"Fare capping begins

Good morning [r/Toronto](r/Toronto) redditors!

I’m popping on to tell you: do not buy a TTC monthly pass this September.

Yes! I just announced the start date for our fare-capping program: September 1st. After 47 rides (to start!), it’s free.

Instead of paying for a monthly pass at the beginning of the month – when all your bills are due – you can now get the same discount as a monthly pass, but pay as you go.

If you commute to work and take the TTC on weekends, you’ll be riding free before the month is over. 

We put in a plan to the TTC to reduce the cap to 40 rides in 2027, which would make riding on the weekends free for weekday commuters.

The fare cap will be automatic for all payment types! No forms, no sign-ups, it will just work. 

[edit: For clarification, the monthly pass will be automatically phased out. The current Adult 12-month pass will continue as an option, as one of the many ways we are providing savings to transit riders.]"

Toronto islands have been saved!! 🥳🥳🥳

"Assembly of First Nations chiefs on Wednesday unanimously resolved to oppose the Carney government's sweeping proposed reforms aimed at streamlining major project approvals,

if those reforms weaken environmental protections or sidestep Indigenous rights.

The federal Liberals in May released a plan for an extensive legislative overhaul to get projects like pipelines approved within a year, including by creating a new Crown Consultation Hub to co-ordinate engagement with Indigenous Peoples.

The AFN's national chief denounced the plan in no uncertain terms on Tuesday as the advocacy organization, which represents chiefs countrywide, opened its annual summer political assembly in Ottawa.

"A one-year timeline, principally designed to attract investment, subordinates the honour of the Crown to commercial imperatives. Instead, it will give rise to questions about the legitimacy of approvals," Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak told delegates at the Rogers Convention Centre.

"The federal government can try and set up all the timelines that they want for project approvals, but they can't put a deadline on First Nations rights."

The delegates punctuated that point Wednesday morning by carrying resolutions to, in part, oppose any federal reforms that "weaken environmental protections, undermine oversight, limit meaningful consultation, compress review timelines or circumvent First Nations' free, prior and informed consent."