Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow urged people to get involved with the city’s budget deliberations Wednesday ahead of public consultations that will help shape both the city’s priorities and its property tax rate.
Both in-person and virtual consultations with the public are set a kick off later this month in order to gain feedback from the public in terms of the city’s priorities for the 2024 budget.“The more people feel they engage in the city, the better our services; the more they feel they have the power to make a difference, the better we are; the more they're going to be involved, the better we can deliver results for everyone,” Chow told reporters at city hall Wednesday.
While a new deal for Toronto would help to alleviate some of the budget pressure, it is likely city council will still have tough decisions to make. “Yes, staff are going through draft budgets for each division right now, and looking at them and they know that affordability is definitely a top of mind concern. And so they're going through it with that lens on it,” Carroll said. “But we really do need to get back to that shared understanding in the community — that we talk outside of that cycle of ‘here's the tax increase.’ So we'll start with that conversation and work our way back.
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