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Tom Rakocevic
NDP MPP and transit critic at the Ontario Legislature. Rakocevic coordinated with ATU Local 113 and prepared amendments to Bill 98 at the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, seeking to limit the provincial takeover provisions to cross-boundary transit corridors only.
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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 NDP transit critic, Rakocevic engaged with transit unions and prepared amendments at committee to limit Bill 98's transit takeover provisions. He coordinated with ATU Local 113 to strengthen opposition and worked alongside Liberal transit critic Andrea Hazell to push back on the bill's removal of TTC Board authority.