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No money: Rails lie empty but main reason why grand transit ideas stay dreams is shortage of money, says Metro Chairman Alan Tonks
No money: Rails lie empty but main reason why grand transit ideas stay dreams is shortage of money, says Metro Chairman Alan Tonks

No money: Rails lie empty but main reason why grand transit ideas stay dreams is shortage of money, says Metro Chairman Alan Tonks

Date3/7/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: No money: Rails lie empty but main reason why grand transit ideas stay dreams is shortage of money; says Metro Chairman Alan Tonks.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Object NumberTSPA_0012691F
      Proponents angry: Metro Councillor Scott Cavaller, right, with Chairman Alan Tonks, rails at the province yesterday for killing the market value assessment plan.
      Proponents angry: Metro Councillor Scott Cavaller, right, with Chairman Alan Tonks, rails at the province yesterday for killing the market value assessment plan.
      Beaty, Keith
      12/8/1992
      Same aims, Metro Chairman Alan Tonks, left, and Premier Bob Rae, second from right, agreed yesterday on how to prod the economy but committed no money
      Same aims, Metro Chairman Alan Tonks, left, and Premier Bob Rae, second from right, agreed yesterday on how to prod the economy but committed no money
      Lautens, Richard
      2/21/1992
      Park the car. TTC chairman Mike Colle, left and Metro Chairman Alan Tonks board bus with Earth Week buttons to promote use of public transit
      Park the car. TTC chairman Mike Colle, left and Metro Chairman Alan Tonks board bus with Earth Week buttons to promote use of public transit
      Colle, Michael
      4/19/1993
      Alan Tonks: Metro chairman likes tax idea, but motorists are fuming
      Alan Tonks: Metro chairman likes tax idea, but motorists are fuming
      Loek, Dick
      5/25/1990
      Alan Tonks: Metro chairman says emergency dump sites may be unnecessary
      Alan Tonks: Metro chairman says emergency dump sites may be unnecessary
      Loek, Dick
      11/14/1988
      Top-Level talk: Toronto Mayor June Rowlands and Metro Chairman Alan Tonks confer during Metro Council's debate yesterday on the rioting this week in downtown Toronto
      Top-Level talk: Toronto Mayor June Rowlands and Metro Chairman Alan Tonks confer during Metro Council's debate yesterday on the rioting this week in downtown Toronto
      Lautens, Richard
      5/6/1992
      Debt repaid: AGO vice-president Georgia Prassas hands over a cheque yesterday to Metro Chairman Alan Tonks, repaying a $1 million loan from Metro Council to help bring the Barnes Exhibit to town
      Debt repaid: AGO vice-president Georgia Prassas hands over a cheque yesterday to Metro Chairman Alan Tonks, repaying a $1 million loan from Metro Council to help bring the Barnes Exhibit to town
      Art Gallery of Ontario
      2/13/1995
      Final boost: Mayor-elect June Rowlands proclaims Tuesday Metro-Wide Casual Day yesterday along with Metro Chairman Alan Tonks and Mayor Art Eggleton
      Final boost: Mayor-elect June Rowlands proclaims Tuesday Metro-Wide Casual Day yesterday along with Metro Chairman Alan Tonks and Mayor Art Eggleton
      Power, Peter
      11/21/1991
      Grim faces: Metro Chairman Alan Tonks (left) and Councillor Brian Ashton leave talks with unionists Frank Savard and Andy Mele
      Grim faces: Metro Chairman Alan Tonks (left) and Councillor Brian Ashton leave talks with unionists Frank Savard and Andy Mele
      Bock, Tony
      1/13/1992
      Lung challenge: Metro Chairman Alan Tonks, left, and mayoral candidate Jack Layton huff and puff at yesterday's Lung Association campaign launch
      Lung challenge: Metro Chairman Alan Tonks, left, and mayoral candidate Jack Layton huff and puff at yesterday's Lung Association campaign launch
      Bock, Tony
      11/7/1991
      Hamming it up with a hot dog. Metro Chairman Alan Tonks gets a mouthful from Toronto entertainer Salome Bay yesterday at the Seventh annual Celebrity (...)
      Hamming it up with a hot dog. Metro Chairman Alan Tonks gets a mouthful from Toronto entertainer Salome Bay yesterday at the Seventh annual Celebrity (...)
      Spremo, Boris
      1/31/1991
      Well-known faces: Ex-premier Bill Davis, above, Toronto Mayor Art Eggleton and wife Brenda, left, and Metro Chairman Alan Tonks, far left, attended the opening
      Well-known faces: Ex-premier Bill Davis, above, Toronto Mayor Art Eggleton and wife Brenda, left, and Metro Chairman Alan Tonks, far left, attended the opening
      Combs, Erin
      6/3/1989