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Marvin Alfred
President of ATU Local 113, which represents nearly 12,000 TTC workers including bus drivers, subway operators, and maintenance staff. Alfred testified against Bill 98 at the Ontario Legislature's Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs on May 7, 2026, and led the union's campaign characterizing the bill as an unprecedented provincial takeover of the TTC.
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Ford's Bill 98 strips Toronto and the TTC Board of all authority over fares, service standards, and transit governance — handing the Minister of Transportation unchecked power to set prices, zones, and routes for the first time in over a century. Transit workers, riders, city council, and even TTC management are unanimous in opposition, but Ford's majority means the bill will pass.
As president of ATU Local 113, Alfred testified at Queen's Park against Bill 98 and warned that its provisions could allow the province to contract out TTC bus routes to private operators — eliminating a century of collective agreements governing TTC employment. He demanded the bill be limited to cross-boundary routes only and that any fare changes come with compensating provincial subsidies.