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Imagine putting off investing in your child’s education, home repairs or your retirement. Unfortunately, City Hall keeps putting off investing in our environment, even though these investments are key to a good quality of life and economic prosperity, now and in TH the future. ON OCTOBER 27 , It’s time City Hall invested in our environment to avoid the ever-growing costs of doing nothing. The Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) has a plan. It’s called the VOTE TO INVEST Green Action Agenda and it will: TTC IMPROVE THE IN OUR IR QUALITY IMPROVE A PREPARE FOR SEVERE WEATHER ENVIRONMENT REDUCE WASTE DETOX TORONTO NOW IT’S TIME FOR CANDIDATES TO SAY YES TO INVESTING IN OUR ENVIRONMENT! What You Can Do: 1. Learn more about the Green Action Agenda at torontoenvironment.org/vote2014 2. Tell your Candidate to Support TEA’s Green Action Agenda. 3. Contact us to learn more about what you can do to help. (416-596-0660; [email protected]). ENVIRO REPORT CARD 2010-14 TEA chose 31 important votes on the environment that took place during City Council’s last term. We determined who voted for and against the environment. Below are the scores your Councillor received. To learn more, visit www.torontoenvironment.org/vote2014 Ana Bailão Pam McConnell Ward 18 Davenport Ward 28 Toronto Centre-Rosedale Great job. Next term, focus on A perfect score! Extremely A improving transit. A+ well done! Mary-Margaret Janet Davis McMahon Ward 31 Beaches-East York Ward 32 Beaches-East York A perfect score! Extremely A perfect score! Extremely A+ well done! A+ well done! Paula Fletcher Joe Mihevc Ward 30 Toronto-Danforth Ward 21 St. Paul’s A perfect score! Extremely A perfect score! Extremely A+ well done! A+ well done! Mary Fragedakis Gord Perks Ward 29 Toronto-Danforth Ward 14 Parkdale-High Park A perfect score! Extremely A perfect score! Extremely A+ well done! A+ well done! Mike Layton Adam Vaughan Ward 19 Trinity-Spadina Ward 20 Trinity-Spadina A perfect score! Extremely A perfect score! Extremely A+ well done! A+ well done! Josh Matlow Kristyn Wong-Tam Ward 22 St. Paul’s Ward 27 Toronto Centre-Rosedale Great job. Next term, focus on the negative impact Billy Bishop A perfect score! Extremely Airport expansion will have on the well done! A environment. A+ Toronto & East York.

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