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York actor takes director’s role in ‘Chile Con Carne’ HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com

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or Marilo Nunez, switching roles from lead actor to director for the play Chile Con Carne 14 years later was one of the best decisions she’s ever made.

“I understand the play even more now, I love directing,” said the York resident.

“I think I denied myself this position in the theatre because I was scared. I feel so much more at home as director than I did as an actor.”

The reprise of Chile Con

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Carne comes just in time for the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Chilean coup d’etat, and allows Nunez to sit in the director’s chair this time around.

Rewind to 1996: Nunez first got involved in the play after she graduated from Ryerson University’s theatre school. She had recently seen Guillermo Verdecchia’s play American Borders and it struck a chord with her.

“He was a big inspiration to me because his play was the first one I had ever seen >>>actor, page 6

Taste of Iceland arrives with York bands in tow HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com

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he sights, tastes and sounds of Iceland come to Toronto this weekend to help chase away the winter blahs and two local bands are getting in on the action.

Folk-pop band Cai.ro and the one-man band that is

Revelstoke will both be playing at The Hoxton Saturday in the Reykjavik Calling portion of the festival.

This is Revelstoke’s third year at the festival.

“It was my first festival I ever did...I think I’m particularly attached to it,” said Andrew Seale of Revelstoke.

“It’s cool because it brings >>>york, page 10

Photo/PETER C. MCCUSKER

craft critique: Lottie Biekart peeks at husband Eppo’s art at Humber Community Seniors Services Thursday afternoon during an ongoing arts and crafts program. See page 3 for more photos.

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Talk to your school trustees in York

Members of the Mount Dennis community are invited to voice their concerns about schools in the area Wednesday, March 27.

Trustee Chris Tonks from the Toronto District School Board and Trustee Frank D’Amico from the Toronto Catholic District School Board will be in attendance The meeting takes place at the Mount Dennis Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, 1050 Weston Rd., 7 to 9 p.m., and is hosted by the

Mount Dennis Community Association.

expansion. To register, call 416397-0155.

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Looking for a career change?

Metrolinx and the city’s department for employment and social services are co-hosting a transit construction information session this evening from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at COSTI Immigrant Services’ Weston office, at 35 King St. near Lawrence Avenue West and Weston Road.

Attendees can learn about opportunities through GO Transit’s Georgetown South

run diesel trains along the ARL. CTC wants the line electrified in time for the link’s 2015 opening. As part of the verdict the group was ordered to pay $30,000 in court costs to Metrolinx.

clean train coalition meets The Clean Train Coalition was slated to update the public on its ongoing court battle against Metrolinx to derail the Union Pearson Express air rail link at a meeting last night at Indian Road Crescent Public School.

Legal counsel Saba Ahmad was set to discuss the progress of the coalition’s appeal of a recent Ontario court decision upholding Metrolinx’s plan to

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Oakwood Village Arts Festival update Interested in showcasing your art in this year’s third annual Oakwood Village Arts Festival?

Come out to the Macauley Centre to reserve your spot, because space at the festival is limited.

The planning meeting will take place Wednesday, March 27 at 2010 Eglinton Ave. W. at 7 p.m. People who wish to volunteer are also encouraged to attend.

The festival takes place June 8.

Hameed Shaqq plays the steel pan drums during the 2012 festival.

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Batter up! Baseball registration begins for York league HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com The York Baseball Association (YBA) is dusting off the diamond and opening up the batting cages.

Registration for the league’s six programs, from T-ball to rep baseball, begins Saturday, March 23 at Centennial Recreation Centre.

The YBA had about 150 players sign up last

year and, according to YBA president Jim Turner, those numbers will only increase.

“In order to drive recruitment...we’ve been visiting local schools and talking to their parent councils about our program,” said Turner.

“We’ve also been running our winter baseball camp, which is a free program, since January, which has introduced a lot

of new players to the sport and the league.”

With the help of a grant from the Toronto Blue Jays, Jays Care Foundation, the YBA was able to have its facilities at Smythe Park upgraded and will have representatives from the Blue Jays attend the re-opening of the field in June.

Practices and games are held once a week from May to September,

depending on the program, with practices beginning in April.

“This season, we are also holding league-wide practices on Monday nights, with all coaches and players invited,” said Turner.

“This will give all of our coaches and players the chance to work and learn together and develop a real sense of community, where the goal is to help

everyone improve.”

Registration is $75 for boys and girls aged 4 to 8, and $150 for boys and girls ages 9 to 16.

The price covers the cost of a full uniform, individual and team photos, trophies, umpires, insurance and field costs, Turner said.

If the price is too steep, the YBA is committed to working with parents to find economic ways to

help pay for the registration fees either by paying through an installment program, or sponsorship.

“We are determined that any child who wishes to play baseball is able to do so, regardless of their economic circumstances,” he said.

Registration can be done in person on Saturday at 2694 Eglinton Ave. W. or online at www.yba.ca/register

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humber happenings: At left, Oscar Laguam displays his drawing skills at Humber Community Seniors Centre Thursday afternoon during an arts and crafts session. Below left, patrons at Humber Community Seniors Centre get crafty with their works. Below, Margarita Andrade shows her finished socks to Mohini Sood. The centre is in the midst of a weekly Thursday program. The last session is April 4.

Photos/Peter C. McCusker

Artelino Vallada, 36, was charged with four counts of sexual assault.

Sex assault charges laid against pastor of York church A York church pastor has been charged with multiple counts of sexual assault against young female teens and adults.

Police allege between November 2010 and January 2013, a pastor at Jesus Christ the Open Door Church sexually assaulted four females aged 14 to 21.

Artelino Vallada, 36, of Toronto, was arrested last Thursday and charged with four counts of sexual assault, two counts of sexual interference and two counts of invitation to sexual touching.

Investigators believe there may be more victims.

Anyone with information can call police at 416-808-7474 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477).

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Political will needed for transit funding It’s hard to argue with Toronto Region Board of Trade (TRBOT) president Carol Wilding who said the time for debating how to pay for transit expansion is over.

However, providing funding recommendations like those in the TRBOT’s discussion paper, A Green Light To Moving The Toronto Region, doesn’t make funding a reality.

Four revenue tools are recommended: a one per cent regional sales tax; a $1 per parking space levy; a 10 cent per litre regional fuel tax; and a road toll for highoccupancy lanes charged at 30 cents per kilometre for single drivers who wish to use the lanes.

All revenue raised (nearly $5 billion annually) is to be earmarked for transit expansion. Great. That amount is more than double our view the $2 billion Metrolinx says is needed each year for the $50-bilBoard of Trade lion Big Move plan.

The numbers are impressive. suggests These are all worthy recomrevenue tools mendations – but it all comes down to the increased taxation of people and the willingness of levels of government to impose such taxes. We’re a far cry from any government having that courage and, despite the board’s assurances, from understanding what the public would accept.

The board of trade discounted using devices such as property tax hikes to fund transportation, citing them as revenue sources for municipal governments – and always under consideration to increase to keep municipalities afloat.

Whether in the form of a straight-out tax, a levy, or toll the end result is the same – money comes from the pockets of residents. We have said many times that we will get the kind of transit we pay for. Very true.

The ambitious recommendations are what is needed. After all, the region is losing $6 billion in productivity annually. While the TRBOT suggests upward of 50 per cent of people would be willing to swallow taxes to fund transportation, it’s never that easy to evaluate acceptance.

We do know this. You can’t tweak today’s revenue generation and come up with an answer that would raise the required capital to build the system and to maintain the operation. This paper offers dramatic new income sources to be considered. But is there a political will to carry any of these recommendations forward?

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Unlocking the key to lifting requires muscle

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threw my back out last week due to some heavy lifting and I’m still walking a little gingerly today.

I’d like to say the injury happened carrying a massive Boston Bruin defenceman on my back the entire length of the ice en route to depositing an overtime game-winner.

But alas, it was nothing quite that glamorous.

I got it from lugging around what just might be the largest key chain in captivity in my right back pocket. I’m talking enough precious metal to keep a silver mine in the black until the next millennium.

The embarrassing thing is that outside of the two keys on it that I actually use, the rest haven’t been in a keyhole since seemingly the first millennium.

Take the key to our quaint family cottage up north, for example. We sold that place ages ago.

jamie wayne BUT SERIOUSLY And the guy who bought it from us immediately tore it down and built a solar home. That key opens nothing. Yet, here it remains.

Next to that one is the key to a bike lock. A lock that was stolen, along with the bike, back when I was in university, I do recall.

Still, I can’t seem to part with it for some reason.

And those are but two of my collection of inoperable, outmoded keys. My key chain is a veritable who‘s who of what‘s this.

Such as the key to our snowmobile, long since sent to the scrap heap.

How I even ended up with that one I have no idea. I wasn’t allowed to drive it, for heaven’s sake.

The key right next to it has me scratching my

head even more. It’s for the shed. Which shed?

I couldn’t tell you. We never had a shed. In fact, I don’t recall ever even being in a shed in my life.

That doesn’t stop me from toting it around, mind you. I just like saying shed.

And I like having a key to a shed even more.

I also have one key on the chain that is a complete mystery to me.

What’s more, on the face, it distinctly says: “Not to be copied,” yet I have four more just like it, all in different colours and arranged in a neat little row. For what it’s worth, I made the original key the captain of the four duplicates.

And that’s just for starters.

I have a plethora of other obsolescent keys too numerous to mention in a column, but I will leave you with my absolute favourite: the key to my

trusty guitar case.

The guy who sold me the guitar told me to never lock the case. He said he didn‘t know why they even made guitar cases with locks in the first place. So he advised all his customers to throw away the key upon purchase, lest they lock the case one day by mistake and accidentally misplace the key.

I didn’t take his warning to heart, of course. You know me, I just can‘t bring myself to part with any keys.

So I keep it right here in its cosy little spot on the chain, snug as bug on a rug with all the others.

And the irony of it all?

Somewhere along the line, I lost the case.

Jamie Wayne is a lifelong columnist, who takes writing very seriously. The topics?

Not so much. His column appears every Thursday. Contact him at jamie.wayne@sympatico.ca

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Income Tax Clinic WHEN: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Learning Enrichment Foundation at Weston Road, 1267 Weston Rd. CONTACT: Danielle, 416-760-2566, ddiprizio@lefca.org COST: Free For low income families and newcomers. The clinic will run on Saturdays in March only.

York Baseball Association Registration Day WHEN: Noon to 3 p.m. WHERE: Centennial Recreation Centre, 2694 Eglinton Ave. W. CONTACT: Jim Turner, 416-844-7734, jim@torontobaseballguys.com COST: Registration fee Cost: $75 for boys and girls aged 4 to 8; $150 for boys and girls 9 to 16.

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Van Trip to The Mongolian Grill WHEN: 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: York West Active Living Centre, 1901 Weston Rd. CONTACT: Rita, 416245-4395 COST: $10 transportation fee Book by Thursday March 21.

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Ave. W. CONTACT: 416-394-1000 COST: Free The Transition Year Program at York University is a special access program for youth (19 and older) and adults wanting to attend university.

Call to register.

Sewing Club WHEN: 1 to 3 p.m. WHERE: St. Clair West Services for Seniors, 2652

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Beat the Winter Blues WHEN: 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. WHERE: Davenport Perth Neighbourhood Centre, 1900 Davenport Rd. CONTACT: Sandy McLeod, sandymcleod06@gmail. com COST: Pay what you can Neighbourhood fundraiser features musical performances by RISE, Andrew Cash, the Pelham Community Hub Youth and BTWB #5. In support of the Clean Train Coalition and the Pelham Community Hub.

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Youth/Adult Darts Tournament Fundraiser WHEN: 10 a.m. WHERE: Mount Dennis Legion, 1050 Weston Rd. CONTACT: Ellen, 416-762-9130 COST: $10 In support of Shriners’ Children’s Hospital and Burn Centre. Info at www.torontodarts.com

Check out our complete online community calendar by visiting www. yorkguardian.com. Read weeks of listings from neighbourhoods in York, as well as events from across Toronto.

Eglinton Ave. W. CONTACT: Laura McGill, 416-787-2114, lauram@servicesforseniors.ca COST: $30 annual membership fee Work on your projects with our sewing machines. All levels welcome.

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Black Power in Toronto, 1950s1970s WHEN: 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Maria A. Shchuka Library, 1745 Eglinton Ave. W. CONTACT: 416-394-1000 COST: Free Funké Aladejebi (York University) tells the story of how black organizations in Toronto used education to combat racism by making connections to Africa and the language of

Black Power. Call to register.

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Westminster United Church Easter Sunday WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

WHERE: Westminster United Church, 69 William Street CONTACT: Beth Street, 416-241-3261, , office@westminsterunitedchurch.org COST: Free March 31 at 10:30 am. We invite you to join us for Christ’s resurrection with Holy Communion.

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York University Transition Year Program Info Night WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Maria A. Shchuka Library, 1745 Eglinton

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Jane’s Walk Group WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Maria A. Shchuka Library, 1745 Eglinton Ave. W. CONTACT: 416-394-1000 COST: Free Jane’s Walk office will be at Maria A. Shchuka Library to plan and promote a neighbourhood walking group for this event. Sessions on April 23 and 30. Call to register.

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Spring Craft and Flea Market WHEN: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: Mount Dennis Legion, 1050 Weston Rd. CONTACT: legionbr31@yahoo. com COST: Free

Those wanting vendor information can send an email.

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Free Art Exhibit Space WHERE: 1745 Eglinton Ave. W. CONTACT: 416-394-1000 COST: Free Calling all artists: Looking for space to hang your paintings and photography? The library does not charge a commission. Call for more information.

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Weekly Euchre WHEN: 7:30 to 10 p.m. Fridays WHERE: St. John’s Anglican Church Weston, 2125 Weston Rd. CONTACT: Marie, 416-249-4690, www. stjohnweston.com, mariegeeves@ rogers.com COST: Free

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Actor/director finds balance through Chilean play >>>from page 1 that represented the Latino experience in Canada on stage for me,” she said.

Verdecchia was living in Vancouver at the time, but that didn’t stop Nunez from sending

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him a letter of praise after she’d seen the play. A few weeks later she got a response in the form of a script by Carmen Aguirre, with a note that said: “I’m moving to Toronto, Do you want to do this play together? I’ll direct it and you be in it.”

And so Nunez got her time to shine on stage as eight-yearold Manuelita, the daughter of Chilean political refugees, in the first Toronto production of Chile Con Carne in 1999.

Told from the perspective of a child, the play focuses on the story of a child trying to save her beloved cedar tree and balancing Canadian and Chilean life.

Described as a dark comedy set in 1975 Vancouver, the plays tells anecdotes of a child who wants desperately to fit in at school while still being true to her roots.

“Having graduated from theatre school I knew coming out that there wouldn’t be a lot of roles for me because I was Latina,” Nunez said. “There weren’t a lot of opportunities for artists of colour at the time, period.”

Naturally, Nunez jumped at

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Alameda Theatre, in 2007.

“Students in theatre school who are Latino, they look up to Alameda...It’s inspiration to them,” said Nunez. “That’s all that I wanted because I didn’t have that growing up and going to theatre school.”

The company aims to reflect the Latin American experience in Canada through its plays and has created two programs: the De Colores Festival of New Works and Neuva Voz for Latin Americans studying theatre.

Although Nunez is proud to be part of the inspiration to young Latino and Latina theatre lovers, she never shies away from the fact that some days it can be a lot to bear.

“It’s a great feeling, but there are some days that I wonder why I got into this because it’s a lot on your shoulders,” said Nunez.

“But when you do get to do productions like Chile Con Carne, it makes it all worth it.”

I’ve had alot of people come up to me after the show, a lot of Chileans, and they were very, very affected.

– Marilo Nunez

the opportunity. After reading the script she felt an immediate connection with the character.

“I lived everything she (Manuelita) did. We could only speak Spanish at home. I had that double life at home and my life at school with my Canadian friends,” said Nunez.

The positive response to the play didn’t just appear in the form of rave reviews from theatre critics. That wasn’t important to Nunez; it was the audience reaction.

“I’ve had a lot of people come up to me after the show, a lot of Chileans, and they were very, very affected because a lot of them have never seen the perspective of the children of exiles,” said Nunez.

Marilo Nunez

“One woman said to me, ‘I was tortured under the Pinochet regime and I’ve been in therapy for over 15 years now, and I’ve never once cried in therapy; tonight you made me cry.’ It’s what I do theatre for, it’s a healing thing, it’s to bring a community together.”

The overarching success of the play in 1999 gave way to the creation of a Latin American centered theatre company, known as

‘Chile Con Carne’ runs from April 2 to 14 at the Factory Studio theatre, 125 Bathurst St. Ticket prices and show times can be found at www.alamedatheatre. com

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York musicians warm up to Icelandic festival >>>from page 1 together a lot of bands and it breaks up the winter, too.”

The Taste of Iceland in Toronto festival runs March 21 to 24 and has culinary, arts, film and music portions.

The main music events will take place at The Hoxton, 69 Bathurst St. The festival overlaps with Canadian Music Week, which runs until March 24.

Seale, whose home base is in the St. Clair West and Bathurst Street area, describes his sound as music you’d listen to in a hot air balloon ride around the world.

Seale plays mandolin, banjo and guitar, creating something that “starts off as a folk sound, but gets a bit weirder,” and draws some similarities to the traditional Icelandic sound.

“For me personally, I really like Icelandic music, I like the style,” he said.

“It’s a little folky, but it’s expansive. I think my music could mesh well with it.”

Cai.ro, which has roots at St.

Clair West and Oakwood avenues, is coming off a Canadian tour – A March Away From Home – that sent the five-piece band from Ottawa to St. John’s Newfoundland in one week.

They have a two-day rest period before performing at Reykjavik Calling.

“It’s a really fun festival for us to play in, especially since it’s in Toronto. It’s our city,” said Nate Daniels, the band’s vocalist and acoustic guitar player.

“They were one of the first festivals to give us a chance.”

To get a sense of the kind of music they play, XM radio offered this comparison, according to Daniels: The love child of Arcade Fire and Goyte.

“We’ve had other references as well, I think people compare us to the music they listen to, so it becomes varied,” said Daniels.

“But to us it’s a good thing because it shows we have some universal elements.”

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Reykjavik Calling is an event presented by Canada Music Week in celebration of music emerging from the cities of Toronto and Reykjavik.

Four Toronto-area artists will be paired with four Icelandic counterparts to encourage collaboration on their performances. The local performers include Cai.ro, pictured at left, and Revelstoke, above. The free concert is happening Saturday at The Hoxton, 69 Bathurst St. Visit www.thehoxton.ca

Admission is free and doors open at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Show is for 19 years and older. For more information, visit www.icelandnaturally.com

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TTC apologizes for subway service delays Monday night

Thumbs-up for bus shelters

CEO appears in online video

Some 84 per cent of Torontonians who took part in a poll say they prefer the new TTC bus shelters to their boxy predecessors.

That’s according to Astral Media, which redesigned and maintains the shelters as part of its 20-year street furniture contract with the city.

The poll of 539 people wrapped up earlier this year.

RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com The day after a series of lengthy subway delays, an online video was posted by the TTC featuring its CEO offering an apology for the “sorry” service.

“I just want to say sorry

last night for the poor subway service we offered last night,” says Byford in the one minute and five second video posted to the TTC’s YouTube channel early Tuesday afternoon for the delays that began around 6 p.m. Monday.

The most serious delay lasted for 24 minutes when

a TTC employee mistakenly opened the doors of a stationary train in the subway tunnel near Dupont Station.

Meanwhile, at Eglinton Station, a fire at track level caused by litter forced another near delay of almost 20 minutes. Another fire, this one at Keele station, also caused a delay on the Bloor Danforth line.

There were also triggered passenger assistance alarms leading to commuting chaos, crowded subway platforms – and frayed nerves for riders.

In the video, Byford says an investigation was underway to find out why the doors were opened at Dupont.

In the case of the fires, Byford says safety protocol required a suspension

of service until emergency personnel gave the okay.

He concedes the TTC failed to meet the commitments it set out a couple of weeks ago in a customer charter designed to improve service reliability.

“Clearly we didn’t meet that objective last night.”

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Parks get $5-million boost from Made-in-Toronto transit Garfield Weston Foundation improvements needed: Stintz David Nickle dnickle@insidetoronto.com

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oronto parks could be seeing a $-million boost from the Garfield Weston Foundation in a three-year program to offer up grants for “transformational” projects intended to build on what the city is already doing with its parkland.

The plan – put together by a group of parks-loving citizens calling themselves Toronto Park People, and the Weston Foundation – came before the city’s Parks and Environment Committee March 4.

The city and residents can apply for the $5 million pot of cash Councillors at the committee welcomed the prospect of private sector funding, but cautiously.

Parkdale-High Park Councillor Gord Perks was

among those who worried the foundation would play favourites when it came to dolling out cash to communities looking to build up their public spaces.

“I certainly hope that access to funds for public spaces doesn’t ever rely on whether or not you happen to know some individuals working in a not-for-profit, or happen to know someone who’s connected to a sizeable family fortune,” said Perks. “That would be tragic.”

Dave Harvey, the director of Park People, assured the committee the foundation would be paying heed to the needs of communities across the city.

“As we found out in our engagement work, there are downtown, more affluent neighbourhoods, that are jumping on this,” he said.

“There’s a lot of work we as an organization are going

to do to reach out to lessaffluent neighbourhoods so at the end of the day this isn’t just going to more downtown affluent neighbourhoods.”

Applications for the grants will be going forward in two stages. Letters of interest for the first round should be received by April 5, with a full application deadline of May 24 and a final decision June 19. The second round starts with a Sept. 9 letter of interest deadline, an Oct. 29 deadline for submitting a full application and a final decision by Nov. 13.

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DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com The Toronto Region Board of Trade’s plan to raise revenue for public transit expansion through tolls, parking fees and other revenue tools offers some good ideas, but TTC chair Karen Stintz said at least some of those tools should be used by the city and not the provincial transit agency Metrolinx, for madein-Toronto transit improvements.

“It’s my strong position that Toronto needs to be able to invest in its own transit plan, and its own transit future, so that we can prioritize the projects that make sense for the people of Toronto,” Stintz told reporters after the Toronto Region Board of Trade’s news conference.

The business association released a report, A Green Light To Moving on the Toronto Region: Paying for

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...Toronto needs to be able to invest in its own transit plan.

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Public Transit Expansion.

The board recommended, among other things, a one per cent regional sales tax, a dollar-per-parking space levy, a 10 cent a litre regional fuel tax and a toll for high occupancy vehicle lanes.

Stintz said some of the ideas made a lot of sense.

“I think there’s a lot of value in tolling HOV lanes,” she said.

“Right now those lanes are under-utilized. If there are less than two people in a car and someone wants to access the lane and they’re willing to pay for it, that’s a choice they can make and a good way to potentially introduce the idea of tolls.”

Stintz was more skeptical

about the parking tax. In last year’s debate about subways in Scarborough, then-budget chief Mike Del Grande attempted to introduce a parking levy and eventually withdrew it for lack of support and over concerns raised on behalf of major suburban shopping malls, where parking is typically free.

“I think we want to be very cautious about where we implement it, how we implement it,” said Stintz.

“We don’t want it to be implemented then repealed because of some of the unintended consequences.

In the malls we want to make sure that what we do doesn’t inadvertently drive more business out of the city or cause other unintended consequences.”

To read Rahul Gupta’s story on the TRBOT report, visit http://bit.ly/YmX2lH; or visit the TRBOT website www.bot.com

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Transit funding plan a good start The Toronto Region Board of Trade has been a big player in policy development at Toronto City Hall since amalgamation.

Which is not to say that it’s always been a welcome player.

In the early years of amalgamation under Mayor Mel Lastman, it proved a powerful ally in obtaining help from the federal and provincial government; during the Miller years, it attempted to provide budget advice that council – or at least the mayor – had little interest in hearing.

It’s weighed in on social issues, infrastructure and tax policy at the same time as it’s engaged in its more core business of... well, business growth and retention.

This week, the board stepped into the fray once more: this time, with a suite of taxes, fees and levies to come up with about $3.5 billion a year, going towards public transit.

This is not a huge leap for

david nickle the city the board. For years they’ve been advocating massive public funding of transportation infrastructure expansion in Toronto.

On the other hand, it is newsworthy, when a business organization is the first out of the gate in proposing what under other circumstances its more conservative members might decry as a massive tax grab.

In this case, the conservatives who seem most uneasy about these proposals are the ones on Toronto Council.

Mayor Rob Ford has made it clear that he doesn’t support any tax increases for transit. Doug Holyday, the deputy mayor, doesn’t like them much either. Even Karen Stintz, the chair of the Toronto Transit Commission and generally more a more progressive conservative on

council, worries about the $1-a-space parking levy the board’s suggesting.

That reaction shouldn’t be the rule for the board’s proposals: specifically, a one per cent regional sales tax, a 10 cent per litre regional fuel tax, a road toll for HOV lanes and the aforementioned parking levy.

The proposal is a good start toward coming up with the $50-billion cost of the regional Let’s Move plan.

One might add to that a portion of income tax – so that the entire cost isn’t borne through user fees and consumption taxes – but the Board of Trade does provide the basis for a payment plan for the cost of building our infrastructure to match our city’s needs and aspirations.

The alternative is the continued reliance on the current mayor’s fantasy of private sector funding that will never materialize. In other words, stagnation.

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David Nickle is The Guardian’s city hall reporter. His column runs every Thursday.

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