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Alan Tonks: Metro chairman likes tax idea, but motorists are fuming
Alan Tonks: Metro chairman likes tax idea, but motorists are fuming

Alan Tonks: Metro chairman likes tax idea, but motorists are fuming

Date5/25/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Alan Tonks: Metro chairman likes tax idea, but motorists are fuming.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Object NumberTSPA_0085072F
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
3/7/1978
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
4/19/1993
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
2/13/1995
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
5/6/1992
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
11/21/1991
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
2/21/1992
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 (...)
1/31/1991
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
1/13/1992
Alan Tonks: Metro chairman says emergency dump sites may be unnecessary
Alan Tonks: Metro chairman says emergency dump sites may be unnecessary
11/14/1988
Chains of office: Alan Tonks gets some help to begin another term as Metro chairman, while Toronto Mayor June Rowlands laughs with her seatmate
Chains of office: Alan Tonks gets some help to begin another term as Metro chairman, while Toronto Mayor June Rowlands laughs with her seatmate
12/6/1991
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
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
11/7/1991