►Municipal Election Day is Monday, October 25, 2010 ◄ The Municipal Election is just weeks away from its culmination and it has been unlike any other in recent memory. With David Miller leaving the Mayor’s position, the race was wide open. There have been a preponderance of right-wing candidates proposing tax cuts, elimination of public service jobs, contracting out and privatization in the guise of “cost efficiencies”, and numerous other wild schemes that do not bear up under scrutiny.

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Yet, the public seems to have ridden a wave of general disgruntlement, and shown support (to date) for many of these negative, harmful campaigns. ETT, as part of the larger collective, the & York Region Labour Council, has chosen to endorse Joe Pantalone for Mayor . Deputy Mayor Joe Pantalone is a veteran of municipal politics and has played a key role in promoting and shaping the Toronto of today, with so many of its progressive measures. Joe Pantalone continues to promote a positive vision for this city. Joe has earned our support! ETT members should familiarize themselves with the endorsed candidates for councilor and trustee, as well. Make sure to vote on Election Day, or at an Advance Poll. Make sure that your friends and family know who the endorsed candidates are, and encourage them to vote. Help get these endorsed candidates elected by assisting in their campaigns. Volunteer some of your time for canvassing, phoning, packaging or sorting or mailing flyers, or ask for and put up a lawn sign (available after October 3rd). The ETT website ( www.ett.ca ) has plenty of information about the Municipal election, and about various campaigns underway www.ett.ca trying to promote support for progressive issues in this election, e.g., OneToronto, Public Services For All. The election is for a four-year term. Calm.ca Vote for a trustee who will support our schools!

Ward Riding Campaign for Public Education (CPE) endorsed trustee candidate

1 Etobicoke North (1&2) Saadiq Malik 2 Etobicoke Centre (3&4) Chris Glover 3 Etobicoke Lakeshore (5&6) Andy Kyriakos 4 York West (7&8) Stephnie Payne 5 York Centre (9&10) Howard Kaplan 6 York South Weston (11&12) Chris Tonks 7 Parkdale High Park (13&14) Irene Atkinson 8 Eglinton Lawrence (15&16) 9 Davenport (17&18) Maria Rodrigues 10 Trinity Spadina (19&20) 11 St. Paul’s (21&22) Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler 12 Willowdale (23&24) 13 Don Valley West (25&26) 14 Toronto Centre Rosedale (27&28) 15 Toronto Danforth (29&30) Cathy Dandy 16 Beaches East York (31&32) Sheila Cary-Meagher 17 Don Valley East (33&34) Michael Coteau 18 (35&36) Parthipan Kandavel 19 Scarborough Centre (37&38) David Smith 20 Scarborough Agincourt (39&40) Sam Sotiropoulos 21 Scarborough Rouge River (41&42) Shaun Chen

Candidates in bold = incumbents

Please note : Consensus at the CPE table was not reached for trustee candidates in Wards 10 & 14. ETT is endorsing Chris Bolton in Ward 10, Trinity Spadina, the incumbent trustee. ETT is endorsing Chris Moise in Ward 14, Toronto Centre - Rosedale, the non-incumbent candidate.

No candidates are selected for endorsement in Wards 8, or 12 , or 13 at this time.

For ETT members that will be voting for trustees in the Toronto Catholic District School Board, (Separate School Board) there are 2 trustee candidates endorsed by the Toronto & York Region Labour Council: Maria Rizzo (Ward 5) & Catherine LeBlanc-Miller (Ward 9).

For ETT members living in York Region, there are currently 2 Councillors that are endorsed: Dave Szollosy (Ward 3) - Town of Georgina & Steven Del Duca (Ward 3) - City of Vaughan The Labour Council is endorsing the following candidates for :

Ward 2 Cadigia Ali Ward 26 Mohamed Dhanani Ward 8 Ward 27 Kristyn Wong-Tam Ward 9 Ward 28 Pam McConnell Ward 10 Brian Shifman Ward 29 Ward 11 Leo Marshall Ward 30 Ward 12 Vilma Filici Ward 31 Ward 14 Ward 32 Ward 15 Ward 33 Ward 16 Michael Coll Ward 34 Peter Karl Youngren Ward 17 Jonah Schein Ward 35 Adrian Heaps Ward 18 Kevin Bealieu Ward 36 Robert Spencer Ward 19 Michael Layton Ward 38 Glen DeBaeremaker Ward 20 Ward 40 Bryan Heal Ward 21 Joe Mihevic Ward 42

GuluWalk is a campaign of Athletes for Africa that supports war-affected youth in northern Uganda. Started by two concerned citizens in 2005, today GuluWalk is an international movement for peace and reconstruction with over 30,000 participants in more than 100 cities in 16 different countries. The Toronto GuluWalk will take place on Saturday, October 23, 2010. The event will start at Lawrence Park (southeast corner of Yonge St. at Lawrence Ave. E). It will conclude at Queen’s Park (University and Wellesley Ave.). Time: 12:30 - 4:30. More information can be found on: www.guluwalk.com

In addition to ETT Political Action Committee’s own Teacher Film Series, we plan to support and participate in two other film festivals, the Regent Park Film Festival (RPFF) and the Canadian Labour International Film Festival (CLIFF). Both film festivals take place in November. The RPFF (Nov 3-6) is a free multicultural film festival, promoting accessibility to those who love film, but especially reflecting commu- nity issues. CLIFF ( 2 consecutive weekends November 20/21 & November 27/28) reflects films from, and about, the world of Labour. Watch for more information in the weeks ahead through the ETT Weekly. ETT Political Action Committee Executive Liaison: Andy Lomnicki