Toronto Councillor
Giambrone never gave up his campaign to win the south Davenport seat on Toronto city council. When Silva left city council and was elected a federal Liberal Member of Parliament in Davenport in the 2004 federal election, Giambrone became a leading candidate to replace him in the 2003 municipal election. With the endorsements of the Toronto Star, Now Magazine, Bloor West Villager newspapers and councillors Joe Pantalone and Fred Dominelli, Giambrone defeated Ana Bailão, Silva's former assistant, by a 51-40 margin in a field of six candidates.
As Vice-Chair of the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee, he has helped develop solutions to Toronto's garbage challenges, and promote recycling and organic collection. Giambrone has worked with the Mayor to implement a multi-billion dollar road and water infrastructure upgrade program.
Toronto Council unanimously approved a September, 2007 motion to allow the Toronto Parking Authority to proceed with a plan to expropriate the Matador, a famed Toronto music hall and cultural landmark. After considerable media attention, an organised group of citizens, including noted author Michael Ondaatje and folk singer Sylvia Tyson, lobbied Giambrone to successfully reverse the expropriation.
On May 7, 2009, Giambrone sent an email from his mobile phone, warning fellow counsellor Cesar Palacio to “stop messing in my ward” or face “problems”. Giambrone apologized for the "hastily composed" email when Palacio distributed copies to local media.
Shortly after taking office, he was appointed as a commissioner of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). He also served along with Greater Toronto Area mayors and regional chairs on the board of Metrolinx from its inception in 2006 until 2009.
During the TTC workers' wildcat strike on May 29, 2006, Giambrone was prominent in the media representing the TTC's position as commission chair Howard Moscoe was out of town. After being re-elected in the 2006 municipal election, taking almost 67% of the vote in his ward, Giambrone was elected as Chair of the Toronto Transit Commission on December 6, 2006.
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