Terminate Rick Leary as TTC CEO.

The Issue

Since becoming CEO of the TTC in 2017, Rick Leary has by design or sheer incompetence taken what was a transit system that was the envy of every Canadian city and turned it into a national disgrace. 

Service suspensions and low speed zones. Which were once a rarity,  now happen multiple times daily affecting thousands of commuters with little to no information being passed on to customers.

Under the "leadership" of Rick Leary, regular maintenence and inspections of crucial infrastructure no longer takes place. The Scarborough derailment (and hidden 3rd party engineers report,) The split rail at Museum Station (after 9 weekends of closures for "maintenence,) and the recent electrical fire in Etobicoke all clearly demonstrate this. As of yet, no one has been seriously injured or worse.  However it's just a matter of time before that changes. 

Passenger safety is not taken seriously, with TTC lawyers saying on the record in court "That is unsafe for people to travel alone on the system." (https://toronto.citynews.ca/2022/06/10/ttc-bloor-yonge-subway-station-lawsuit-toronto/ Who says that?

Although funding for transit in Toronto is far from ideal, there comes a time when leadership and basic management skills are essential.  Rick Leary lacks both, and as we enter into an era where things need to be fixed before they break and labour negotiations with operators are already beginning to falter,  we the residents of Toronto and the only stakeholder of the TTC need leadership. The only real way forward for our city and Transit System is to Terminate Rick Leary for cause. The cause being Gross Negligence.

Please help me make the TTC a truly World Class transit system by helping to get rid of the one thing that is actively trying to sabotage it. 

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The Issue

Since becoming CEO of the TTC in 2017, Rick Leary has by design or sheer incompetence taken what was a transit system that was the envy of every Canadian city and turned it into a national disgrace. 

Service suspensions and low speed zones. Which were once a rarity,  now happen multiple times daily affecting thousands of commuters with little to no information being passed on to customers.

Under the "leadership" of Rick Leary, regular maintenence and inspections of crucial infrastructure no longer takes place. The Scarborough derailment (and hidden 3rd party engineers report,) The split rail at Museum Station (after 9 weekends of closures for "maintenence,) and the recent electrical fire in Etobicoke all clearly demonstrate this. As of yet, no one has been seriously injured or worse.  However it's just a matter of time before that changes. 

Passenger safety is not taken seriously, with TTC lawyers saying on the record in court "That is unsafe for people to travel alone on the system." (https://toronto.citynews.ca/2022/06/10/ttc-bloor-yonge-subway-station-lawsuit-toronto/ Who says that?

Although funding for transit in Toronto is far from ideal, there comes a time when leadership and basic management skills are essential.  Rick Leary lacks both, and as we enter into an era where things need to be fixed before they break and labour negotiations with operators are already beginning to falter,  we the residents of Toronto and the only stakeholder of the TTC need leadership. The only real way forward for our city and Transit System is to Terminate Rick Leary for cause. The cause being Gross Negligence.

Please help me make the TTC a truly World Class transit system by helping to get rid of the one thing that is actively trying to sabotage it. 

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Jeff NashPetition Starter

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Chair of the Toronto Transit Commission Board

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Petition created on April 27, 2024