Doug Ford’s misguided war on Toronto GlobeDebate
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, two-time candidate for mayor of Toronto, made his feelings known about his home city very quickly after his election in 2018. Without warning or consultation, his Progressive Conservative government cut the number of seats on the city council from 47 to 25.
Those include the Ford government’s decision to cancel a planned increase in the portion of the provincial gas tax that goes to municipalities. While that affects every city and town, the consequence for Toronto is that it will forego $1.1-billion in revenue over 10 years, most of which was earmarked to maintain its transit system – which is already the least taxpayer-supported transit system on the entire continent.
In 2019, the city is looking at a $65-million shortfall for Toronto Public Health, $84.8-million for Children’s Services and $3.85-million for Toronto Paramedic Services, according to the city manager. Combined with the gas-tax betrayal, the total shortfall for this year is $177.7-million. The gap will grow next year, and beyond.
Toronto proper is a city of three million people; the Greater Toronto Area is home to nearly seven million. One in two people in the province live in the GTA. Every Ontarian should have an equal claim on the attention of the provincial government, which is why it’s ridiculous that the province is so intent on aggressively short-changing residents of the fourth-largest city in North America.
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