HOW TO HELP
We have asked our experts and our politicians and this is what you can do to make a difference.
1. Write Mayor Tory and tell him not to allow Metrolinx to build diesel infrastructure in our park.
Although Metrolinx has authority to expropriate land, the agency needs the City’s cooperation. The Mayor promised us a Park in the lower Don. Will his legacy will be a diesel train facility serving Milton commuters?
Email: mayor_tory@toronto.ca
Telephone: 416-397-CITY (2489)
Twitter: @TorontosMayor
Instagram: @TorontosMayor
Facebook: @TorontosMayor
2. Donate to Build the Park.
Funds will be directed toward developing full renderings of the facility at a landscape scale as well as a social media awareness campaign.
https://smallchangefund.ca/project/save-the-don-valley-park/
3. Metrolinx is a provincial agency, but it is also funded by the Federal Government. Reach out to our MPs and tell them that transit should take us to a greener future.
It’s your money at work. You should have your say. Contact these federal ministers today.
| Name | Ministry | Mandate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omar Alghabra |
Transport |
omar.alghabra@parl.gc.ca | |
| Jonathan Wilkinson |
Natural Resources |
jonathan.wilkinson@parl.gc.ca | Nat. Resources Mandate |
| Steven Guilbeault | Environment & Climate Change | Steven.Guilbeault@parl.gc.ca | Env. and Climate Mandate |
| Chrystia Freeland | Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister | chrystia.freeland@parl.gc.ca | Finance Mandate |
| Dominic LeBlanc | Infrastructure & Communities | dominic.leblanc@parl.gc.ca | Infras. and Comm. Mandate |
| Filomena Tassi | Public Services & Procurement | filomena.tassi@parl.gc.ca | Public Services and Procurement Mandate |
| Randy Boissonnault | Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance | randy.boissonnault@parl.gc.ca | Tourism and Finance Mandate |
| François-Philippe Champagne | Innovation, Science, & Industry | francois-philippe.champagne@parl.gc.ca | Innov., Science and Industry Mandate |
| Joyce Murray | Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard | joyce.murray@parl.gc.ca | Fisheries and Oceans Mandate |
4. Write to the Metrolinx Chair and CEO. Tell them to find a more appropriate location.
Transit planning must consider established policy goals for the protection of green space and the development of parkland.
Donald Wright, Chair: chair@metrolinx.com
Phil Verster, President and CEO: ceo@metrolinx.com.
5. Sign this petition to move the layover
https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/move-the-don-valley-layover-facility
