City staff have found an extra $6 million in cost savings and it will be up to council to figure out where that money should go, says Mayor John Tory.
The budget announcement comes as the city faces an increase inon transit and on city streets, as well as a housing crisis that has only worsened with skyrocketing rents and a mental health crisis.
“I look forward to a thoughtful — what I hope will be a thoughtful — city council debate to determine specifically which initiatives these funds should support,” he said. “It’s entirely pretence. He’s pretending that somebody other than him gets any input on the budget, and it’s just not true,” said Perks.
Tory pledged that after the budget is passed he will focus on negotiating a new fiscal framework for the city. He said he had yet to determine whether to press the provincial and federal governments for specific changes like a cut of the sales tax, or uploading services or infrastructure. But he said it’s clear the current system, which forces him to beg Ottawa and Queen’s Park for money every year, is unsustainable.
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