Contact Log for Train Documentary

Tony Ruprecht (416) 535-3158. * QP #416-325-7777
1359 Davenport Road
Toronto, Ontario
M6H 2H5

- Called Monday Sept. 14 10:30 AM: was told to call Queens Park # 416-325-7777.
- Mon Sept 14 10:35 AM. Called QP office and left number. Tony in legislature and will call back.
- Called Thursday Sept 17 @ 9:40 AM. Was told by receptionist Miriam that there would be a response by tomorrow…
- Tony calls 5:00 Pm Friday Sept 18. Wants to do the interview right now. We arrange to shoot the next day, Saturday at 10:15 AM.
- Tony phones at 8:30 AM and cancels the interview. He says he must run a written request by caucus before he can do an interview.
- Sat. Sept. 19 at 9:17 AM I email a written request for an interview to Tony Ruprecht, as requested by Tony for his caucus to vette.
- A staffer e-mails me on Monday Sept 28 with info and a letter (the one sent to Scott Dobson) from May but not word about interview.
- Friday October 2 Tony R calls me at home and says he ‘can’t’ do the interview. He hangs up on me.
- Called Tony at his QP office and he told me what he’s doing on the issue (which is very little, if anything) and that 'will have to be good enough’.

Adam Giambrone
City Hall
100 Queen Street West, Suite C42
Toronto, M5H 2N2
Phone: 416-392-7012
Fax: 416-392-7957

- Called on Monday Sept. 14 @ 10:40 AM. Was told to e-mail request for interview by staffer Erica.
- E-mailed with interview request on Sept 14 in the afternoon.
- E-mailed another interview request on Friday, September 18, 2009 12:26 pm.
- Tuesday Sept. 22 Erika at office responds by e-mail.
- Thursday Sept 24 spoke with Erika on phone and arranged an interview w Adam at City Hall on Thurs Oct 1 @ 5:30 PM.
- Mon Sept 28 Erika e-mails and wants to push the interview to earlier the same day – 2PM.
- I phone Erika on Tuesday Sept 29 and she cancels interview and moves it to the following week, Oct. 8 at 10AM.
- Interview complete!

Mario Silva
1674 St. Clair Ave. W.
Toronto, Ontario M6N 1H8
(416) 654-8048

- Called his office at 9:45 on Tuesday September 29 and spoke with a staffer who took my info and said someone would get back to me and weekends were the best time to do an interview.
- Interview scheduled for Thursday October 15 @ 11:00 at Ryerson.
- Thursday Oct 15 Silva’s office e-mails about 2 hours before the start time to cancel the interview without explanation.
- They suggest a phone interview the next day.
- The arrangement is Mario calls me the next morning. He does. We talk on the phone and he tries to shift the blame to the city.

Gerard Kennedy
2849 Dundas Street West
Toronto, Ontario
M6P 1Y6
Phone 416-769-5072

Gord Perks
City Councillor
Ward 14, Parkdale-High Park
100 Queen Street West
2nd Floor, Suite A14
Toronto, Ontario M5H 2N2P: (416) 392-7919
E: councillor_perks@toronto.ca

- Called and left voice message on Thursday Sept. 17 @ 9:30
- Call was returned Thursday Sept. 17, spoke with Moe.
- Interview confirmed via e-mail on Friday Sept. 18
- Interview set for 11 AM on Tuesday Sept. 22 at City Hall
- Interviewed Perks at City Hall! Went very well.

Laura Albanese M.P.P.
York South Weston
Unit 102 - 2301 Keele St
Toronto, Ontario
M6M 3Z9

Phone: (416) 243-7984
Fax: (416) 243-0327
lalbanese.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org

- Spoke with Sue on Oct 7 @ 4:07 PM. She said someone will get back to me.
- Staffer named Andrew Monti calls and we discuss what I’m doing. He asks for a written request in more detail –where when why etc. I ask him if the request has to go through caucus. He says he doesn’t know but will find out. We discuss shooting the interview by the end of November.
- Nov 2. Andrew responds by e-mail and says Laura will do the interview and they have a couple of dates but he doesn’t say what the dates are. He asks for a list of questions.
- I send the list of questions and the other info Andrew asks for by e-mail on Nov 3. Have not heard from them since and still no answer to the question of whether or not the request goes through caucus.

The Honourable John Gerretsen
Minister of the Environment
12th Floor, 135 St. Clair Avenue West
Toronto, Ontario
M4V 1P5
Telephone: (416) 314-6790
Fax: (416) 314-7337

- Called with request Thursday Nov 19 in the AM, was told to email.
- Sent email the same morning stating a request for an on-camera interview.

Hon. JAMES BRADLEY
Minister of Transportation
77 Wellesley St. W. 3rd Floor
Ferguson Block, Toronto, ON M7A 1Z8
(416) 327-9200 Fax: (416) 234-2276
minister@mto.gov.on.ca

- Called with request for interview on Thursday Nov. 19 in the AM.
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Dr. David McKeown
416-338-7600
Contact us:
publichealth@toronto.ca

- Called on Tuesday Sept. 15 and left message
- Response from Reeshma on Wed Sept. 15
- Return call and message from me on Thursday Sept. 17 @ 9:30 AM
- Left phone message with Rishma on Tuesday Sept. 22 at 4:10 PM.
- Sent e-mail follow up to Rishma on Thursday Sept 24 @ 10:30 PM
- Interview set for Thursday Oct 8 @ 10:AM with Dr. Monica Campbell – completed!

Cheri DiNovo. Parkdale / High Park MPP
3136 Dundas Street West Toronto ON M6P 2A1
416-763-5630

- Made one call (on a Monday) and the interview was set up for later the same week
- Interview completed!

Mayor DAVID MILLER
Toronto City Hall, 2nd Floor
100 Queen St. W, Toronto, ON M5H 2N2
(416) 397-2489 Fax: (416) 696-3687
mayor_miller@toronto.ca

- Have had a couple of conversations with his assistant Brendan and sent an e-mail request but they have not gotten back to me.
- E-mail request was sent October 22.

Premier Dalton McGuinty
Room 281, MainLegislativeBuilding, Queen's Park
Toronto, OntarioM7A 1A1
Tel: 416-325-1941

- Letter requesting an interview with Dalton was delivered by hand to Queens Park on Nov. 23 around 4 – 4:30.
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George Smitherman

- E-mailed him October 3 at address provided on website.
- Phoned his office on Oct 9 and was given the name of his publicist/media person Amy Tang.
- Oct 9 called Amy Tang and left a voice message.
- At time of writing (Nov 25) have still received no reply.

Donna Cansfield Constituency Office MPP Etobicoke Center
4800 Dundas Street West, Suite 200
Etobicoke ON M9A 1B1
416-234-2800

E-mail: dcansfield.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org

Metrolinx

Rob MacIsaac, Chair
416-874-5903

J Robert S Prichard, President & CEO
robert.prichard@metrolinx.com
416-874-5906

- I called to request and interview on Thursday Nov. 19 in the AM.
- Jackie (publicist) returned call to ask what I was doing. Told her I was making a doc. Awaiting a response.
- Nov 25 Jackie calls to ask what program I’m in. She wants to know if I’m in journalism. She e-mails on Nov 25 asking me to e-mail a list of questions.
- I emailed a list of questions on Nov 25.
- Jacquie responds on Nov 26 saying she received my questions and asking if i could trim down the interview time from 30 minutes to 5-15 minutes as Mr. Prichard is very busy. She also asks if I have an alternative phone number - strange.
- I respond Nov 27. I tell her there is no other phone number and I will cut down the interview time to 15 minutes.

Colleen Bell, General Manager
colleen.bell@metrolinx.com
416-874-5942

Robyn Connelly, Project/Community Development Officer
robyn.connelly@metrolinx.com
416-874-5916

Brian Peltier, Executive Lead
brian.peltier@metrolinx.com
416-874-5959

James O’Mara, Executive Lead
james.omara@metrolinx.com
416-874-5920

James (Jim) O'Mara, Executive Lead, Environment Planning and Policy

James (Jim) O'Mara joined Metrolinx on a secondment in October 2007, as Executive Lead for Environmental Policy and Planning. He brings more than 25 years of policy and program development, as well as operational delivery experience. When he joined Metrolinx, Jim was Director of Environmental Assessment and Approvals in the Ontario Ministry of the Environment. He has worked in a number of infrastructure and economic development ministries, including the Ministries of Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development and Trade. He has also led the development and implementation of several important Ontario government initiatives such as the establishment of Government Information Centres in the Greater Toronto Area. Jim was seconded to the federal Royal Commission on the Future of the Toronto Waterfront where he worked on development plans in the Central Waterfront and the Port of Toronto. He began his career in the public service in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario where he worked on the Public Accounts Committee. Prior to joining the Legislative Assembly, he taught in the geography program at several universities, including York, McMaster, and Ryerson.

Kim Lambert, Executive Lead, Corporate Services

Kim Lambert is the Director of Corporate Services. She was the Director of the Modal Policy and Partnerships Branch, Ministry of Transportation, where she managed the relationship between the province and 407 ETR Concession Company Limited, the private company that operates Highway 407. Her role included building relationships and influencing stakeholders while providing technical knowledge and advice on all modes of the transportation system to support government policy development and broader strategic initiatives. Kim has worked in three divisions of the Ministry of Transportation and was formerly the Manager of the Municipal Office and the Local Services Realignment Office. She joined the Ontario Public Service in 1980, in the Thunder Bay Regional Office, and has been a key contributor to policy development in the Policy, Planning and Standards Division of the Ministry of Transportation.

GARY McNEIL
GO Transit Managing Director
20 Bay Street, Suite 600
Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2W3
(416) 269-3525

CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY
4900, Yonge Street, Suite 300
Toronto, Ontario M2N 6A5
(416) 952-7895 Fax: 416-952-7897
info@otc-cta.gc.ca

KATHRYN HANFORD
GO Transit Community Liaison Person
for questions and concerns
(416) 604-9582
khanford@mrc.ca

TRINA MELATTI
Go Transit Rail Improvement Program Communication Manager
20 Bay Street, 7th Floor
Toronto, ON M5J 2W3
(416) 869-3600 x5175
trina.melatti@gotrip.ca

Nancy Sinatra
Licensing Information
Michael Erlinger
Tel (310) 855-9178
Fax (310) 289-0165