MEDIA ADVISORY - Toronto Board of Trade to Launch Municipal Election Platform

TORONTO, Sept. 8 /CNW/ - The Toronto Board of Trade will launch its VoteToronto2010.com municipal election platform on Monday, September 13, at 10 a.m.

With only seven weeks left until Torontonians elect a new mayor and choose a new path for Toronto, the Board of Trade will unveil its final recommendations to municipal candidates. Recommendations will focus on the four key themes the Board of Trade identified in the VoteToronto2010.com kick-off document, Vote Toronto 2010 - Framework for a Better City:

• Fixing the City's Finances
• Growing the City and Regional Economy
• Promoting Social Cohesion and Economic Inclusion, and
• Improving Civic Democracy

Since November 2009, the Board of Trade has been leading and framing the municipal election debate through VoteToronto2010.com.

Who:		Carol Wilding - President and CEO, Toronto Board of Trade Bill MacKinnon - Chair of the Board of Directors, Toronto Board of Trade Frances Lankin - Outgoing President and CEO, United Way of Toronto David Soknacki - Former City Councillor and Budget Chief, City of Toronto Paul Bedford - Urban Mentor, Paul Bedford & Associates and Adjunct Professor of City Planning, University of Toronto and Ryerson University
When:		Monday, September 13, 2010 10 a.m. news conference 10:30 a.m. media availability
Where:		Toronto Board of Trade Downtown Centre - 4^th floor    1 First Canadian Place (use 77 Adelaide St. W. entrance)

For further information:

Scott Brownrigg,
Director, Public Affairs
Toronto Board of Trade
416-862-4514
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