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City about to launch study of singles receiving Ontario Works MIKE ADLER madler@insidetoronto.com Lone parents with children are no longer the most likely residents to fall into deep and lasting poverty in Toronto. Singles, often young men, have taken their place, and the city wants to find out what can be done for them. The shift is one seen in several Canadian provinces over the last two decades, and this month Toronto City Council’s Economic Development Committee was told it’s an important issue. "Singles represent the

largest proportion of the (Ontario Works) caseload, experience the deepest poverty, and have access to fewer financial supports outside social assistance," a committee report said. From 2000 to 2011 in Ontario, it added, "the number of lone parents (on OW) declined by 20 per cent, while singles increased by 65 per cent." Some of this is due to governments’ success in fighting child poverty. The province stopped clawing back child benefits to parents on OW in 1998. Its anti-poverty strategy in 2009 aimed to cut poverty by 25 per cent in five years. Lone parents facing poverty, most of them single moms, became a success story, according to John Stapleton of the Mowat Centre, a public policy think tank at the University of Toronto.

Today, one in four kids in Toronto live in poverty but "their poverty is shallower," and a single mother, if she can get child support and arrange for child care, stands a good chance of getting off welfare, said Stapleton, who documented the shift in 2011 in a paper, Trading Places: Single Adults Replace Lone Parents as the New Face of Social Assistance. "The singles don’t get any of this" extra financial support and, if not on the Ontario Disability Support Program, get very little help outside Ontario Works, which is $706 a month, he said. "Anybody knows you can’t live on $706 a month, not in Toronto." The city, once responsible for 20 per cent of OW payments to its residents, will see that fall to zero by 2018 but still be responsible

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John Stapleton, the co-author of a report on poverty in Toronto, appears before the city budget sub-committee during a public consultation meeting held at the Scarborough Civic Centre. for administrative costs. A year-long study, to be approved by council next week, will look at the OW singles caseload and how it’s changed over time, including "subpopulations"

Toronto Black Film Festival screens The Toronto Black Film Festival will hit the screens in February, which is Black History Month. The festival, now in its fifth year, will showcase 40 films from 20 countries Wednesday, Feb. 15 to Sunday, Feb. 19 downtown. Founded by the Fabienne Colas Foundation, the festival was created in 2013 as a not-for-profit, professional, artistic organization dedicated to promoting cinema, arts and culture in Canada and abroad. According to its website, "in connecting black films with viewers of all colours and ethnic origins, we recognize the differences that

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Ward 42 byelection candidates debate issues Would-be councillors gather at St. Mother Teresa Academy The only known all-candidates debate in the wideopen Ward 42 municipal byelection will be held at a local high school next Thursday, Feb. 2. After 25 years with Raymond Cho as its city councillor, Cho’s election as Scarborough-Rouge River MPP last fall has triggered a contest between 29 candidates - all seeking his former post - on Feb. 13. This week, host 42 Voic-

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We Are Rising: The Story of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, by Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson, will be shown Feb. 15 at Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St., at 7:30 p.m. The Fabienne Colas Foundation has also created the Montreal International Black Film Festival; Haiti en Folie in Montreal; Fade to Black Festival; Dansomania - Dances from around the World; and the Québécois Film Festival in Haiti. For Toronto Black Film Festival scheduling, information, or tickets visit http://torontoblackfilm.com/

within that group such as youth, newcomers and older people. It will also document experiences and needs of singles on OW, and point out "any service gaps that ex-

ist." Stapleton said the lowincome TTC pass recently approved for the city will help; people have to be mobile to reach potential jobs, he said, adding in Toronto "the cheapest rent comes with the lousiest transit." The province is also about to launch a project this spring testing a Basic Income program. Sarwar Choudhury, a volunteer for the Scarborough Civic Action Network, said the group met recently in Scarborough community centres to gather opinions on the idea, which must go to the Community and Social Services ministry by the end of January. People at the meetings said individuals receiving more assistance could make healthier lifestyle choices, such as buying more nutritious food, Choudhury said.

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Information, funding needed for rail safety Rail carriers are working under a shroud of secrecy, putting Ontarians at risk every day. Information regarding what hazardous materials are shipped through our communities remains elusive. At any given moment, emergency responders and local governments have no idea what, exactly, is being transported through municipalities across the province. Yet they are the ones tasked with keeping the populace safe in the event of a disaster. The continued secrecy is putting the public at unnecessary risk and it is not a theoretical risk. The danger is very real. In 2015, 144 rail-related accidents occurred involving dangerous goods in Canada. The five-year-average is 140. One need only look to the disaster at Lac-Megantic to see how very real and devastating such disasters can be. When the unattended freight train derailed, it left 47 people dead and half of the community’s downtown destroyed. That train had previously passed through the densely populated GTA. The disaster prompted renewed calls from municipalities and the province for increased transparency on the shipment of dangerous goods. There have since been improvements to informationsharing, but has it gone far enough? Emergency responders in municipalities have access to historic data of what has come through their community. From that they can undertake disaster planning. The burden - and cost - of preparing for these potential disasters falls squarely on the shoulders of municipalities. Not only must our towns and cities prepare without knowing when, how often and what materials companies are transporting, they must also find a way to pay for managing the dangers these private rail carriers pose. For security reasons, real-time information is not available. And what information is shared with select municipal officials is not intended to be shared with the public. No one wants to tip off a potential terrorist about the exact location of specific chemicals. And the rail carriers don’t want to panic the public. Not only are emergency responders faced with a lack of information, the public remains largely in the dark about what dangerous goods are rolling through their communities. This culture of secrecy does not allow residents to make informed decisions or adequately prepare for possible disaster scenarios. More information is needed. The public needs to have general data regarding what is regularly transported through their backyards. Municipalities need more up-to-date information about what dangers their first responders might have to battle. And those first responders need adequate funding to defend against the worst case scenarios. Rail lines are an important part of this country’s economy, but the dangers they pose need to be better managed. It shouldn’t take another Lac-Megantic to bring about these much-needed reforms.

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Thorncliffe Park, a place of unsolvable problems What’s happening in Thorncliffe Park is what’s happening in Toronto’s other highrise neighbourhoods, only more so. Its problems can’t be solved, only patched. The elevators grind, fail, sit waiting for repair. Bugs crawl. Kitchen cabinets fall apart. Thorncliffe’s aging: 43 apartment buildings in a horseshoe of land on the Don River. They were built long ago, like St. James Town, Flemingdon Park, and Scarborough’s Markham Road highrises, when Toronto apartment towers rose at the rate condos are popping up today. Thorncliffe’s overcrowded: grandparents and cousins are shoehorned in. Families rent rooms in other people’s apartments. Designed for 12,000 residents, the neighbourhood has 30,000, possibly

MIKE ADLER Edges of Toronto 45,000. Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, the area’s MPP, pronounced the overcrowding unsolvable, except through "community conversation," last week when Thorncliffe tenants and landlords met. "We don’t even know exactly how many people are in these communities," she said. So much of Toronto lives like this, and will continue because, while the gap be-

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tween renters and home ownership widens, few apartment towers are built. Daryl Chong of the Greater Toronto Apartment Association told Thorncliffe tenants most of them are in Thorncliffe "because we haven’t built any new (apartment) buildings in 40 years." "If you had more choice, you would vote with your feet." Apartments pay three times the property taxes houses do, Chong and political representatives added, so people in the city’s poorest areas are subsidizing Rosedale. "One of the reasons it’s a long road (to changing that) is that homeowners vote," said Jon Burnside, Thorncliffe’s councillor. Landlords want property tax breaks, or big cuts in development charges before they build apartments.

Tenants who live in Thorncliffe, or anywhere there are roaches or the hot water cuts out when people are showering, can mostly look forward to more of the same. But they’re tired of landlords being awarded rent hikes above inflation while renters get no raises at work, work orders that see months go by without results, and a tenant board seemingly weighted toward landlords. If they’re lucky, they’ll get tougher city enforcement – thanks to a new landlord bylaw – and rebuilt elevators that beep angrily when overcrowded, until enough people step off. Edges of Toronto is a column about how people see life in Toronto differently, depending on where they live. Reach Mike Adler at madler@insidetoronto.com

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Scarborough resident hosts drive at cafe run by former child soldier JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com Women fleeing sex trafficking are typically stuck rebuilding their lives from scratch, with few possessions to call their own. Long-time Scarborough resident Cari Flammia is looking to give many such women a little help with a special event that will provide women escaping the sex trade in developing countries some undergarments. Flammia is hosting a "Free the Girls" bra donation at Jal Gua Café in downtown Toronto, asking visitors to drop off gently used or new bras as they enjoy a bite to eat and take

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Cari Flamnia (left) and Emmanuel Jal pose with bras ahead of a bra donation, slated to take place at Jal Gua Organic Cafe. Bras donated will go to former sex slaves in developing nations. in live music. The event is part of the Beatitudes Movement, which she started up a few years back as a way to give back to others. "We launched (the Beatitudes Movement) in November and did an event where we collected gifts to

distribute to women’s shelters in Toronto," she said. "Now I want to continue the movement and reach as many communities as possible, both locally and internationally." The Free the Girls event will reach far further abroad, with the bras col-

lected going to a charity that distributes them to sex trafficked girls in developing nations. The idea for a bra donation came about when Flammia wanted to donate bras of her own but learned that few places would accept them. "I learned about Free

the Girls, which works with women rescued from the sex trade in Mozambique, Uganda and El Salvador, so I got a bunch of friends together and we collected 125 bras," she said. The Beatitudes Movement urges people to use their own gifts to bring about positive change. "It’s about taking the blessings we have, the things we’re good at like art or music, and using them to bless other people," Flammia said. The choice of Jal Gua Café as a venue came naturally. Flammia worked with the café’s owner, Emmanuel Jal, when he was launching his music career. Forced into the Sudan People’s Liberation Army to serve as a child soldier at the age of seven before being smuggled into Kenya by a British aid worker and eventually settling in Canada, Jal has dedicated his life to combating social injustice.

A hip hop artist and activist, Jal is spreading a message of peace and love through his music, and collaborations with such stars as Alicia Keys and Nelly Furtado have brought his sound to wide audiences. Often fusing hip hop with African beats, Jal’s songs are rooted in positivity and carry strong anti-violence themes. "I write music that can make me feel better," he said. "I feel the music you listen to, you become that, so I want to write about peace." He has made a point of hosting events at his café that do some good in the world, and Flammia’s Free the Girls event fits the bills perfectly. The bra donation, slated to take place from 3 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4, will also feature live music and guest speakers from the Free the Girls charity. For more information on the event, visit www.facebook.com/beatitudesmove

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The myth of free parking There’s no such thing as a free lunch, and there’s no such thing as free parking. But that doesn’t stop transit agencies offering swathes of public land for commuters to park their wheels as they kiss n’ ride. It certainly doesn’t stop politicians grandstanding about the need to preserve all that land for the enjoyment of a privileged few - many of whom do not even live or pay taxes in this city Fortunately with city property values surging past the stratosphere, it appears even the awesome influence of motorists is made null when dollars are on the line. BUILD Toronto, the city’s real estate arm responsible for shedding costly and surplus lands, recently sold a commuter lot at Wilson TTC Station leading to outrage, and of course that familiar outcry about a non-existent war on their four-wheel lifestyle. As city planners and watchers will tell you, there

is a cost to free parking, even if it isn’t directly borne out by the individual. Urbanist Sean Marshall noted it cost Metrolinx over $39,000 per space to build a 1,200 space lot in Pickering back in 2014. Parking lots take up so much of GO station space the Crown agency increasingly constructs multi-level pads to reduce the overall footprint. Metrolinx insists it needs to provide parking at no cost in order to entice motorists, even fleetingly, to consider public transit. But think of what Metrolinx could do with all that space

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Pretty heady times for these Toronto Maple Leafs these last few weeks. Flirting with a playoff spot for the first time since the Joe Clark Conservative government. Well, not really but it almost feels that long sometimes. Only one playoff appearance since the 2003-4 season means not only a whole lot of bad hockey, but also that a generation of potential Leaf fans have grown up without playoff memories, except maybe for the seven game series vs. the dreaded Bruins in 2013. I can still see my daughter weeping openly on the couch after the botched three goal lead in the third period of Game 7. The Leafs are hot, one of the biggest surprises in the NHL this year, and a team on the rise brimming with young talent. So much young talent that the rookies may break the record for most points produced by rookies on one team,

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The Horse “breaks” with the Rooster. You will run into controversies This is a lucky year for you. Most undesirable events will be avoided and arguments. However, you have plenty of romances and helpful or resolved. You will gain more fame than material wealth. There will signs to counteract the negativities. Your people relations tend to be be plenty of help for you. However, most things you do may require unstable. This may not be a good year for you to get married. If extra efforts before they can be achieved. Your external relations tend to be better than internal. You will also have more friends than enemies. You are you really need to, then an expert must choose an auspicious date. You must not gamble or speculate. Your regular income should be stable. You will be prone to much healthier this year than last and you will also have more energy. accidents — drive carefully and be wary of sharp objects.

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O Saturday, January 28 Neighbourhood Games WHEN: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Tropicana Community Services’, 1385 Huntingwood Drive CONTACT: Sarah Seelochan, 416-439-9009 Ext.258, sbseelochan@tropicanacommunity.org COST: Free Come out to Tropicana’s Neighbourhood Games for an afternoon of fun and games! Youth can show off their basketball and DJing skills as well as pick up a few new tricks. This is a free event, snacks provided. Family Literacy Day WHEN: 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: Morningside Library, 4279 Lawrence Ave E CONTACT: Morningside Library COST: Free Take your family to the Library for a fun game of “ROLL & READ” and other fun games for Family Literacy Day. This is a drop in program, no registration required.

O Monday, January 30 Board Games Club! WHEN: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. WHERE: Woodside Square Library, 1571 Sandhurst Circle CONTACT: 416396-8979 COST: Free Join in for an evening of strategy, competition and fun! Space is limited. For ages 12 and up. See staff or call to register.

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O Saturday, February 4 Winter Walk WHEN: 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Cedarbrook Community Ctr, 91 East Park Blvd CONTACT: Louise O’Neill, www.friendsctmparks. wordpress.com, Louise.oneill@ bell.net COST: Free Join the Friends of Cedarbrook & Thomson Memorial Parks on a short walk through nearby Hague Park.

O Tuesday, February 7 Child Custody and Access Issues WHEN: 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Malvern Library, 30 Sewells Road CONTACT: Malvern Library, 416-396-8969 COST: Free How to Resolve your Child Custody and Access Issues with

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day. "To me it’s way more than that because this will be a Presto, Wi-Fi, Automatic Train Control (ATC) equipped subway. All of those projects have to come together at the same time, which is an incredibly complex piece of coordination." According to Byford, TYSSE is more than 90 per cent complete, and Downsview Park is almost ready to begin safety testing once the power goes on at the station, scheduled for the first of April. Testing will include not just ATC - which will allow for the operation of subway trains remotely via computers and not a human - but all station components including ventilation, communication systems, backup power and train radios. Like the other stations on the extension - Finch West, York University, Pioneer Village, Highway 407 and Vaughan Metropolitan Centre - Downsview Park is cavernous compared to existing stations, boasting

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Members of the media and TTC staff tour the construction site for Downsview Park Station on Monday, Jan. 23. The station is part of the Toronto York Spadina Subway Extension (TYSSE) scheduled to open in late 2017. plenty of natural light plus a quirky artistic finish depicting a spiral-like motif appearing on walls and ceilings, which if seen from a "sweet spot" comes together as a continuous im-

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sit agency’s Barrie Line connection. "Essentially we are in fact building the station for them, and they are providing funding for that," said Kervin, the TTC’s director of third-party planning for TYSSE. "It just so happened we were going to initially have the subway station separate . but it just made sense we would build (the GO station) into our single contract, and what we’ve added is construction of the train platform." In addition to a paid area which will be accessible via Presto, although the TTC doesn’t plan to phase out subway tokens and tickets until 2018, the station will also act as a public throughway for local residents passing through, but not intending to use transit. Byford said negotiations were ongoing between the TTC, Metrolinx and York Region about how to allow riders to transfer seamlessly between services.

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Line and free up space for commuter That risk was never more evident than the 1979 Missis- rail. sauga train derailment, where a CP Rail train skidded off In 2015, 144 rail-related accidents the tracks on Mavis Road, causing the release of deadly occurred involving dangerous goods in chlorine gas, and forcing the evacuation of 250,000 resi- Canada. The five-year-average is 140. dents. Transport Canada, Ottawaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s transporEmergency responders determined there were hazard- tation regulator, mandated rail companies ous materials on the train after the derailto post the top 10 dangerous ment occurred, but the cars were piled on goods transported across top of each other and the identification each province. placards were not visible. Petroleum crude oil â&#x20AC;&#x153;They just saw the whole thing burntopped the list in 2015 for ing,â&#x20AC;? said Willson McTavish, lead counsel CN and CP, reporting shipfor the Grange Inquiry, which was formed ments of 28 per cent and under Ontario Appeal Court Justice Samuel 29.2 per cent respectively. Grange to investigate the derailment. Other items included It brought to light the lack of knowledge sulphuric acid, sodium about deadly chemicals passing through hydroxide and ethanolmunicipalities and the inadequacy of rail gasoline mixture. safety regulations. Real-time data raises The results of the Grange Commission legitimate security conwere increased emergency management cerns, Winfield noted, but procedures, detailed chemical cleanup plans more detailed aggregate and improved safety of rail cars. data on a quarterly basis â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trains loaded Fast-forward 34 years, when an unatwould give the public a bettended 74-car freight train carrying crude with dangerous ter sense of what is crossing oil derailed in Lac-MĂŠgantic, Quebec, leavthrough their communities. goods still travel ing 47 people dead and half of downtown â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a culture of nontransdestroyed. parency. They (rail compathrough the heart nies) donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to panic the This propelled a flurry of reaction from municipalities and the province calling for of the most densely public. Yet, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the public being increased transparency on the shipment of exposed to the risk by the movepopulated dangerous goods. The Federation of Canament of materials.â&#x20AC;? dian Municipalities (FCM) rail safety adviRail remains the preferred communities.â&#x20AC;? sory panel demanded the federal governmethod to transport dangerous ~ Bonnie Crombie goods for this very reason - lack of ment equip and support local first responders and keep them informed of the type of oversight, critics argue. dangerous goods being shipped through their communities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trucks, on the other hand, get stopped all the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Railways, transportation companies and federal, pro- time,â&#x20AC;? Winfield said, including at inspection sites on vincial and territorial agencies cannot plan for emergen- the highway and at the border. cies alone,â&#x20AC;? said FCM president Clark Somerville. â&#x20AC;&#x153;MuniciThe most recent available data was from a 2012 palities play a key role as well.â&#x20AC;? Statistics Canada survey which found over 107 million The only people in possession of the information are the tonnes of goods moved by truck that year were dangermunicipalityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emergency responders, who are trained to ous materials. look for the placard and identify the hazardous materials, â&#x20AC;&#x153;With four million more people coming to the Greater then deploy a HAZMAT team if required. Toronto Area (GTA) in the next 25 years, the situation Mark Ormond, assistant chief operations and commu- will grow more urgent,â&#x20AC;? noted Crombie. nications for the City of Mississauga, said information is And with Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s transportation network the backmore transparent now than in the past. Resources such bone of the national economy, appropriate policies with as AskRail, a Smartphone app that provides first respond- improved safety measures regarding the movement of ers access to timely data about what type of hazardous hazardous goods are critical.

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Philharmonic releases latest CD of wonderful Canadian compositions," the group says. Conducted by Ronald Royer, the CD includes his "Travels with Mozart", Howard Cable’s "McIntyre Ranch Country", Alex Eddington’s "Saturday Night at Fort Chambly", Chris Meter’s "Fundy" and Alexander Rapoport’s "Whirli-

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Surprise job lasted 38 years

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he was trained as a high school gym teacher and coach, he was hired. "I was able to take everything I learned and simplify it for two-and-a-half to five-year-olds," Lee said in an interview. "Every May or June we put on a graduation for senior kindergartens and we put on a gym show. That very first year, I had two five-year-olds climb a 20-foot rope in our gym." Affectionately known as Uncle Wally, Lee is retiring Feb. 3. Since 1980, he has also served as the daycare centre’s administrator. "We teach from basic skills of balance, agility, flexibility and strength. Our job is to help develop confidence in children," Lee said. "What we’ve discovered by this gym program is when you can use up the children’s energy

constructively, they can sit longer for their circle time and they can sit longer for story time. It’s amazing what we were able to accomplish with having a gym program for the boys and girls." On Saturday, Jan. 28, Bridlegrove Daycare Centre will celebrate 40 years of service in Scarborough and pay tribute to Lee’s career. The nonprofit centre, at 2575 Pharmacy Ave. at Finch Avenue, is located in and owned by Bridlegrove Bible Chapel. Before the building was built, said Lee, the church sent a survey to the community asking how it could be of service. "The community overwhelmingly said we need child care," he said, noting the church was built "with the premise of having a child care centre because they wanted to reach out to the community and be a

help and not just to be open on a Sunday and on a midweek service." The centre opened a day camp 24 years ago and now also has a counsellor-intraining program. "We started developing leadership here, and a lot of our leaders that work within our day camp are our former children, so I’ve watched them grow," Lee said. Daycare supervisor Patti Baker, who has worked at the centre for 35 years, said Lee has a great rapport with both kids and parents. "Even parents that can sometimes be difficult, he can figure out a way to calm them and mellow them out." Baker noted Lee works on a lot of skills with the youngsters while making it "fun" for them. "He spoils the kids too," she added. "He’s always giving them treats. That’s what the kids are going to miss."

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Wally Lee (right) works on the jungle gym with Eli’sha Francis-Gordon, 3, at the Bridlegrove Day Care Centre on Tuesday, Jan. 24. Lee is retiring after 38 years at the centre.

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