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The Government of Ontario oversees all the crown agencies like GO and
Metrolinx and the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure. So ultimately
they are responsible for what happens on the ground. It may be obvious
but it bears repeating that these government agencies are meant to be
providing services in the public interest, not making a profit and everything
they do should serve that mandate.
Below you will find a list of documents generated by the Premier's
Office and some of the Ministers involved.
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Clean Train Coalition
This is a grassroots organization made up of citizens who live along
the rail corridor where the expansion will be the most intense - 464
trains a day at full capacity.
Below you will find a list of documents generated by the Clean Train
Coalition and some of its members.
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Metrolinx
website
This is the agency the Provincial government formed in
December of 2007 to undertake The Big Move, a massive 50 billion
dollar project to revitalize and expand public transit in the Greater
Toronto and Hamilton area. My film is focused on one aspect of this larger
project; the 8 - 10x increase in rail traffic along the Georgetown corridor.
See maps here. |
| Letter
from McGuinty to some citizens. Emphasis on 'some'. Sent on Nov. 27, 2009 |
This
is the CTC's response to the Assessment process and objection to the use
of diesel . |
Metrolinx's James O'Mara responds to the
Toronto District School Board's concerns here. |
| Minister
of the Environments decision to proceed with dirty diesel. Oct 5, 2009. |
"The
Better Move" the CTC's response to Metrolinx's plan called "The
Big Move" |
Here
is the Environmental Project Report, July 30, 2009. All 500 + pages of it.
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| Some quotes from the Provincial Government here. |
The CTC's faq
page has a good overview of the entire issue. |
Metrolinx faq
page. Compare and contrast with the CTC. |
| Minister
of Transport Jim Bradley's response to NDP er Peter Ferreira. |
This is the letter that the TDSB and the CTC sent home
with students outlining the dangers of increased diesel rail traffic here. |
This is the Terms of Reference Report for the Electrification
Study that the Community Advisory Committee had input in drafting. CAC
Terms of Reference Report |
| McGuinty's response
to Alan Tonks (MP of York-Weston) regarding the Weston Community's concerns
about a rail stop in their neighbourhood. |
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First of 5 files
of documents showing the back and forth correspondence between Metrolinx
and the Ministry of the Environment (MOE).
Part 2 , Part
3 , Part 4
, Part 5 |
| Minister Gerretsen's
response to Mike Sullivan of the CTC. October 2009. |
CTC's response to flyer that led to
their official complaint to the Ontario Ombudsman here. |
Metrolinx flyer misinforming public
about health risks here. |
| Minister Garretsen's
response to Keith Brooks of the CTC. October 2009. |
CTC's Media release about the misinformation flyer
here. |
The flyer Metrolinx revised after an objection by Dr. McKeown
- see highlighted bullet here
that was the specific point of contention. |
| Federal
Transport Ministry Scoping Document for the rail expansion. March 2009. |
CTC
member Karl Junkin's brief to Minister Gerretsen, August 31, 2009. |
Human
Health Assessment of Air Quality Impacts |
| Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency weighs in here. |
Jason
Bomers letter to Metrolinx. |
Letter
to Minister of Environment explaining away health risks. |
| I made of Freedom of Information request to Infrastructure
Ontario and it was denied. See the letter here. |
High
Park Residents Association objection. |
Metrolinx's page for this particular
project here. |
| My FOI was denied on grounds laid out in FIPPA sections
17(1) and 18(1). See those sections here. |
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