Publicly Honouring the Service and Contributions of Veterans - by Chair Jamaal Myers, seconded by Commissioner Dianne Saxe

The Public Gallery wrote no story on this item. What follows is the city’s own record of what happened to it, as filed: nothing on this page is summarised or scored by us.

The decision

2025-07-17 · Toronto Transit Commission Board · adopted

As filed

The TTC Board requested TTC staff to identify opportunities to remember and honour Canada's veterans and highlight TTC staff who are veterans, including in TTC vehicles and in stations, and report back to the TTC Board no later than October 2025.

The vote

Adopt Item · Carried, 8-0

For (5)Ausma Malik, Dianne Saxe, Jamaal Myers, Josh Matlow, Paul Ainslie

Absent (1)Alejandra Bravo

The whole record, all 6 members

Every name opens that member’s record.

On the agenda

As the city filed it

Staff members of the TTC and its predecessor agencies, including the Toronto Railway Company and the Toronto Civic Railways, have consistently throughout their history served in Canada's armed forces to keep Canada and Canadians safe, including during World War 1 and World War 2. The TTC currently recognizes Canadian war veterans and peacekeepers with free access to the TTC on Warrior's Day and Remembrance Day, and brings all vehicles to a halt on Remembrance Day at 11 a.m.

Show the rest of As the city filed it, 512 more characters as filed

to honour the nation's veterans. However, the historical contributions of TTC staff and Torontonians who have served in Canada's armed forces is not as well known as it should be in light of their significant contributions to the development of Canada, the City of Toronto and the TTC. This motion seeks to ensure TTC and Toronto's veterans are publicly recognized and honoured on an ongoing and permanent way for their contributions and to ensure the public is knowledgeable and educated to their contributions.

Staff recommended

The TTC Board requests TTC staff to identify opportunities to remember and honour Canada's veterans and highlight TTC staff who are veterans, including in TTC vehicles and in stations, and report back to the TTC Board no later than October 2025.

On the record

The item as the City filed it