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Budget some time Parkdale-High Park Councillors Sarah Doucette and Gord Perks are hosting a consultation meeting to discuss the proposed 2013 City of Toronto budget. The meeting will take place Tuesday, Jan. 8 at Bishop Marrocco/ Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary School, at the corner of Bloor West and Dundas West streets. Topics include city services and issues important to the community, the impact the 2013 budget will play in delivering and funding services and the possibilities for Toronto. Contact Doucette’s office at 416392-4072 or Perks’ office at 416-3927919 for details.
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Fun in the snow: Maggie tracks down a ball thrown by owner Lindsay McLean in the Trinity Bellwoods Park off-leash zone on Sunday. For more wintry fun photos see page 3.
Planning picks up for fieldhouse mural ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com The barren brick walls on the exterior of the Sorauren Park Fieldhouse will soon give voice to the immigrant community, to the indigenous history and to the people of Parkdale according to area artist Ilana Divantman.
People’s personal stories of the neighbourhood and how they came to be in Parkdale will lay the framework for a mural, which Divantman will be painting on the Sorauren Park Fieldhouse on Wabash Avenue in Parkdale. “It’s about connecting people of different backgrounds and with different stories,” Divantman said.
The mural, she said, aims to find a way to relate stories and foster sympathy and compassion among neighbours. Divantman, who is currently completing her masters at York University in Environmental Studies with a focus on diasporic narratives and public art, has lived in Parkdale for the past seven years
and currently lives off Roncesvalles Avenue. The idea of painting a mural on the fieldhouse has been in the works for about three years, Divantman said. The project originally grew out of Painting Our Stories, a network of people who support each other >>>artist, page 6
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Registration for the High Park Nature Centre and Colborne Lodge March Break Camp takes place Tuesday, Jan. 8, starting at 9:30 a.m. March Break Discovery Camp runs from March 11 to 15, 9 a.m. to noon hosted by Colborne Lodge and from 12:45 to 3:45 p.m. by the Nature Centre. Children will participate in activities based on the history and environment of High Park. Sign up for any or all half-day sessions. The cost of a half day is $17.50 plus tax, full day is $35 plus tax. There are reduced rates for booking both sites for multiple days. Winter camp Spots are still available for the High Park Winter Camp mornings on Jan. 3, 4 and 5 from 9 a.m. to noon. Children ages six to 10 can participate in a variety of fun and interactive indoor and outdoor activities centred on Colborne Lodge and High Park. Cost is $17.50 plus tax. There is no tax if booking more than one day. To register, call the museum at 416-392-6916.
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Flood of volunteers needed to flood local outdoor rinks McCormick Park set up with two ice pads ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com
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unday evening Laine Pond, his son Owen and his partner Jen Cypher braved the cold, donned their toques and gloves and headed out to their neighbourhood park to flood the natural ice rink at McCormick Park. Building two rinks For the first time, the Friends of McCormick Park are working to build two large ice surfaces in the park, one for shinny and the other for pleasure skating on the east side of the park, on the baseball diamond, off Brock Avenue in Parkdale.
“We have such a huge area here that is under-utilized in the winter,” Cypher said. “And there are so many people around here that skate, but ice time can be hard to get in the (Mary McCormick) arena.” access to hoses Cypher explained the City of Toronto has given the Friends of McCormick Park access to water and hoses for flooding. There is a team of volunteers who come out nightly to flood the surfaces, but more volunteers are needed. They flood each night beginning at around 6 p.m. and as late as they have volunteers willing to work.
“We have had a number of people wander by while we are out here and everyone seems really excited about it,” Pond said. Just west of McCormick Park, flooding of the natural ice rink at Sorauren Park has also begun. Neighbours to that park have been building two natural ice pads for skating and shinny since 2008. To join the volunteer flooding crew at McCormick Park email jcypher@gmail.com. send a message To help at Sorauren Park send a message through the Contact page at http:// soraurenpark.wordpress. com
Snow Fun Hanging out in Trinity Bellwoods Park: Left, Jason Dykstra plays with his dog Jules in Trinity Bellwoods Park on Sunday. Below, Anna Mountfort, left, and her husband Ian share a laugh at the bottom of a toboggan hill. Right, Brenna Shields, 13, left, and Lindsay Buckingham, 10, sled down a hill. Right below, Arthur Cormack works with his son Zachary, 6, as he learns to skate on the rink.
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Laine Pond and his son Owen on Sunday evening slowly worked away at flooding the natural ice rink that the Friends of McCormick Park are building in the park off Brock Avenue in Parkdale.
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ow that we’re already three days into 2013, a number of our readers may already be struggling with the New Year’s resolutions they made Tuesday morning. Don’t fear, however, as the City of Toronto’s Public Health department is available to offer you some help. “If your New Year’s resolution is to be healthier, Toronto Public Health (TPH) is here to support you throughout the year,” said Catherine Clarke, manager of healthy living, in a press release this week. That’s good, because healthy residents benefit the entire community in so many ways. People who feel better have more energy, and are able to be more involved and effective members of their workforce, their families and their communities. A our view healthier population as a whole also eases stresses and costs on Take first our health care system. step to better So often, well-intentioned New Year’s resolutions are health in 2013 quickly tossed aside because they are just too hard to accomplish and those who make them become discouraged. That’s where TPH is offering some specific help to local residents. For those who want to quit smoking, TPH has 1,000 free quit kits available for residents. The kits include sugarless gum, a stress ball, a toothbrush and other items to help those trying to quit smoking deal with their cravings. Those looking for some personal advice, can also call a TPH nurse at 416-338-7974. There’s more specific information on quitting smoking online at www.toronto.ca/health/smokefree/quittingsmoking There’s also help for those looking to get more exercise or improve their eating habits in 2013. TPH advises residents to eat healthy by cutting down on portion sizes, reading labels for calorie and sodium counts, and asking restaurant staff for nutritional information when ordering food. Many city restaurants already offer such information online. There are also TPH registered dieticians available to offer advice by calling 416-338-7600, and more info is online at www.toronto.ca/health/nutrition One of the best ways to start getting healthier is to get more exercise, and TPH says that’s as simple as just getting out into your neighbourhood and taking a walk. For inspiration, there’s a pedometer lending program offered through Toronto Public Libraries. More info at www.toronto.ca/health/walkintohealth Walking is easy and it’s also a great way to get to know your community better. We encourage all our readers to take that first step to better health in 2013. newsroom
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Re: ‘Everyone benefits from unions: reader.’ Letters, Dec. 26 I must disagree with Joy Taylor’s letter in support of unions. And before anyone wonders, yes, I spent several years in a union-based job. Whilst it is true that in the beginning, unions served the just and noble cause of protecting workers’ rights, this purpose has long since degenerated and been replaced by a bunch of greedy, inflexible, living-inthe-past union leaders, who are clinging to antiquated systems no longer viable in current economic realities. We hear countless stories in the media of actual union members who are do not wish to strike and are quite happy, in most cases, with the more than fair salaries and benefits that they receive. Constant strikes disrupt our city and cost millions of dollars in taxpayers’ money. It’s time to try something new, since neither government or union leaders seem capable of bargaining fairly. Regardless, let’s move into the 21st century and find a better way. Neil Folkard
Betting on council peace not a good bet for 2013 Amid all the hand-wringing about vacant mayor’s offices and crumbling highways, one might be forgiven for missing one of the most reliable news stories of the winter months. Toronto is making a budget, and over the next few weeks, will be performing the final pieces of the ritual to make it complete. Late last year, the city’s budget committee finished their tinkering with the $9.4 billion budget. It was (and remains) a plan designed to attract a minimum of tinkering at council. Budget Chief Mike Del Grande moved at the end of the process to increase property taxes a sliver more than the original proposal had intended — they’re going up 2 per cent rather than 1.95 per cent — and allocated the $1.15 million to restore services in areas where citizens had made
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what he considered a good case. That didn’t happen last year, and when the budget proceeded to council, councillors tore it to pieces and rebuilt it – $15 million fatter – pulling money from reserves to do so. Del Grande doesn’t want to see that happen again this year; so much so that he’s vowed to quit if council does anything else with the plan he’s presented. Some of his colleagues have snickeringly suggested this might be an excellent way to find themselves a new budget chief. But really, the budget
going forward will be difficult to make changes on. The budget cuts firefighter positions, and as a policy move council might reverse that. Similarly, the trimmed police service budget approved by the Toronto Police Services Board and scorned by Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair might get another look. Council could look at restoring money to child care, homeless shelters and other pieces of social infrastructure. And there are some on council, like Parkdale-High Park Councillor Gord Perks, who are concerned the city is paying too much cash for capital projects such as road work, comparing the move to buying a house with all the money up front. The mayor (because he’s the kind of mayor he is) might, if still in office by the time the budget’s debated mid-January, take issue
with that property tax hike. And on the matter of the Gardiner Expressway, the budget debate could take an off-ramp into a long discussion over whether it’s worth the $500 million the capital budget’s allocated over the next decade to repairs to the elevated highway, or to just go down the road the last council started on, to tear a large portion of it down. Nobody ever made any money betting on peace at Toronto Council, and I won’t now. But it’s going to take a pretty significant effort by Ford opponents to get under the hood of the 2013 budget and make serious changes. David Nickle is Toronto Community News’ city hall columnist. His column appears every Thursday. Contact him at dnickle@insidetoronto.com
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Roncesvalles Village Historical Society WHEN: 6:30 to 8 p.m. WHERE: High Park Library, 228 Roncesvalles Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-7671 The RVHS documents, preserves and promotes the history of the Roncesvalles area. New members welcome.
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Victor Willis, the Executive Director of the Parkdale Activity Recreation Centre (PARC), was joined by members of the Boulevard Club and PARC kitchen staff for a cheque presentation of $63,000.
$63,000. Members attended a Winter Solstice celebration at PARC on Dec. 21 to present the cheque. The money will be used to help PARC provide meals for people who need them. “Years ago we decided PARC was very similar to the Boulevard Club and very close to our hearts,” said Ann Geddes from the Boulevard
Club. “We feed, teach, and provide opportunities for activities and to socialize, just like you do here.” During the years, the Boulevard Club has become the single largest private donor to PARC and this is the largest amount raised for PARC in the past five years.
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Watch ‘Operation Antarctica!’ WHEN: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Parkdale Library Basement Auditorium, 1303 Queen St. W. Watch ‘Operation Antarctica!’, a holiday film rated G.
ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com It costs about $3,650 a year – roughly five dollars a meal – for the Parkdale Activity Recreation Centre (PARC) to feed one person. Although food is the biggest financial pressure on PARC’s budget, it received a big boost when the Boulevard Club presented the westend drop-in centre with a $63,000 cheque. “We aren’t always blessed with having access to everything we need and I know for some of the members (at PARC) that is a daily challenge,” said Victor Willis, Executive Director of PARC. However, PARC has been blessed, Willis said, to have developed strong relationships with other organizations in the neighbourhood including the Boulevard Club Gives Back, the charitable arm of the club membership at the Boulevard Club, a private multi-sport, recreation and social club located in south Parkdale. For the past five years the club has been fundraising in support of PARC. At the fundraising auction held last fall, the Boulevard Club raised
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City budget meeting WHEN: 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Parkdale library, 1303 Queen St. W. CONTACT: www.anabailao.ca Ana Bailao invites the community to budget townhall.
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Debate WHEN: 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Gladstone, 1214 Queen St. W. Be It Resolved: We Are No Longer Able To Conceive Of The City As A Whole. Join in the debate hosted by the Department of Unusual Certainties. Free. Visit departmentofunusualcertainties. wordpress.com
Parkdale Residents Association Annual General Meeting WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: May Robinson Auditorium, 20 West Lodge Ave. Business includes the election of new board members followed by a panel discussion on the process and community response to the Queen West Restaurant Study and Interim Control Bylaw.
■ Thursday, Jan. 24 to 27
Come Up To My Room Alternative Design event WHEN: various times WHERE: Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W. CONTACT: 416-531-4635; comeuptomyroom.com Come Up To My Room Alternative design event featuring artists’ room installations, public space projects and curator’s tours.
■ Wednesday, Feb. 6
Personal finances for older women WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: High Park library, 228 Roncesvalles Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-7671 A Woman’s Guide to Money Matters with financial advisor Bernardine Perreira.
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West Toronto Stamp Club The West Toronto Stamp Club meets Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. at Fairfield Seniors Centre, 80 Lothian Ave. Membership is $20. Call Don Hedger at 416-621-9982.
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Ilana Divantman is working to compile stories from the community, which will influence a mural she plans to paint on the exterior of the Sorauren Park Fieldhouse at 50 Wabash Ave. in Parkdale.
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Artist helped by grant >>>from page 1 in producing murals in the neighbourhood. That network has since dispersed to work on individual projects and Divantman has taken on planning for the Sorauren Park Fieldhouse mural. “My interest is in story telling and looking at aboriginal history, so that started me off in the beginning,” Divantman said. “Those stories as well as a lot of stories of migration into the neighbourhood are all really important stories to explain what is going on socially.” But the timing in 2011/ 2012 wasn’t ideal. Divantman got pregnant and there was an illness in her family and the mural fell by the wayside. This past fall Divantman
reconnected with the Wabash Building Society, the area residents association and City Councillor Gord Perks’ office and she said the interest in the mural was still there. “I think it was just the right moment because somehow it just picked up pace,” Divantman said. In 2011 she had applied for a neighbourhood beautification grant, which she received and subsequently got an extension. The mural must now be completed by the summer of 2013. Divantman is now working to compile stories from the community, which will influence the mural. “The idea is to do some workshops with people in the community to see what kinds of stories come out of the
community,” Divantman said, “and to try to focus on the fact that Toronto is a diverse city but this community is very diverse.” At workshops community members will share their stories and then see what sort of visuals can grow out of them. Divantman said she is interested in ensuring a cross of all cultures in the area, from north and south Parkdale are represented in the mural, in particular the indigenous community. Councillor Perks office will be assisting Divantman with organizing community consultations. Check the Sorauren Park website, http:// soraurenpark.wordpress.com, for details of community consultation to be released.
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Daily Bread needs more donations Torontonians are urged to continue their generous holiday giving to help stock the shelves for winter for the more than 1 million visits to Greater Toronto food banks. Daily Bread Food Bank needs 500,000 more pounds of food, or an additional $200,000 to purchase food, to reach its holiday drive goal of 1,000,000 pounds of food. More donations are needed to stock shelves through to spring. Those visits reflect an 18 per cent increase since prerecession 2008, the food bank’s Who’s Hungry 2012
report indicates. Some 32 per cent of food bank clients are children. The same percentage of adults have given up food in order to pay rent, the report indicates. An original financial goal to raise $1.5 million could rise to $1.7 million due to the food donation shortfall, officials said. Daily Bread does not receive United Way funding. “We’re also looking to raise $1.5 million and we’re now at just over a million dollars. What has me the most concerned is how behind in food donations we are.
They’re trickling in, but we need a lot more to make sure our shelves are full this winter,” Gail Nyberg, Daily Bread executive director said in a statement just before Christmas. Financial donations can be made online at dailybread. ca or by calling 416-2030050. Food donations can be dropped off at any fire hall, Loblaws, No Frills or Valu-mart. Daily Bread serves people who rely on food banks through 170 member agencies’ neighbourhood food banks and meal programs.
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Campaign seeks to change the municipal voting system MIKE ADLER madler@insidetoronto.com If a mayoral byelection looms in Toronto, people may warm up to a different – and some say, less divisive – way to vote for city officials, called ranked balloting. And last month, supporters of the concept were claiming they could swing Toronto Council to their cause, making city elections “way more interesting and fair” a few years from now. “This is winnable. We’ve actually got a majority of councillors supporting this,” Dave Meslin said during a presentation of his civic engagement campaign, The Fourth Wall, at the East Scarborough Boys and Girls Club. “I think we’ll get it.” On its website, the Ranked Ballot Initiative of Toronto (RaBIT) claims 19 sitting councillors plus Mayor Rob Ford as supporters, not enough to carry the 45-member council. But Meslin and Scarborough East Councillor Paul Ainslie both
say they have found enough “soft” support in the rest of the ranks. Interestingly, TrinitySpadina MP Olivia Chow, touted by many to run against the mayor, is in the RaBIT camp. According to the site (www.123toronto.ca), so are Karen Stintz and Adam Vaughan, other councillors spoken of as contenders for Ford’s chair.
the majority of the voting clientele have truly chosen what they want.” Ainslie, who has caused many Fourth Wall proposals to be studied through the city hall committee he chairs, said he likes RaBIT because “one of my colleagues in the last election won with 18 per cent of the vote,” meaning James Pasternak of York Centre, adding Pasternak “often gets heckled” when he claims at council meetings to speak for people in his ward.
Vote-splitting Meslin said fear of votesplitting often pushes challengers off the ballot, particularly first-time candidates who are women or visible minorities. “I want to see them all run. I want to have choice,” he said. Though Queen’s Park must first approve them, a switch to ranked ballots would give voters the option of naming second and third choices. If no candidate gets 50 per cent of the votes, candidates with the least votes drop off and their second-place support
‘Quite reluctant’ Staff photo/MIKE ADLER
The Fourth Wall creator Dave Meslin, left, and Toronto councillor Paul Ainslie explain proposals for boosting public participation in the city’s governance to local residents.
is transferred to others. These “instant runoffs” continue until one candidate is shown to have majority support, though some comes from being a second- or third-best choice. Meslin argues this encourages candidates to be nicer as they hope to pick up secondplace votes.
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The idea was well-received by some of Ainslie’s constituents at a town hall meeting. “I’ve always thought that the way elections are run is kind of stupid,” said Vince Puhakka, who declared he likes the ranked ballot after seeing Meslin and Ainslie explain it. “I think it means you get less polarization.” Dennis Reinsborough, another resident, said he’d be against having a separate run-off election, but noted Ireland has instant run-offs, and “if you don’t get a majority, you go to the second round.” A Fo r d s u p p o r t e r, Reinsborough admitted to thinking the mayor would probably benefit from votesplitting if he ran again. “I think he would lose, but then
Pasternak, who in 2010 scored the most votes of 12 contenders after the ward’s longtime incumbent Mike Feldman retired, said he’s “quite reluctant” to support ranked ballots. “It would create enormous confusion among candidates and the voting public at a time when we’re trying to increase voter participation, not decrease it,” Pasternak said, adding once ranked balloting starts, Toronto will have “de facto political parties” muscling into municipal politics. In an interview, Willowdale Councillor John Filion, who isn’t counted among ranked ballot supporters, said he would be “leaning that way” if it came to a vote. Filion said he would prefer to stage separate run-off elections, but that may not be practical because of the cost. It’s “pretty absurd” that some councillors have
been elected with around 20 per cent support, and most people would support changing how our mayors, and possibly our councillors, are selected, said Filion, adding if someone wins a byelection for mayor with a low percentage of votes, “there’ll be a lot more of a clamour for some kind of reform.” On the other hand, if you have many names on the ballot, “I think a lot of people have a tough enough choice deciding who their first pick is,” let alone a second or third, Filion said, suggesting voters may just pick a name they recognize as second choice. “It would be a big name recognition factor.” In 2010, during the last days of the previous city council, Case Ootes, another retiring councillor, called for a report “on alternative methods on the election of the mayor for the City of Toronto for 2014” so that councillors could discuss options before going to the province for approval. Ootes, now listed as a RaBIT supporter, proposed the race for mayor “should be decided by a form of voting that represents a result of 50 per cent plus one,” ensuring the new head of council “has a mandate and the support of a majority of those who voted.” Toronto’s voting machines, however, are not set up for ranked ballots and would cost the city millions to replace before 2015, Ainslie said.
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Maureen Adamson is excited about her new roles as both a citizen appointee and the new vice-chair of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). “It is a ver y exciting opportunity and, needless to say, I am energized. I’m delighted to be elected,” said Adamson, who applied to serve on the now 11-member TTC board at the end of the summer. “I think it’s great to have citizens on the panel. It’s a real progressive move.” One of four new citizen board members selected from a field of nearly 500 applicants, Adamson’s citizen counterparts include Nick Di Donato, president and CEO of Liberty Entertainment Group; Alan Heisey, managing partner at Papazian, Heisey and Myers Barristers & Solicitors; and Anju Virmani, CIO of Cargojet Canada Ltd. Equally accomplished in her own right, the regular transit user who lives near
Queen Street East and Woodbine Avenue is the CEO of Cystic Fibrosis Canada. TTC Chair Karen Stintz said she’s looking forward to working with the TTC board’s new citizen members. “ I t ’s e a r l y d a y s b u t Maureen, Anju, Alan and Nick, the new ‘citizen commissioners’, are welcome additions to the TTC and the city,” she wrote in an email to Toronto Community News. Adamson said her goal is to represent the citizen’s perspective the best she can and to help keep riders informed of the decisions the TTC will make. “To me, that’s a privilege,” she said, adding she’d also play an oversight role in ensuring the Commission’s strategic plan is delivered. Adamson, who has several years experience in executive leadership as well as customer service, said it’s an exciting time for the TTC. “It’s a re a l l y p i vo t a l portfolio with expansion, accessibility, gridlock and
regional transit issues,” said Adamson, whose career has included leadership roles at the Ontario Ministry of Health, Women’s College Ho s p i t a l a n d Mo h a w k College. “I have a lot of experience in large capital redevelopment projects and publicprivate partnerships and in all of the roles in my career I’ve had to deal with volunteers, the public sector and customers. Most of my career has also been in the not-for-profit sector.” She’s also a past board member of a large credit union and sat on the board of Casey House, a downtown Toronto palliative and supportive care facility for those with HIV/AIDS. Adamson presently serves as the chair of the board for Research Canada, a national, not-for-profit organization that aims to improve the health and prosperity of Canadians by championing Canada’s global leadership in health research.
Stintz, who represents Ward 16 (EglintonL a w r e n c e ) , s a i d s h e’s confident Adamson will do a fine job as the board’s new vice-chair. “In the weeks since I first met Maureen, I have been impressed by her professionalism. Her background in government is certainly an asset. Maureen clearly has a desire to help the public,” said Stintz. “I was impressed that Maureen immediately asked myself and management for detailed information and analysis of upcoming TTC issues. She also understands what she will be encountering as vice-chair.” Further, Stintz said as a Beach resident Adamson would help on the Leslie Barns project, the Ashbridges Bay car house for the TTC’s new streetcars. “Beachers will benefit greatly. They will want to take the TTC more than they do now when the streetcars arrive on Queen and park at
Maureen Adamson is the new vice-chair of the TTC.
Leslie Barns,” she said. Adamson learned she’d been chosen in late October after an interview process and reference checks. She was officially sworn in as a citizen appointee as well as elected as the
Commission’s new vice-chair Nov. 21. The TTC’s new citizen commissioners will serve the balance of the current City Council term, which is slated to come to a close in 2014.
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Four issues that defined the year at City Hall DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.co,
■ THE 2012 BUDGET
Mayor Rob Ford’s second budget started 2012 in crisis. In 2011, budget chief Mike Del Grande and his budget committee delivered a budget that had communities across the city up in arms. There were cuts to libraries, arts grants, sidewalk snowclearing in the suburbs, child care, and homeless shelters. It was clear to the mayor’s supporters early on that there wasn’t going to be support for what opponents called a “radical conservative” budget. So at the executive committee, Ford’s allies attempted
The budget, subways, labour... and the Mayor himself
to strike a compromise deal, reversing some of the more controversial cuts by dipping into $8 million in unanticipated revenue. It wasn’t enough. Mayor Ford made a personal plea to councillors to leave the budget as it was recommended – putting $154 million in surplus all into capital debt reduction. Council didn’t listen. In late January, council supported a motion by rookie councillor Josh Colle, that restored nearly all the cuts that the mayor’s budget had proposed, digging into reserves to the tune of $20 million.
■ SUBWAYS
In 2010, Mayor Rob Ford campaigned on a plan to scrap his predecessor David Miller’s light rail Transit City plan, and instead extend the Sheppard subway into Scarborough. Shortly after he was elected, he declared Transit City to be “dead” and began a process to find private sector investors as well as provincial and federal funding to make the subway a reality. Former city councillor Gordon Chong was charged with providing a strategy for doing so, and for a time a majority of councillors went along
with the subway plan. But following the mayor’s budget defeat, councillors who opposed the costly subway plan saw what proved to be a fatal opening. The mayor and Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty had drafted a memorandum of understanding between the city and the provincial government, that the $8.4 billion in funding that was to have gone to build Transit City light rail lines on Eglinton, Sheppard and Finch Avenues would be diverted to building the Eglinton light rail line all underground. But the memorandum of understanding needed to be ratified by Toronto Council. And when that finally came forward, along with Chong’s report on funding, council rejected both it and the plan. Over Ford’s objection, council convened its own expert panel on what to do about the Sheppard corridor. Ford’s team was furious, and at the next meeting of the Toronto Transit Commission, gathered the votes to fire Gary Webster, the TTC’s Chief General Manager who had advised council that light rail made more sense along the relatively lightly-populated suburban routes. Council was equally infuriated by the move, and at a special meeting voted to fire the TTC members who’d voted to fire Webster. When the expert panel finally returned, it advised, as expected, to go ahead
with LRT on Sheppard and abandon the subway plan. The mayor voted against the plan, and vowed to continue to campaign for re-election in 2014 on a promise to build subways and kill light rail once and for all.
■ LABOUR
As Toronto Council was battling it out with the mayor over control of the city, negotiators for the city and the unions that represent most of its workers were fighting toe to toe over their collective agreements – all of which came up in late 2011. At issue were clauses in the contracts with inside and outside workers providing job security in the event the city decided to contract out their services. These clauses were negotiated under former Mayor Mel Lastman and persisted under Mayor David Miller. The Ford administration was the first to be able to weaken job protection on those grounds – and with one brief exception, did so without job disruptions. In each case, city negotiators did so by playing tough. The city moved to go into conciliation with its outside workers, CUPE Local 416, in 2011 before the collective agreement had even expired. And in January, the city asked for a ‘no board’ report, starting the countdown for a strike or lockout. The tactic had its effect. CUPE negotiators countered by offering a wage
freeze. The city held its ground. Eventually, a tentative deal was struck. The city’s inside workers followed suit a month later. In the end, only library workers went on strike – a walkout that lasted nearly two weeks. In the end, they settled on a contract that was marginally better for the union than the one signed by CUPE, with higher wages and better job security language.
■ THE MAYOR
Arguably the biggest story in Toronto was the story of the mayor himself. The mayor was photographed reading while driving; he called TTC chief executive officer Andy Byford to complain about a streetcar driver, who’d chided the mayor for driving past the open door of his streetcar. And then there was football. Ford started the year with what turned out to be a major blunder, when he spoke and voted on an integrity commissioner report asking council compel him to return $3,150 in money donated by lobbyists to his private football charity while he was a councillor. Prominent lawyer Clayton Ruby and client Paul Magder took Ford to court, charging that he’d breached the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act and ought to be removed from office. Supreme Court Justice Charles Hackland agreed, and Ford’s future now rests in the hands of a Divisional Court of Appeal, set to convene Jan. 7.
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