Increasing GO Train service on Lakeshore East line
I hope you and your families are well during this beautiful fall season. I am excited to be back at Queen’s Park and to continue working on behalf of our community. I look forward to sharing updates with you and hearing your thoughts as we move forward together.
Honouring Our Veterans
Remembrance Day is a time to honour the brave Canadians who fought and gave their lives to protect the freedoms we enjoy today. Their courage and dedication continue to inspire our nation, and we are deeply grateful for their service and sacrifice.
I want to thank the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 258, for their continued leadership in the Poppy campaign and for their unwavering support of veterans and their families. Their efforts ensure that we never forget the sacrifices made for all Canadians.
CCRA Dedicates Bench to Jeff Forsyth
It was a great honour to join the Centennial Community Recreation Association (CCRA) as they dedicated a bench in honour of past president Jeff Forsyth. Many in our community know Jeff for his tireless involvement and commitment to the Centennial neighbourhood. His leadership and advocacy from his role on the Waterfront Trail Committee to countless other initiatives have made a lasting impact. This bench will serve as a reminder of his contributions and inspire future generations to continue building and strengthening our community.
Increasing Go Train Service
Effective October 27, we’re adding six new rush hour trips on the Lakeshore East line, giving Scarborough residents faster and more reliable service every day. Trains will now run every 10 minutes during peak hours, compared to the previous 15-minute intervals, helping commuters get to work, school and home faster. Peak hours are 7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., ensuring more convenient travel when it’s needed most.
These improvements are part of our ongoing commitment to enhance public transit in Scarborough, reduce travel times, and make daily commutes smoother. With more trips, better service and shorter waits, getting around the city has never been easier.
Investing in Long-Term Care
Our government is making a historic investment of $1.92 billion to strengthen staffing in Ontario’s long-term care homes, a commitment that builds on the progress we’ve made over the past four years. By training, hiring and retaining thousands of nurses and personal support workers, we are ensuring residents receive the care they deserve. This comes after we surpassed our target of four hours of direct daily care per resident this spring.
This investment builds on our previous $4.9 billion, four-year staffing plan, which focused on recruitment, training and retention, and added more than 16,000 nurses and personal support workers to the provincial workforce. Since 2021, long-term care residents are now receiving, on average, over an hour of additional daily direct care, a 36 percent increase, equivalent to 15 extra days of care per resident every year.
We will continue to prioritize long-term care so that every resident gets the quality care and dignity they deserve.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to our office at 8130 Sheppard Ave. East Unit 105, by email at vijay.thanigasalam@pc.ola.org, or give us a call at 416-283-8448.