The TTC has already closed one of Toronto's main shopping streets – Queen Street West – for the past 6 weeks, resulting in major revenue losses for local businesses. 

It is now planning to close Queen Street from Bathurst to Shaw Street during the time that is most critical for all retailers - the month of December.  (photo credit: blogTO)

This comes immediately after local retailers, restaurants and services have barely survived and are still trying to cope with losses from North America's longest closures due to COVID-19.

The closing of the street for TTC repairs will most certainly result in the permanent closure of numerous local businesses, along with the personal economic fallout for the owners and their families, job losses and further erosion of civic and social vibrancy.

Sign this petition to get the TTC to delay this construction until January 1 and give these local business owners the best chances of recovering from all that has happened to them in the past 2 years.  

There are over 300 local businesses that will be impacted, some catastrophically, if this construction takes place during the year’s busiest retail season.

Already one business has shut permanently, saying the current TTC work on Queen from Bathurst to Niagara has been “the final nail in the coffin”.

We are not asking the TTC to stop construction, just delay it until after the holiday shopping and socializing season.

The TTC is overseen by elected officials who can delay this construction and prevent these economic consequences. It is also influenced by elected representatives in the Toronto City Council and Parliament of Ontario – which both have elections in 2022.

Let these elected officials know that the health of local businesses and the benefits they bring to a community are important to you.

SIGN THIS PETITION and ask them to DELAY TTC work on Queen Street West until January.

IN ADDITION TO SIGNING, you can send your own message using these SOCIAL MEDIA contacts of the Decision Makers:

You can use the hashtag #KeepQueenOpen 

Mayor John Tory:
twitter: @JohnTory facebook: @johntoryTO Instagram: @johntory

Councillor Jaye Robinson, Chair of TTC
tw: @JayeRobinson fb: @JayeRobinson15 IG: @jaye.robinson

TTC Board Members
Councillor Brad Bradford
tw: @BradMBradford fb: @/brad.bradford.79 IG: @bradfordgrams

Councillor Shelley Carroll
tw: @shelleycarroll fb: @ShelleyCarrollTO IG: @shelleycarrollto

Councillor Cynthia Lai
tw: @cynthiaToronto fb: @councillor.lai

Councillor Jennifer McKelvie
tw: @McKelvieWard25 fb: @McKelvieWard25 IG: @mckelvieward25

Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong
tw: @DenzilMW fb: @MinnanWong IG: @denzilminnanwong

Councillor Joe Cressy (Spadina-Fort York) (not a TTC Board member)
tw: @joe_cressy fb: @CressyJoe IG: @cllrjoecressy

MPP Chris Glover (Spadina-Fort York)
tw: @ChrisGloverMPP fb: @ChrisGloverMPP IG: @chrisglovermpp

Premier Doug Ford
tw: @fordnation fb: @FordNationDougFord IG: @fordnationdougford

MP Kevin Vuong (Spadina-Fort York)
tw: @KevinVuongTO IG: @kevinvuongto

Federal Minister of Transport Hon. Omar Alghabra
tw: @OmarAlghabra fb: @oalghabra IG: @oalghabra