On Monday November 13 Be a Part of the Future of our City

Dear Neighbour,

Three years ago, I asked you to help me take back our city.

Today thanks to all of our hard work, Toronto is safer, stronger, cleaner and greener.

We've said YES to more police and new programs for young people – and NO to gangs and guns.

We've said YES to good financial management – and NO to influence peddling at City Hall.
 
We've said YES to transit, green bins and smart garbage solutions – and NO to litter on our streets.

On Monday November 13th, please say YES to a better Toronto by voting in our municipal election.

It's our city. It's our future. Be a part of it.

What's On The Campaign Blog Today

GO VOTE!

That's it. The message of the day.

The speeches have been made, the policies pitched, and the visions
articulated. These are all essential expressions of a healthy
representative democracy.  But the most essential expression is the very
simple act of voting.

So go vote.

Tell your friends to vote.

Tell your neighbours as you pass them on the street, and your colleagues as you pass them in the hallway.

Voting is easy.  If you've not received your voter card, or you're not
sure about your polling location, start here:
http://www.toronto.ca/vote2006/voter-faq.htm

Voting is fun.  Seriously - I mean this.  Yes, there are lines and ID, and things that involve lines and ID are rarely enjoyable.  But voting is fun in just the way that Taste of the Danforth, or Caribana, or any of the other multitude of the street festivals we so cherish are fun.  It is the city, on parade.  At the risk of waxing misty-eyed, it is the shopkeeper from the corner store and the librarian from down the street, and even the crotchety neighbour you sometimes avoid, all together for a moment, acting as a community.

Voting is empowering.  Even if you're sceptical, even if it feels mundane, as soon as you step into a polling station you take part in the process of making your representative government actually, well - representative. And that act of participation, of acting rather than merely watching an election sail on by, is the best way of diffusing scepticism about politics.

Thus, I say again - go vote!

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Posted by: Hamutal Dotan on 13/11/2006 at 17:48.
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How to rescue tourism - it starts with us!
Last Saturday, Nov. 4th, the front page headline and lead story in The Toronto Star detailed how Toronto's troubled tourism industry needs some major help. The most well known and marketed aspects of our city are things like The CN Tower, The Ontario Science Centre, The Art Gallery...[Continue Reading]

Posted by: Jan on 13/11/2006 at 17:46.
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Ask The Mayor

Jeff Churchill asks:
What is being done to curb the out-of-control development of condos in the downtown area? While I understand this is a lucridive business for many, they are ruining the aesthetic of this fair city, and warehouse spaces for artisans such as myself are quickly becoming extinct!

David Miller replies: Toronto’s official plan calls for intensification along public transit routes. With hundreds of thousands of new residents expected in the City in the coming decades we don’t have the luxury of remaining a low rise city. Nor is low-rise development necessarily the most desirable in... [Continue Reading]

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