collegiate field. For more photos, please see page 9.

Community councillors are asking the city to pay for a comprehensive traffic study to find solutions to congestion in Leaside. “What I’m looking for is action,” Don Valley West Councillor John Parker said at the Tuesday’s meeting of North York Community Council. Councillors agreed to ask city council to issue a request for proposals to get bids from transportation companies interested in conducting the study. The cost is estimated to be $300,000, but it’s unknown where the money will come from to pay for it, Pascoal D’Souza, acting director of transportation services for the North York >>>STUDY’S, page 15

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Spring Into Action at Wilket Creek Park FUN RUN: At right, participants head out on the Spring Into Action run, walk, cycle fundraising event for diabetes research on Saturday in Wilket Creek Park. At top right, Lisa Miadovnik, centre, warms up before the start of the race. And above, Matt Earl hits the pavement.

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Students get creative with aerosol art workshop Professional artists and DJ playing live music will be on hand to add inspiration Daniela piteo bsrm@insidetoronto.com A fusion of aerosol art and jazz music will serve as inspiration during the two-day hands-on workshop Groove & Graffiti presented by the TD Toronto Jazz Festival. The 10th annual Groove & Graffiti workshop will be hosted at Malvern Collegiate Institute May 22 and 23. The idea for this workshop, which invited 48 students from the Toronto District School Board who are enrolled in a senior art class and

that show a keen interest in aerosol art, came from Dragan Grubesic and high school friend Dylan Taylor. “Dylan and I had this idea about doing an aerosol workshop for high school students,” said Grubesic, who recalls the thrill he and his former classmate shared when their high school, Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute, asked them to create a mural for the school’s 75th anniversary. “Aerosol art is popular in urban culture with kids and we hope this workshop will show these students how to grow and use this art as a

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graffiti, can have a negative connotation, but through this workshop, students will learn how to take this art form and apply it to a potential career or commercial projects. Two of Toronto’s renowned aerosol artists, Elicser and Mediah, will share their talent and expertise with the participating students during the two-day event. “This event is a live exposition where professional artists work alongside the students,” Grubesic said. As the professional artists help guide the students while they create

a unique canvas, a DJ will be on hand playing live music. “All art is influenced by something in one way or another,” said Grubesic. “We have a variety of jazz music to help inspire the kids as they work on their canvasses.” Each canvas that is created will later be on display at Nathan Phillips Square during the TD Toronto Jazz Festival. “The main goal of the workshop is to expose young artists to this platform while giving them access to professional artists,” said Grubesic.

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hould a provincial election come before summer - and we’re still waiting to see whether Ontario’s New Democrats will support the budget put forward by the minority Liberals on May 2 – transit must be at the forefront of the debate for Torontonians. Toronto council’s decision last week not to endorse any of the proposed revenue tools for transit expansion can be taken as an indication it is not keen on working with other stakeholders – including other municipalities – until after a provincial election. At best, it’s a non-commital stance. When it came time to consider those tools, Toronto council rejected all but two, and even then offered no opinion on those. In addition, council voted to ask the province for funds for a westward expansion of the Sheppard subway and the conversion the Scarborough Rapid Transit line to an extension of the Bloor-Danforth subway line. Neither of these projects (the our view Scarborough project is currently as an upgrade and extenTransit vision funded sion of the existing RT line) are listed as a priority of Metrolinx, has to be the provincial transportation made clear agency. The city’s position on transit funding is at distinct odds with the positions recently put forward by Metrolinx, other municipalities and organizations such as the Toronto Region Board of Trade, who agree that if we want transit expansion, we must find a way to pay for it. So what does this all mean? It means if Ontario is plunged into an election, it is incumbent on Torontonians to hold the candidates and their parties to account. We must ask them: What is their vision for transit’s future in Toronto? How do they intend to fund the necessary expansion to relieve our gridlocked roadways? How will responsibility for cost recovery be allocated? These are hard questions. They demand thoughtful answers. We recently wrote in this space about how these proposed revenue tools are “gaining traction with influential decision-making groups and the public that is willing to pay for better transit.” We need to be part of that discussion so Toronto’s council is actively proposing solutions – not just demanding more funds. A provincial election campaign, should it happen, is the ultimate opportunity to have your say.

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Reflecting on 25 years of marriage

just wanted to share with my readers the fact that this week marks the 25th anniversary of my marriage to my wife. I first met my wife, Jennifer Hall, 33 years ago this fall at Carleton University in Ottawa at a Halloween Dance. The amusing part of the story is that I was wearing a mask and she thought I was someone else. Otherwise it would have been a different story for both of us. We both graduated and spent several years being good friends, then best friends and then finally it was ridiculous that we were not married. Our wedding rings, which we still wear today, cost a total of $125 for both, which gives you an idea of the state of our finances at the time. Frankly, that’s normal for many couples starting out.

We have improved considerably, financially, since then and are living much more comfortably with the mortgage paid off. Reflecting on the past 25 years, I have to say that a marriage is the best of times and the worst of times, one experiences. It is both the best decision one makes and the worst of one’s life. golden gift However, there is no more a golden gift that one can receive from another human being and give back than the gift of companionship. Sharing space with someone you love is an art, a science, a balancing act, an on-going war, a peace negotiation, a chess game, a waltz, a three-act comedy, a three-act tragedy, a routine, a chaotic unpredictable roll of the dice, and

joe cooper watchdog most of all: an adventure. Jennifer and I have lived 25 formal years together and shake our heads in amazement that we survived this long. We have a simple philosophy behind our relationship; live one year at a time and do not get too far ahead of ourselves in our planning. Also, never go to bed angry. Sit down and talk out what the issue is and get it resolved so both of you can get a good nights sleep. Then always tell each other that we love each other when we do go to bed. Then make a point of saying “I love you” as the first thing said when each of us wakes up in the morning. Seems to work for us

as bookends that starts and ends our days properly and healthily. Sure, during the day we have our ups and downs and fights. opinion That is normal human behaviour and everyone is entitled to their own opinion and the right to express it. But we limit those moments of contention to “normal working hours” and five days a week. So far that formula has worked wonders. Now if we could just get people to practice that on a global basis I think we’d have a much happier planet, don’t you agree? Joe Cooper is a long-time East York resident and community activist. His column appears every Thursday. Contact him at eym@insidetoronto.com

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that station are elderly and probably don’t have Internet access to participate in the survey. The closure could be very challenging to them. Miguel Prohaska

Big Move a sinkhole for taxpayers To the editor: If you think ehealth, ORNGE, the Green Energy flop, 300,000 lost manufacturing jobs or the Liberal gas plant moves were bad, get ready for a whopper – the mother of all sinkholes the Liberals are digging right now. The Metrolinx $50-billion Big Move – 80 per cent

wasted on useless streetcars sold to us as ‘rapid transit’ and LRTs – will end up costing us $200 billion by the time the city has to rip them out and build what we really need — subways. No matter what you call these streetcars, they will paralyze not only most of the City of Toronto, but all areas that will build them including

the Mississauga to Brampton line and the Kitchener to Waterloo one. These ill-conceived streetcars will never relieve gridlock but make it worse. These overpriced projects attract newshound wanna-be Toronto mayors, consultants, construction companies and land speculators, each looking for a piece of the action. All of

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Mobility challenged subway riders may find themselves in a quandary if an ongoing work stoppage by elevator maintenance workers stretches further into the month. TTC elevators at North York Centre, Davisville, St. George, Jane, Victoria Park and Main stations are all out due to a province-wide strike of elevator technicians belonging to the International Union of Constructors. To find the status of a station elevator contact the TTC’s Lift Line at 416-5395438 or visit ttc.ca

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Singers, dancers, gymnasts and more are invited to register now for the third annual South Asia’s Got Talent, taking place June 6 at Gerrard India Bazaar. People must register for the

talent show, which takes place as part of the Festival of South Asia, then participate in a live audition June 2 before performing for the South Asia’s Got Talent show June 6 from 8 to 10 p.m. The grand prize winners will receive $1,000 cash and the title of South Asia’s Got Talent winner and more. Visit www.southasiasgottalent. com to register. Victoria Day fireworks slated Local residents are invited to celebrate Victoria Day on Monday, May 20, with the annual fireworks display slated for Ashbridges Bay Park at 10 p.m. This year, the city features a combination of more than 2,000 fireworks complete with a spectacular finale. Ashbridges Bay Park is at Lake Shore Boulevard East and Coxwell Avenue. TTC service will be increased between Queen Street East and the Bloor-Danforth subway on the Coxwell (22A), Main (64) and 92 Woodbine South routes.

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Reptilia from noon to 3 p.m. Toronto police and fire departments will be on site and kids can sit at the wheel of the truck or cruiser. There will also be bouncy castles, a boot camp obstacle course, limbo and other games with prizes and much more. Vendor tables are still available for $25. For details, email selwynhomeandschool@yahoo.ca. The school is located at 1 Selwyn Ave., which is in the Victoria Park and St. Clair avenues area. raiser for providence healthcare wfund

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n Monday, May 13, six members of Toronto council had a look at possible changes to the way they’re elected. City clerk’s staff had come out with a range of ways to make the process more open, to make sure that as many residents as possible are enfranchised, to make the best choice for representing their needs and aspirations. The committee would have none of it: all the recommendations, even one to help disabled people vote over the Internet, lost on a tie vote. It was a depressingly familiar moment of legislative futility at city hall. The week previous, council had similarly failed, utterly, to present a coherent opinion on funding for the public transit expansion that Torontonians desperately need. The transit asks are absurd practically, but useful politically.

david nickle the city York Centre Councillor James Pasternak joined council with the narrowest of electoral margins, and he did so in part on a pledge to see that subway connection built. ‘Scarborough’ subway Scarborough Centre Councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker was elected more handily in 2010, but has made a name for himself opposing Mayor Rob Ford’s “Scarborough” subway along Sheppard Avenue East. He and other councillors from Scarborough know full well that many of their constituents voted for Ford because of his subway promise. Opposing subway expansion entirely in Scarborough is going to hurt at least their victory margins, and could see

them out of a job. The fact that both positions – the mayor’s and council’s – amount to little more than expensive and unproductive pandering is beside the point. Under the current electoral system, pandering is the most effective weapon in the campaign arsenal. Would changing the electoral system resolve Toronto’s transit gridlock issues? By itself, it’s unlikely. But the reality is that for a variety of reasons, Toronto council has descended to a level of braying, craven opportunism that if allowed to persist, will render it all but irrelevant in the lives of Torontonians. It might make sense to see if there’s a way to have a government that reflects both the will and the needs of Toronto’s entire community. All the evidence suggests that the current system has not done so.

BASEMENT FLOODS ARE ON THE RISE. DON’T LET YOUR BASEMENT BE NEXT. Together we can stop heavy rainfall, melting snow and runoff from ending up in your basement. At the City, we’re doing our part by continually updating and maintaining Toronto’s complex underground pipes, sewers p and catch basins. Now it’s your turn. Here are ar some tips to help you ﬂood-proof your home.

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English Country Dance workshops WHEN: 7 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. WHERE: St Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth Ave. CONTACT: www. JaneAustenDancing.ca COST: $15 per workshop or both for $20/students $10/both for $15 Learn to dance like Lizzy and Darcy -- in just one night! Two beginnerfriendly workshops; no partner or dance experience needed. East York Garden Club Monthly Meeting WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Stan Wadlow Clubhouse, 373 Cedarvale Ave. CONTACT: East York Garden Club, www.eycg.ca COST: Free Master gardeners Q & A panel. Support Matipwili WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Whistler’s Grille and Cafe, 995 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: Goa Bergman, 647-3932732, goa.bergman@gmail.com COST: $10 Helping the protection and preservation of conservation land from logging, animal poaching and investing in the local community. Food deals, music, silent auction, draws and more.

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Springtime Fun Fair WHEN: 5 to 6 p.m. WHERE: S. Walter Stewart Library, 170 Memorial Park Dr. CONTACT: 416-396-3975, www. torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free

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Over the River and Through the Woods WHEN: 8 to 10 p.m. WHERE: The Papermill Theatre at Todmorden Mills, 67 Pottery Rd. CONTACT: Shirley Alcamo, 416-425-0917, boxoffice@eastsideplayers.ca COST: $22 and $15 students A comedy about family relationships, the pull of the past, and the dreams of the future. Whether you’re from a big family or a small one, you’ll want to call a relative.

CHECK OUT OUR complete online community calendar by visiting www.east yorkmirror.com. Read weeks of listings from your East York neighbourhoods as well as events from across Toronto.

Youth Advisory Group fun fair outside offers face painting, tallest tower building contests, tug-of-war and more. Ages: 8-12. Jammers WHEN: 8 to 11 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 11, 9 Dawes Rd. CONTACT: J. Haden, 416-264-6466, bjhaden@rogers.com COST: Free Friday night jam session.

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Clothing Repair-a-thon WHEN: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: Withrow Park, 725 Logan Ave., northeast corner of the park CONTACT: Michael Fagan, http://repairathon. com/repairathon-may-18th-at-withrow-park/, mfagan@repairathon.com COST: Free Bring clothing to be repaired by vol-

unteers. Also looking for volunteers - even if you don’t know how to sew. See our website for complete details. Withrow Park Farmers’ Market WHEN: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: Withrow Park - north-east end, 725 Logan Ave. CONTACT: Roberta, http://www.withrowpark.ca, withrowpfm@gmail.com COST: Free Seasonal local produce, prepared foods and special market guests. Bring an old cookbook for the cookbook swap. A Touch of Tai Chi WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Riverdale Branch, 370 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: Riverdale Branch, 416393-7720 COST: Free Learn the basic movement of Tai-chi. Registration required.

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Lower Don Greenway WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Riverdale Branch, 370 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: Riverdale Branch, 416393-7720 COST: Free Learn about the Lower Don Greenway project which is transforming the area. With Evergreen’s John Wilson.

◗ Thursday, May 23

Presteign-Woodbine Heritage Group WHEN: 1 to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Presteign-Woodbine United Church, 2538 St. Clair Ave. E. CONTACT: 416755-8352 COST: $7.00/meeting An afternoon of history, fact and fiction. Each session also features an optional bus trip. Soup lunch is provided the first Thursday of each month. Bring your own sandwich. Tin Pan North 2013 WHEN: 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. WHERE: Black Swan Tavern, 154 Danforth Ave. CONTACT: 647-234-1974 COST: $20

Annual songwriting festival features three nights of live performances. Over the River and Through the Woods WHEN: 8 to 10 p.m. WHERE: The Papermill Theatre at Todmorden Mills, 67 Pottery Rd. CONTACT: Shirley Alcamo, 416-425-0917, boxoffice@ eastsideplayers.ca COST: $22 and $15 for students A comedy about family relationships, the pull of the past, and the dreams of the future. Whether you’re from a big family or a small one, chances are you’ll come out yearning to call a relative!

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Walking (1.6 KM - 3 KM) - North york Senior Games WHEN: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Toronto Rehab Institute, 347 Rumsey Rd. CONTACT: Jeff Gruchy, 416-6339519 COST: Free Predict your own speed to age groups. Kids Have Stress Too WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. WHERE: PapeDanforth Public Library, 701 Pape Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-7727 COST: Free Help your child deal with the pressures in their lives so that they are happier at home and at school. A two session workshop for parents and caregivers of 4-9 year olds. Facilitated by a Toronto Public Health Nurse. Session 2: Friday, May 31 from to 6 to 8 p.m. Register in person at the library or by calling the library.

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“The time is on us to do a study of the big picture.” If approved by council, the study’s primary focus w o u l d b e b o u n d e d by Glendale Boulevard to the north, Leslie Street and the rail corridor to the east and south and Bayview Avenue to the west. The study would focus on solutions to accommodate the safe and efficient movement of people and goods, the area’s many competing priorities and traffic infrastructure and development initiatives. It would emphasize shortterm solutions that can optimize existing infrastructure, D’Souza’s report said. It would also indentify broader impacts on Leaside traffic such as the LRT and offer medium- and long-term solutions, he said. Redway extension Meanwhile, transportation services is looking into the feasibility of extending Redway Road between Millwood Road and the Bayview Extension. The Leaside Property Owners’ Association (LPOA) wants the study to go ahead, but is emphasizing the need for extensive resident involvement in the process. The association wants

input to ensure the study looks into issues important to the community such as giving priority to pedestrians, cyclists and public transit, first vice-president Geoff Kettel said. “I hope we’re working to the same objectives, but I’m not sure right now,” he said. Meanwhile, as part of a settlement last month that saw residents withdraw their objections to a controversial big box retail development at 70 and 80 Wicksteed Ave., 202, 204 and 206 Parkhurst Blvd. and 99 Vanderhoof Ave. southeast of Eglinton Avenue and Laird Drive, developer SmartCentres gave the LPOA $50,000 towards a neighbourhood-led traffic study in Leaside. “We emphasize that our study, with its extensive citizen participation, will concentrate on Leaside’s residential community, seeking local solutions for local streets,” Carol BurtinFripp, second vice-president said in a letter to North York councillors. “We will be glad to play a positive role in (the city’s) study as well, should you and city council proceed with it.”

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Feedback helped keep station >>>from page 1 between stations. Following a community outcry, Robinson said the plan, which would have required an amendment to the project’s 2010 environmental assessment, is now off as are plans to shift the Crosstown’s tunnel alignment further east past Don Mills Road, where it would have emerged from underground and travelled towards Kennedy Station in a dedicated traffic lane. Instead, the tunnel’s end point will remain at Brentcliffe. “We’ve got to get on with tunneling and we’ve decided the easiest course of action is to just go back to the original EA,” said Robinson. He said a groundswell of feedback from the community convinced Metrolinx to keep Leslie and to not pursue the EA amendment further - even though proceeding with the existing plan would likely worsen traffic impacts from the tunnelling for at least a few years. “Any way we looked at it, the amendment was going to involve the elimination of a stop at Leslie, and that wasn’t resonating with the community,” he said. Robinson also said Metrolinx is not considering any more changes to the route’s alignment, which will run from Black Creek Drive to Kennedy Station along Eglinton Avenue West when it begins operation in 2020.

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Council rejects revenue tools, but Keep TTC intact, calls for increased transit funding Byford tells meeting DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com After a gruelling two-day debate on revenue tools for public transit, Toronto councillors voted to ask the province not to impose nearly all of the fees, taxes and tolls being considered to raise money to the $50-billion Big Move program. At the same time, council voted to ask for significant increases in the transit investment in Toronto, asking the province to replace the aging Scarborough Rapid Transit line with an extension of the Bloor Danforth subway, and build a new “North York Relief Line” along Sheppard Avenue between Downsview Station and Yonge-Sheppard. The debate came after councillors interested in debating revenue tools seized the matter from Mayor Rob

Ford’s executive committee. At the beginning of the debate, it appeared as though Mayor Ford’s desire not to make any recommendations to the provincial agency Metrolinx were thwarted. But on Thursday afternoon, councillors voted to ask the province not to impose all but two of possible revenue tools. Those two — development charges and sales tax — council simply didn’t vote on. “I feel fantastic,” said Ford after the vote. “We fended off the wolves today and saved the taxpayers at least $1,000 a household,” he said. TTC Chair Karen Stintz was lobbying hard to have the matter seized from the executive committee on Wednesday, so that council could have input into what revenue tools the province finally approved.

On Thursday, she insisted that the fight was worth it. “What council has done is we’ve made a statement on the kind of revenue options that we don’t think are in the interest of the city. There’s fourteen eliminated and two we were silent on.” Eglinton-Lawrence Councillor Josh Colle pointed out that council did endorse the general principle of using revenue tools to pay for transit expansion. “Council endorsed revenue tools as something to use,” he said. “When it got down to specifics, there was far less willingness to cite them.” The vote had councillors in Scarborough declaring victory — in that council voted 35-9 in favour of asking the province for an additional $500,000 to replace the Scarborough RT with with a subway rather than light rail.

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The man who says he wants to modernize the TTC called for stronger political stronger support to counter critics who want to split the transit agency up. Before an Empire Club of Canada audience which included Metrolinx CEO Bruce McCuaig and TTC chair Karen Stintz, Andy Byford said the TTC should have larger mandate for service and said the transit commission could take on additional responsibilities – like the running of GO Transit. “My strong message would be don’t split the TTC up,” said Byford. “If you’re going to do anything with the TTC do it all or nothing.” After being asked if he supported Ontario Conservative leader Tim Hudak’s call for the province to oversee TTC’s subway operations, Byford

instead offered his “radical” opinion the TTC should have increased responsibility – starting with the running of GO Transit currently operated by Metrolinx. “My personal view would be you get people to focus on their area of expertise,” said Byford following his prepared remarks to the audience gathered at the Royal York Hotel in downtown Toronto. “There is a bit of me that thinks what you could do is mandate Metrolinx to maintain its planning role and make a broader TTC also responsible for GO.” Byford said the province would be better served directing Metrolinx to assume all transit planning and expansion in the region and leave service operation to the TTC. “You have two separate functions, one that is there to plan and one that obsesses about the detail of service delivery,” he said.

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the use of this reflecting pool.” Council took a different tack when the question of what to do about a $1.3 million bicycle storage station came up. The bike station is to be installed in place of 24 vehicle parking spaces in city hall’s underground parking garage. Mayor Ford and his brother Etobicoke North Councillor Doug Ford both opposed it.

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JORDAN D. ELECTRIC

MASTER ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR ECRA/ESA LIC 7004913 RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL

Don’t fall into it.” Councillors argued the square already has a water feature for children in the form of nine fountains installed in the concrete to the north of the pond. “We did accommodate water features that children can play in,” said Beaches-East York Councillor Janet Davis, pointing out those fountains cost $1.2 million. “I think it’s foolishness to change

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DOING BUSINESS YOUR WAY DOWNTOWN AUTOMOTIVE GROUP

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*Lease offer is provided through Lexus Financial Services, on approved credit to qualified retail customers. The $494 per month for 48 months OAC plus HST is offered on a new 2013 ES350 Elegance Edition. A down payment of $5,000 is required and annual security deposit is waived. Annual interest rate is 3.5% over 48 months with a residual value of $18,170.00 at the end of term. $6,208 is due at delivery which includes the first lease payment of $494 and $5000 down payment plus HST are required at delivery. Maximum number of kilometres over lease term is 80,000. A $0.20/km excessive kilometer charge comes into effect after 80,000 km. Limited time offers only apply to retail customers at Lexus Downtown. Dealer order/trade may be required. Offers are subject to change without notice. Offers expire at May month’s end unless extended or revised. Call 416 603 9100 or visit Lexus Downtown for complete details.

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*Nissan Financial Services makes available to retail purchase customers a 0% APR purchase finance offer for up to 84 months or a $4000 Customer cash rebate offer on the purchase of a new 2012 Versa Hatchback from Nissan Downtown. Offer is valid between May 1st and 31st, 2013. Terms and conditions apply. Call 416 975 3800 or visit Nissan Downtown for complete details on this offer.

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*Leasing offers available O.A.C. from Infiniti Financial Services based on a new 2013 Infiniti G37x AWD (G4XG73 /AA00/Luxury A7) with an annual lease rate of 1.9%. Monthly lease of $537 for a 48 month term. Down payment of $0 and first monthly payment required. Buy back is $18,898.50 at end of term. Total lease obligation is $25,776. Cost to finance over term is $2,238.32. Model shown may be different from actual lease vehicle. Lease offers include Delivery and Destination of $1,995. Applicable license fees, insurance registration, PPSA and taxes are excluded. $0 security deposit required. 16,000 km per year allowance applies. Additional charge of $0.15/km applies after 16,000 km. Terms and conditions apply. Offer valid until May 31st, 2013. Call 416 975 2623 or visit Infiniti Downtown for complete details.

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†Finance offers available O.A.C. from Hyundai Financial Servic Services based on a new 2013 Elantra L 6-Speed Manual with an annual finance rate of 0% for 84 months. Bi-weekly payments are $79. No down payment required. Cost of Borrowing is $0. Finance offers include Delivery and Destination of $1,495, fees, levies, and all applicable charges (excluding HST). Finance Offers exclude registration, insurance, PPSA and license fees. Financing example: 2013 Elantra L 6-Speed Manual for $14,380 at 0% per annum equals $79 bi-weekly for 84 months for a total obligation of $14,380. Cash price is $14,380. Cost of Borrowing is $0. *Purchase, finance or lease an in-stock 2013 Elantra during the Double Savings Event and you will receive one $0.99 per litre Esso Price Privileges Fuel Card (including applicable taxes). The $0.99 per litre Esso Price Privileges Card is issued by Esso and is subject to the terms and conditions of the Esso Price Privileges Fuel Card agreement. All Fuel Cards expire on December 31st, 2013. Fuel cards are valid only at participating Esso retail locations in Canada (excluding British Columbia) and are not redeemable for cash. *♦Offers available for a limited time, and subject to change or cancellation without notice. See Downtown Hyundai or call 416 456 9000 for complete details. Dealer order may be required.

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LEXUS DOWNTOWN

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