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Commuter Organizes Rally to Protest TTC Cutbacks

Posted by Tatiana
Filed in City
July 20, 2007

What: a citizen rally
Why: to protest TTC service cutbacks and fare increases
When: Saturday, July 28th, 1:00 p.m.
Where: Nathan Phillips Square

A regular TTC rider, Vanessa Delsooz is fed up with the way the city and the TTC has been treating transit riders, and the news of the proposed drastic service cutbacks is the last straw. So she is organizing a guerilla citizen rally next Saturday, July 28th outside the City Hall (the exact time hasn't been settled yet, apparently). Several environmental organizations have been notified, but the rally is not associated with any of them. The rally has no permit since the bureaucratic procedure for obtaining one would take far too long to deliver an immediate response to the shocking news.

Alas, there is no way a rally can generate any revenue for the cash-strapped city, but at least it would show the politicians that Torontonians are damn pissed off. And while it's not clear what exactly should be done, it's abundantly clear that something should be done instead of just slashing services and hiking fares. So if you are pissed of - show up and let them know that you are!

Photo: by modowd

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That's pointless. The city pays it's share and you can't get blood from a stone anyway. Try the province and Ottawa. Protests like this just show the two delinquent governments voters are ignorant enough for them to get away with it. People are stupid.

Posted by: aidan at July 20, 2007 4:30 PM

If you're going to have a rally that isn't relying on anything aside from people turning out over the news, wouldn't having one within days be better than one a week and a half after the fact?

If anything should be done, it's some good old fashion bike riding and SUV drivin'.

Posted by: Ryan C. at July 20, 2007 4:35 PM

The rally might have lost a bit (maybe a lot) of steam after the news that the Sheppard line won't shut down. While there are still things to rally about, they don't feel as immediate as they did when the Sheppard shutdown threat was looming over our heads...

Posted by: Aslam at July 21, 2007 1:05 PM

protest sign suggestion for vanessa: DAMN DOWNLOAD!

Posted by: wally at July 21, 2007 10:42 PM