At a press conference Tuesday to mark the start of the program, Mayor John Tory hailed the Fair Fare Pass as a key plank in the city’s poverty reduction strategy. That’s when the first phase of the city’s Fair Fare Pass program will go into effect, offering cheaper TTC fares for eligible low-income residents. Council first approved the Fair Fare Pass in December 2016 . The Fair Pass program “will probably let me buy healthier food, it will let my (ODSP) cheque go a little longer. Yvette Roberts, who works with the advocacy group Fair Fare Coalition, calls the program is a big step forward.

Source: thestar April 03, 2018 18:33 UTC