Episode 5 - Advocacy wins and setbacks (with Damian)

Advocacy matters and it can lead to wins even with losses elsewhere.We discuss the expansion of the R4 RapidBus in Metro Vancouver, the return of late-night bus service in Waterloo, Ontario, and a survey performed by Abacus around support for ALTO's high speed rail service between Toronto and Quebec City.Damian Mikhail is a Waterloo community organizer, deeply focused on activating young people in politics. Getting his start in municipal politics as founder and president of the University of Waterloo NDP Club, he spearheaded two student transit coalitions that protected Waterloo from cuts to off-peak Ion service and brought Night Transit to the city. At time of recording, he is at the tail end of his term as President of the Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association.---Student advocacy saves evening ION LRT servicehttps://uwaterloo.ca/news/environment/student-advocacy-saves-evening-transit-serviceGRT bringing back late night bus in Waterloo after advocacyhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/late-night-loop-route-91-grand-river-transit-university-district-1.7184466R4 expansion in Metro Vancouver, linking North Vancouver and Burnabyhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/north-shore-metrotown-expanded-rapidbus-9.7157034TriTAGWebsite: https://www.tritag.ca/Instagram & Bluesky: @tritag.caDamien:@MikhailDamian for Twitter@damian7m for InstagramAbacus Data Survey on ALTO HSR Supporthttps://www.altno.ca/_files/ugd/f1a60d_f91a3f0ada144cb981f03a0da603e347.pdf