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Tonight nearly 200 residents attended the #OntarioLine Corktown station meeting. Residents are critical of the Province's development plans. They want more parkland and community facilities, less density, respect for heritage, true consultation & livability. #RespectLocalPlanning 
The First Parliament site was strategically assembled by City Council in recognition of the national importance these lands had in the formation of modern Canada. A heritage interpretation strategy was adopted in 2018 and the master plan completed this summer.
The First Parliament master plan is a vision document informed by local community, City Planning, Parks, Heritage, TO Library and others. The intention was to invest and build community facilities to support the area while recognizing the important heritage value of the site.
1. Last night's #OntarioLine meeting at Ryerson was very crowded and I came away more than a bit disappointed in what I saw. It was my first time in that building, which is on the site of the old journalism school, where Jack Layton told me (almost 34 years ago to the day) ...
2. ... that the then-proposed Downtown Relief Line (part of Network 2011) made no sense because a) it would lead to more densification of downtown (something we got) and b) its trains would be packed from Day 1 (a theory we never got to test). #OntarioLine
3. It was discouraging that plans don't seem to have advanced on crucial technical issues since the sketchy IBC report #Metrolinx released last summer. For example, I wonder what Transport Canada will say about light vehicles running so close beside GO's trains. #OntarioLine
