Anthony Perruzza http://www.anthonyperruzza.com/site Councillor, City of Toronto Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Street Meeting – Four Winds Dr and 455 Sentinel Rd http://www.anthonyperruzza.com/site/2012/05/street-meeting-four-winds-dr-and-455-sentinel-rd/ http://www.anthonyperruzza.com/site/2012/05/street-meeting-four-winds-dr-and-455-sentinel-rd/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:46 +0000 admin http://www.anthonyperruzza.com/site/?p=1592 Join your neighbours to discuss local issues that matter to you.

Location:              University City Recreation Centre, (453 Sentinel Road)

Date and time:     Tuesday, May 15 at 7:00 pm

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Location: Driftwood Park (between Tobermory Dr. & Driftwood Ave)

Dear Friends,

Join your neighbours and help plant trees in our community! Make sure to bring proper clothing and shoes for some fun outdoor work. For more information, contact Gaspar Horvath, BCCP Project Coordinator at 416-661-6600 x 5364.

See you there,

Anthony Perruzza
City of Toronto Councillor
Ward 8 – York West

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encourages heightened community ownership and pride. Participants of Refresh help TCH residents paint and landscape their own properties – this year Refresh is expecting 1000 volunteers!

Come and join us to learn more about the program and how you can help us grow it and take part!

Date and Time: Thursday, May 10 at 7 pm
Location: Driftwood C.C., 4401 Jane Street

Click Here to Download the Flyer Refresh Meeting

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Dear Resident,

City Council made a momentous decision on Wednesday, February 8th to bring the LRT to Finch Ave West. Now is the time to build better and more sensible transit for the City of Toronto.

The Mayor had on his own, without the approval of Council, killed the Finch LRT project. He transferred the $900 million of Provincial funding originally meant for our community to another project on Eglinton Avenue, abandoning Finch to decades of decay and gridlock. City Council’s decision reverses the Mayor’s plan and returns the funding to Finch Avenue West.

The Finch LRT plan will provide an east-west rapid transit line along Finch Avenue to deal with the gridlock on this busy avenue. We need to make Finch Avenue work for both cars and transit users.

We must build the Finch West LRT, because Finch Avenue is the busiest bus-way in the entire City serving 47,000 riders a day and the street is at gridlock.  The Finch West LRT would also widen Finch Avenue maintaining the number of traffic lanes for drivers and would take the buses of the street.  Light Rail Transit lines can carry five times more riders than Bus Rapid Transit lines, making LRT a far more efficient form of transit.

Transit users and drivers have waited too long for gridlock relief.  We must invest in sensible transit now.

Sincerely,

Anthony Perruzza

See a Video of the debate, Councillor Perruzza moves a motion and is asked questions by Councillor Mammolitti:

See a Video of the debate, Councillor Perruzza questions staff on proposed LRT projects:

See a Video of the debate, Councillor Perruzza submits 1500 motions supporting the LRT on Finch:

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Dear Parents and Caregivers,

The manner of implementation of Ontario’s new Full-Day Learning program has put child care centres across our province at risk of closure.

This has put a great strain on our very own community, where over 60% of licensed daycare facilities are at risk.  The loss of affordable daycare will mean parents will have to face much higher childcare rates or quit their jobs in order to watch their children.

Now is the time to send a message to the provincial government that daycare funding is a priority.  Our children are our future.

Sincerely,

Councillor Anthony Perruzza
City of Toronto Councillor
York West – Ward 8

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To see the City report that speaks to the issues in Ward 8 follow the link below:

http://www.toronto.ca/children/wardanalysis/ward08.pdf

To find out more follow the link below:

Transitional Issues Impacting Toronto’s Child Care System and Recommended Actions for Mitigation. http://www.toronto.ca/children/pdf/fdk_factsheet_24nov2011.pdf

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