Toronto City Council voted narrowly against declaring the TTC an essential service yesterday, thanks to a surprise vote cast by a right-wing councillor.
The 23-22 rejection of the motion – which, after six hours of debate, harked back to last year's 23-22 vote that delayed a verdict on a new land transfer tax – was essentially decided by Councillor Doug Holyday's dissenting vote.
Had Holyday voted the other way, the motion would have carried and the city would have asked the province to make the designation banning TTC workers from striking.
Holyday's vote shocked colleagues on the right as well as moderates on the losing side.
"I think there's a better way. It's a serious matter to be taking away someone's labour rights. That's what this was all about,'' Holyday told reporters afterward. "We don't have to do anything overnight. We have time to look at the situation a little closer," he said.
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