After a marathon Toronto city council meeting this week to address its deep financial crisis, all eyes now shift to Queen's Park to see if Premier Doug Ford's government will approve a request for a controversial municipal sales tax.
Toronto city council has asked the province for permission to levy a municipal sales tax. So far, Premier Doug Ford's government has not directly responded to the request.
"We'll see what kind of campaign we can put together," Chow said. "It's not up to us to decide, it's up to the provincial and the federal government." "It's not just advocacy, it's not just a campaign where we're holding placards," he said. "It's sitting down with folks and educating folks and showing them the books … and saying this doesn't make sense."
"If Doug Ford gives the penny … this might be an auspicious moment to change the headlines right now," he said. "And he needs to change the headlines."Toronto's ask for a cut of the sales tax isn't the first time Ontario municipalities have made such a request. The latest was in 2017, when the group that represents most of Ontario's 444 municipalities pushed for a one per cent increase to the HST to help communities build infrastructure.
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