* Photo at right is of Toronto Mayoral Candidate David Miller

* CFRB Debate (radio) Monday, November 3, 2003 6:30pm-8pm
* Toronto Star Debate, John Basset Theatre, Metro Toronto Convention Centre
(televised) Tuesday November 4 2003, 7pm-10:15pm
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* Policing & Opposing John Tory – Nov.2.2003
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Mayoral Candidate John Tory's Incineration Plan Debunked - Oct.11.2003
   Mayoral Candidate John Tory is labelling himself green while promoting the building of an incinerator in Toronto. Citizens for a Safe Environment provide the arguments against incineration, and a better plan for Toronto's waste. The reality is that by 2010, every bit of 'waste' that Toronto households produce could be recycled, reused or composted.
See http://www.csetoronto.org/
- ATT, the new form of incineration wastes energy. 3 to 5 times more energy is saved when resources are recycled as when they are burned to create electricity.
- ATT burns the evidence of bad industrial design. If we can't reuse it, recycle it or compost it, industry shouldn't be making it.
- Building an ATT facility in Toronto will require the investment of an enormous amount of taxpayers' money in expensive machinery.
- Like incineration, ATT is waste management in the corporate interest not public interest.
- ATT is Harmful to Human Health and the Environment, releasing toxic metals like mercury, lead and cadmium from plastics, paper and other discarded materials. It generates dioxins and furans from chlorine in plastics. And requires expensive air pollution control devices to attempt to capture some of the extremely toxic emissions. It also generates highly toxic residues that need to be landfilled.
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New Mayoral Candidate Calls for Resignation of Rivals - July.23.2003
   Engineer Gary Benner is running for mayor and opening his campaign by calling for the resignation of other candidates due to the use of what he calls ‘Illegal Signs’ 
   Benner calls for the resignation of Hall, Tory, Jakobek, Nunziata and Miller. See http://www.bennerformayor.com/ for details.
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Miller Slams Deal with Port Authority
From the miller campaign
   June 12, 2003, Toronto, Ontario – Toronto Mayoralty Candidate David Miller today called on City Council to reject the Toronto Island airport expansion and vehicle bridge construction because the terms of the deal have radically changed.
   “City Council’s original approval of the airport expansion was explicitly tied to the condition that there be no public money put into the project,” said Miller, the only Toronto mayoralty candidate to oppose the airport expansion.
   Under the terms of the proposed settlement, Council will be voting to pay $48 million of taxpayers’ money to the Port Authority, an agency of the Federal Government, so that it can subsidize the airport expansion project, explained Miller, who voted against the proposal when it came to Council last November.
   “It was never a good deal for the City or for the revitalization of the waterfront and now it is simply wrong,” Miller said. “We are fighting SARS. We don’t have money to maintain our roads. We don’t have money to support our transit system, to create more affordable housing, to maintain our child care spaces or community services because of cuts made by the other two senior levels of government. But we have $48 million to shell out to the Port Authority of Toronto, an agency of the Federal Government.”
   Miller added that it’s ridiculous to be talking about any airport expansion when airlines around the globe are in economic collapse; Air Canada is operating under court protection; reduced air traffic is causing major financial woes for Pearson Airport; and the Federal Government has finally agreed to finance a rapid-transit link between downtown and Pearson.
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A MESSAGE FROM ROCCO ROSSI, Campaign Manager for John Tory for Mayor: June.15.2003
   John officially resigned his position as Chairman and CEO of Rogers Cable on May 30 and he is now on the campaign trail full time.  His calendar is packed with events that reach every one of Toronto's 44 Wards and he's meeting with members of our many communities every day.
   This past week alone, John has joined members of the Portuguese community in the Portugal Week parade, spoken at the S'port for Kids Gala, marched with the Canadians Against Anti-Semitism and given St. Lawrence Market visitors a taste of Toronto Deserves Better Barbecue Sauce. He also met this week with residents of several Scarborough neighbourhoods to discuss issues facing their community.
   The week ahead includes a fundraiser with hundreds of women supporting JohnTory, a debate organized by Councillor Michael Walker, and the Toronto Argonauts Season Opener, which John has been encouraging people around the city to attend. More information on all these events can be found at www.johntory.ca/events.php
   On Wednesday, May 28, the lights went on at the John Tory Campaign Headquarters at 10 St. Clair Avenue West (at the North West Corner of Yonge & St. Clair).  This mid-town, accessible location provides us with a great meeting place for our close to 1,000 volunteers who have already joined the John Tory campaign. It is also a terrific drop in spot where we are already welcoming people from all across Toronto who are asking for more information about John Tory for Mayor. Stay tuned for the official opening party.
JOHN TORY'S POLICY:
   John Tory is the candidate of substance. The news section of the website has details all of his views. Please visit www.johntory.ca/news.php.
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Mayoral Discussion Outlines Smart Growth – May.7.2003

    Tonight Innis College and instructor David Lewis Stein held a discussion with Toronto’s mayoral candidates on the issue of smart growth.

    The place was packed even though the issue has little sex appeal, and Stein was sitting in front of me with a notebook, camera and tape recorder, capturing the action or lack of it. 

   Barbara Hall opened and she noted that all of the mayoral candidates are in about the same ballpark on smart growth.  

   Tom Jakobek followed her at the podium. He did some nail biting over the city’s debt, then defined smart growth as the promotion of mixed development and the preservation of public space.

    David Miller said the definition of smart growth is growth that is not dumb. He tied growth to transit and said his transit action plan would provide lower cost day passes for workers and students.

    John Nunziata said smart growth is looking into the future, insuring that we will all have a high quality of life in the future. To gain that he feels we need a new deal from the province and the federal government.

    It’s a regional thing for John Tory. He says we have to plan together and work together or we all fall apart.

    Some of the evils smart growth tries to avoid are gridlock, urban sprawl and the paving over of agricultural lands. But judging by the questions from the audience that followed, the four horsemen of Toronto’s apocalypse are litter, garbage, graffiti and dirty public washrooms. The mayoral candidates worked like a team on this one, coming up with various ways to deal with these problems. And I can’t say that this forum convinced me to vote for any candidate in particular. Maybe we should vote for them all and as a team they’ll get smart.

By Gary Morton
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     Barbara Hall launched her campaign for mayor and an appealing new website today. The event took place at the Paramount.

   Her speech plus photos and a video of the launch are online at the updated www.barbarahall.com

   She promises to create tough ethical standards for City Hall. In the law and order area she will shut down clubs where gunplay happens. Waste and inefficiency including the budget for the mayor’s office will be cut. Programs will be created to divert trash from landfill. A hotel tax will be part of a plan to boost the city’s tourism profile and there will be a spring cultural festival.

   Hall attacks the idea of lofty mega projects and has a vision of Toronto streets filled with culture and music.

   Promoting herself as a candidate with solid experience in the mayor’s chair, Hall comes across as a person that is enthusiastic and upbeat. The Star has portrayed her as a front runner with nowhere to go but down in the polls. A view that now appears incorrect. She has opened leading the other candidates in nearly every area.

   Her launch has moved the tone of the election away from the Toronto bashing of corporate saviour John Tory. Meaning mayoral candidates will now have to look sharp and positive about this city. Otherwise they’ll get left in the past with the sour face of Mel Lastman.

 * This report by Gary Morton at http://megacityelection.com
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G. Morton
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At NowToronto - Jan.2003
- AND THEY'RE OFF
David Miller Snubs BARB Hall And Makes Run For Mayor
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