Several violent incidents on Toronto transit over the past week signal an escalation of a phenomenon transit union leader John Di Nino says has been plaguing systems across the country.
Di Nino said at a press conference Wednesday that about 3,000 attacks just on transit operators⁠ happen annually across the country. That doesn’t include attacks on riders or attacks that go unreported.
Mayor John Tory says mental health is at the centre of this spate of violence on Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) vehicles. He has called for a national mental health summit that would bring together leaders on the municipal, provincial, and federal levels to discuss measures to address it….