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Mayor John Tory at Ryerson

Toronto mayor John Tory is coming to Ryerson as part of the Ted Rogers School of Management's "Law, Business, Politics - The Real World" speaker series. The event will begin at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 26. The Ryersonian's Monique Phillips will be live-blogging the event to bring you Tory's insights from this lecture/Q&A session.

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Don't miss our live blog of Mayor John Tory's lecture at Ryerson starting today at 3:30 p.m.

by The Ryersonian 3/26/2015 5:35:34 PM
"The general anxiety of making decisions is slowing down," said Tory

by Monique Phillips 3/26/2015 7:56:17 PM
"It is interesting to me what people think of our own city, by and large people are admiring... of the way we embrace each other," said Tory.

by Monique Phillips 3/26/2015 8:02:32 PM
Mayor John Tory says that it is a privilege being the Mayor of Toronto.

by Monique Phillips edited by The Ryersonian 3/26/2015 8:05:37 PM
First question to Mayor John Tory is about transportation in Toronto.

by Monique Phillips 3/26/2015 8:07:37 PM
Mayor John Tory says transportation is a regional problem which is why Toronto should be talking with the mayors of other cities.

by Monique Phillips edited by The Ryersonian 3/26/2015 8:09:38 PM
Next question is about the increase in the cost of a Toronto metropass.

by Monique Phillips edited by The Ryersonian 3/26/2015 8:10:51 PM
Mayor Tory says increasing the cost of a metropass every year by the rate of inflation helps ease a larger increase in the long run. This also helps TTC service to be maintained.

by Monique Phillips 3/26/2015 8:13:05 PM
Mayor John Tory says that the cost of a child fare adds up for a family over a long period of time and he would hate for this to impede on their ability to get to things such as the local community centre.

by Monique Phillips 3/26/2015 8:15:06 PM
"There is no evidence that anything is going to be torn down," said Mayor Tory in response to a question about heritage sites and other places possibly being torn down as a result of Smart Track.

by Monique Phillips 3/26/2015 8:17:30 PM
"We are making investments for the benefit of the whole city, " said Mayor Tory in response to a question about some decisions benefiting some parts of the city more than other parts.

by Monique Phillips 3/26/2015 8:19:14 PM
by Natasha Campagna via twitter 3/26/2015 8:20:38 PM
"People will know that they are accountable to someone," said Tory. Highlights that this will help change the culture of people being accountable and says he meets with the people in charge of different projects to hear about the status.

by Monique Phillips 3/26/2015 8:59:26 PM
Mayor Tory says that he is for "voting going with citizenship."

by Monique Phillips 3/26/2015 9:00:52 PM
#johntory does not support extending voting privileges to permanent residents.

by savethesun via twitter 3/26/2015 9:01:52 PM
Mayor John Tory says that he is offended by the Israel Apartheid group's use of the word 'apartheid.'

by Monique Phillips edited by The Ryersonian 3/26/2015 9:09:27 PM

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