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Toronto Arts Coalition calls YOU to action on the City's budget crisis.
THIS is our LAST chance to affect the tax vote.
Come to City Hall Monday morning and encourage your Councillor to "Vote YES for Toronto"
Monday October 22, 8:30am, Nathan Phillips Square
City Council is voting on the proposed new taxes beginning at 9:00 in City Hall Council Chambers. A strong community presence is important to ensure Councillors do the right thing and support the investments Toronto needs to be a great city.
Did you know that without the new taxes we could see the end of city support for many theatres, galleries, festivals & concerts and to city funding to writers, artists and musicians? It could also lead to even shorter hours for libraries, community centres and health programs—threatening everything that makes Toronto one of the world’s most liveable cities.
Come to City Hall to encourage your Councillor to Vote YES for Toronto.
Drop what you're doing for an hour - your presence will be effective.
More information on the land transfer tax. Did you know:
• the land transfer tax is a one-time 1-2% cost payable only when you choose to buy a house; if implemented it will avert large annual property tax increases (18%) payable each and every year
• first time home buyers will receive a rebate for the land transfer tax
• only 6 cents of every tax dollar you pay goes to the city. The remaining 94 cents goes to the provincial and federal governments.
For more information on the land transfer tax, and the city's upcoming vote www.fairtaxes.ca
For more information and regular updates on Toronto artists' response to the city budget crisis click Toronto Arts Coalition. Other initiatives are being organized.
The artists and audiences of Toronto thank you for adding your voice to the growing movement to save our City.
Please send to your councillor and show your support for the arts!
Open letter from Toronto artists…
What do you value about Toronto?
This letter is to alert you to the biggest crisis facing our city since amalgamation.
The papers have been overflowing with news of Toronto’s desperate financial state. In the next couple of months the city must either find significant new revenue sources or drastically reduce services.
As a Torontonian and an arts supporter, it is now time to join us and make your voice heard.
If you believe, as we do, that city services, including investment in hundreds of arts organizations, are important – please join us
• Contact your City Councillor to let him/her know that city services, especially the arts, are important to you
• Ask for a commitment from your provincial candidate to put adequate funding of Toronto at the top of their agenda
The reasons we support the arts in Toronto is that the quality and diversity of arts activities make the city one in which we want to live, and enrich our lives every day. We also know that:
• The arts are the creative engine which drives much of Toronto’s vibrancy and future economic growth.
• The arts engage our youth offering opportunities for thousands of kids in at-risk neighbourhoods through programming in community centres, schools, libraries and parks.
• The culture sector in Toronto employs 100,000+ and contributed over $8 billion to the city’s GDP in 2001 (Deloitte).
• Each $1 investment by Toronto Arts Council (TAC) to the city’s arts organizations attracts, on average, an additional $17 in revenue
• Arts events fuel restaurants, hotels, taxis – the entire tourism industry
• More Torontonians attend arts events than sporting events every year
• Toronto Arts Council’s entire budget costs each homeowner a mere $7 per year.
If you want to live in a city that chooses not to close its community centres, shut its subway lines, limit access to skating rinks and reduce funding to its artists… let your political leaders know what you think.
Thank you.
Yours truly,
Albert Schultz
Karen Kain
Jeanne Lamon
Atom Egoyan
Molly Johnson
Your action now can prevent this.
UPDATE: DUE TO LARGE VOLUMES, THE CITY CLERK CANNOT FORWARD EMAILS TO CITY COUNCILLORS. IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SENT THE 'SPEND 30 SECONDS TO SAVE THE ARTS IN TORONTO' - PLEASE SEND AGAIN AS BELOW:
The city has never been closer to the brink. In just 30 seconds you can help avert cuts to the fabric of our city:
1. CREATE a new email, addressed to
mayor_miller@toronto.ca
clerk@toronto.ca
2. COPY to Councillors below
councillor_ainslie@toronto.ca ;
councillor_ashton@toronto.ca ;
councillor_augimeri@toronto.ca ;
councillor_bussin@toronto.ca ;
councillor_carroll@toronto.ca ;
Councillor_Cho@toronto.ca ;
Councillor_Davis@toronto.ca ;
Councillor_deBaeremaeker@toronto.ca ;
Councillor_delgrande@toronto.ca ;
Councillor_digiorgio@toronto.ca ;
Councillor_feldman@toronto.ca ;
Councillor_filion@toronto.ca ;
Councillor_fletcher@toronto.ca ;
Councillor_ford@toronto.ca ;
Councillor_giambrone@toronto.ca ;
Councillor_grimes@toronto.ca ;
Councillor_hall@toronto.ca
THIS is our LAST chance to affect the tax vote.
Come to City Hall Monday morning and encourage your Councillor to "Vote YES for Toronto"
Monday October 22, 8:30am, Nathan Phillips Square
City Council is voting on the proposed new taxes beginning at 9:00 in City Hall Council Chambers. A strong community presence is important to ensure Councillors do the right thing and support the investments Toronto needs to be a great city.
Did you know that without the new taxes we could see the end of city support for many theatres, galleries, festivals & concerts and to city funding to writers, artists and musicians? It could also lead to even shorter hours for libraries, community centres and health programs—threatening everything that makes Toronto one of the world’s most liveable cities.
Come to City Hall to encourage your Councillor to Vote YES for Toronto.
Drop what you're doing for an hour - your presence will be effective.
More information on the land transfer tax. Did you know:
• the land transfer tax is a one-time 1-2% cost payable only when you choose to buy a house; if implemented it will avert large annual property tax increases (18%) payable each and every year
• first time home buyers will receive a rebate for the land transfer tax
• only 6 cents of every tax dollar you pay goes to the city. The remaining 94 cents goes to the provincial and federal governments.
For more information on the land transfer tax, and the city's upcoming vote www.fairtaxes.ca
For more information and regular updates on Toronto artists' response to the city budget crisis click Toronto Arts Coalition. Other initiatives are being organized.
The artists and audiences of Toronto thank you for adding your voice to the growing movement to save our City.
Please send to your councillor and show your support for the arts!
Open letter from Toronto artists…
What do you value about Toronto?
This letter is to alert you to the biggest crisis facing our city since amalgamation.
The papers have been overflowing with news of Toronto’s desperate financial state. In the next couple of months the city must either find significant new revenue sources or drastically reduce services.
As a Torontonian and an arts supporter, it is now time to join us and make your voice heard.
If you believe, as we do, that city services, including investment in hundreds of arts organizations, are important – please join us
• Contact your City Councillor to let him/her know that city services, especially the arts, are important to you
• Ask for a commitment from your provincial candidate to put adequate funding of Toronto at the top of their agenda
The reasons we support the arts in Toronto is that the quality and diversity of arts activities make the city one in which we want to live, and enrich our lives every day. We also know that:
• The arts are the creative engine which drives much of Toronto’s vibrancy and future economic growth.
• The arts engage our youth offering opportunities for thousands of kids in at-risk neighbourhoods through programming in community centres, schools, libraries and parks.
• The culture sector in Toronto employs 100,000+ and contributed over $8 billion to the city’s GDP in 2001 (Deloitte).
• Each $1 investment by Toronto Arts Council (TAC) to the city’s arts organizations attracts, on average, an additional $17 in revenue
• Arts events fuel restaurants, hotels, taxis – the entire tourism industry
• More Torontonians attend arts events than sporting events every year
• Toronto Arts Council’s entire budget costs each homeowner a mere $7 per year.
If you want to live in a city that chooses not to close its community centres, shut its subway lines, limit access to skating rinks and reduce funding to its artists… let your political leaders know what you think.
Thank you.
Yours truly,
Albert Schultz
Karen Kain
Jeanne Lamon
Atom Egoyan
Molly Johnson
Your action now can prevent this.
UPDATE: DUE TO LARGE VOLUMES, THE CITY CLERK CANNOT FORWARD EMAILS TO CITY COUNCILLORS. IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SENT THE 'SPEND 30 SECONDS TO SAVE THE ARTS IN TORONTO' - PLEASE SEND AGAIN AS BELOW:
The city has never been closer to the brink. In just 30 seconds you can help avert cuts to the fabric of our city:
1. CREATE a new email, addressed to
mayor_miller@toronto.ca
clerk@toronto.ca
2. COPY to Councillors below
councillor_ainslie@toronto.ca ;
councillor_ashton@toronto.ca ;
councillor_augimeri@toronto.ca ;
councillor_bussin@toronto.ca ;
councillor_carroll@toronto.ca ;
Councillor_Cho@toronto.ca ;
Councillor_Davis@toronto.ca ;
Councillor_deBaeremaeker@toronto.ca ;
Councillor_delgrande@toronto.ca ;
Councillor_digiorgio@toronto.ca ;
Councillor_feldman@toronto.ca ;
Councillor_filion@toronto.ca ;
Councillor_fletcher@toronto.ca ;
Councillor_ford@toronto.ca ;
Councillor_giambrone@toronto.ca ;
Councillor_grimes@toronto.ca ;
Councillor_hall@toronto.ca
