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PUBLIC TESTIMONY

Testimony by Devon Lomax, Political Director of District Council 9 International Union of Painters and Allied Trades

2:04:59

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62 sec

Devon Lomax, representing District Council 9 of the Painters and Allied Trades Union, expresses strong support for the Queen's Future/Metropolitan Park project. He emphasizes the importance of unionized careers for community members and the positive impact the project would have on workers' livelihoods.

Lomax highlights that the project would create unionized careers, not just jobs
He stresses the economic importance of the project for union members and their families
Lomax expresses opposition to Council Member Moya's suit against the project

Devon Lomax

2:04:59

Good afternoon.

2:05:00

Thank you for having me, chair, all the council members here.

2:05:04

My name is Devon Lomax.

2:05:05

I'm the political director at District Council nine.

2:05:07

We're the Painters and Allied Trades Union representing over 12,000 men and women in the finishing trades.

2:05:14

And we come in in complete support of this project to for Queen's future in Metropolitan Park for this eulip process.

2:05:22

You know, our members live in the community.

2:05:24

And earlier speaker says something about what jobs.

2:05:29

It's not, you know, what jobs.

2:05:31

It's not about jobs.

2:05:32

It's about unionized careers.

2:05:34

And that's what Metropolitan Park are is proposing for this project, and that's why we support it.

2:05:39

We're you know, we're living in uncertain times and in in the construction industry, if we don't work, we don't get paid.

2:05:44

If our members don't work, they can't feed their families.

2:05:47

They can't send their kids to college.

2:05:49

And this project is gonna, help them succeed in that.

2:05:52

And that's why we are, in complete support of this project.

2:05:57

And I personally am in complete opposition of council member Moya's suit.

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