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Tory outlines 'doomsday scenario' if municipalities don't receive funding

canada-man

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Mayor John Tory says if municipalities don’t receive funding help from the federal and provincial governments, Toronto would be forced to make unprecedented cuts to city services.

Tory said the City of Toronto is looking at a $1.5 billion deficit due to the lack of revenue coming in, mostly due to a reduction in TTC use, and the cost of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in the city.

He said a hike in taxes to make up for the deficit would be close to 47 per cent, which “is just not practical or fair to the city of Toronto residents who pay those taxes.”

He added unlike provincial and federal governments, municipal government can’t run a deficit so they would be forced to make significant cuts to multiple budgets.

Tory outlined some of those cuts which would include a $575 million reduction to TTC service. This would mean a 50 per cent shutdown of the entire transit network. Line 3 and 4 would be shut down completely while service on Line 1 and 2 and streetcar service would be cut in half.

Toronto Fire Service would see a $23 million reduction to their budget while police would have to eliminate $31.3 million from their costs, leading to the reduction of 500 front-line officers, which Tory called “an unacceptable reduction.”

Over 100 million dollars would be cut from shelter services, leading to a 50 per cent reduction in shelter spaces and a reduction of $40 million in childcare subsidies.

A $40 million reduction to recreation services would lead to the closure of 61 community centres while city-run long-term care homes would see a reduction of 1,320 spaces for residents.

More than 19,800 city employees would be out of work with these cuts.

“We can’t afford to put those kind of numbers of people out of work,” said Tory. “It’ll further devastate the GTA economy.”

“We would be left with a city that can’t work and it would be unable to keep helping the people who rely on that help the most,” explained Tory.

“Strong cities build strong economies across this country and strong cities are going to be needed to restart the economy,” added Tory. “If they want a robust economic recovery, we need that help now.”

Toronto saw an increase of 265 coronavirus cases, bringing the total to 9,615. A total of 6,998 people have recovered.

Medical Officer of Health Dr. Eileen De Villa said over the three days, the city has seen an increase in the local case numbers. She attributes the increase to people gathering more often, possibly on Mother’s Day.

Tory added this weekend will be a big test as summer-like weather approaches and encourages everyone to keep social distancing.

“Do not host or participate in gatherings this weekend,” urged Dr. De Villa.


https://www.680news.com/2020/05/22/...nments-to-provide-funding-for-municipalities/
 

canada-man

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Toronto, GTA gave Ford his majority

Compared to where the party stood at dissolution (and taking into account the increase in the electoral map from 107 to 124 seats), the PCs gained 41 seats. Nearly all of them were won in Toronto and the surrounding suburbs.

In Toronto itself, Ford's PCs picked up 10 more seats thanks to a nine percentage point increase in support. That put the party in second place in the city with 33 per cent — roughly equal to Ford's performance in the 2014 mayoral election — and allowed them to tie the NDP in total seat wins at 11.

n the Greater Toronto Area, a ring of communities around the city running from Durham in the east to Halton in the west, the PCs gained 23 seats and 13 points, dominating the region with 46 per cent of the vote and 26 of the 30 seats up for grabs.

The party picked up eight seats in the rest of the province, half of them in eastern Ontario. But those wins weren't needed — the seat gains in Toronto and the GTA were more than enough to secure a majority government.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grenier-ontario-election-results-1.4697447
 

nottyboi

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Toronto should offer no tax hike if people prepay their 2021 taxes. They can use this method to blend in the deficit over the next 10 years or so.
 

jcpro

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It's always doomsday to that asshole. Maybe now he will learn to live within his means.
 

underground

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Tory is always crying wolf. And he certainly is a dyed in the wool Liberal at this point in his career. He should look at the bloated payroll of his City of Toronto Inside and Outside workers for huge savings.
All those years on CFRB with the afternoon drive show. Blah blah blah for hours and I could never remember a damn thing he said....
 
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It is hard to threaten to close libraries and community centers when they are already closed, albeit temporarily. The police budget should have been cut years ago.
 

hoorawr

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It is hard to threaten to close libraries and community centers when they are already closed, albeit temporarily. The police budget should have been cut years ago.
Police and fire have been leeching our tax dollars for decades.. asking for more and more and more

Yeah they do heroic shit 1 day if the year

The rest is a waste of money
 

ptp

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Maybe to help pay for all the bikes lanes they are adding , bike owners should be licensed .
 

james t kirk

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No way Ford would let that happen as it would be instant doom come time for reelection
Why?

I don't think Ford has a single seat in Toronto proper save a few ridings in Etobicoke and Scarborough.

A ten percent or twenty percent temporary pay cut to all city employees would seem a better option to me.

This is the hell of Covid. You shut down the economy, there is going to be a severe impact. Both the provincial and federal governments are going to be running massive deficits as it is.

This is only the start unless we get back to work and fast.
 

rhuarc29

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He said a hike in taxes to make up for the deficit would be close to 47 per cent, which “is just not practical or fair to the city of Toronto residents who pay those taxes.”
Sure it is. Decades of irresponsible fiscal policies has led to a point where Toronto wasn't prepared for emergencies. Maybe next time be more responsible. Classic case of reaping what you sow.
Sadly, the minority of responsible people will pay alongside the idiotic ones.
 

Anbarandy

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Toronto's incel community rears their ugly, self-loathing heads in response.
 

james t kirk

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Sure it is. Decades of irresponsible fiscal policies has led to a point where Toronto wasn't prepared for emergencies. Maybe next time be more responsible. Classic case of reaping what you sow.
Sadly, the minority of responsible people will pay alongside the idiotic ones.
You might be surprised (as I was) to learn that in fiscal year ending 2018, the City of Toronto had a budget surplus of 1.4 BILLION dollars. That's right, Billion with a B.

And for the 5 years prior to that Toronto was typically averaging a budget surplus of 10 percent of overall revenues.

Linky to article in the Financial Post :https://business.financialpost.com/...ax-hike-a-1-4-billion-surplus-isnt-big-enough

So it begs the question, "where's all that money gone John?"
 

Anbarandy

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You might be surprised (as I was) to learn that in fiscal year ending 2018, the City of Toronto had a budget surplus of 1.4 BILLION dollars. That's right, Billion with a B.

And for the 5 years prior to that Toronto was typically averaging a budget surplus of 10 percent of overall revenues.

Linky to article in the Financial Post :https://business.financialpost.com/...ax-hike-a-1-4-billion-surplus-isnt-big-enough

So it begs the question, "where's all that money gone John?"
"The City maintains a number of obligatory and discretionary reserves and reserve funds which are used to pay for capital expenditures and known future liabilities in the City’s ten year capital plan as approved by City Council. The 2018 year end Reserve and Reserve Fund balances increased by $1.2B, to $5.7B from the 2017 year end.$1.1B of the 2018 increase comes from revenues from development charges, park levies and funds related to Section 37 of the Ontario Planning Act, with $842M of the contributions for future investments in water and wastewater infrastructure and $230M to be used for transit. In 2018, $1.3B from these reserves and reserve funds paid for capital infrastructure in water and wastewater, transit and roads. Reserves and Reserve Funds are part of good management that allow for funds to be spent judiciously over time or to ensure service levels are maintained and not immediately impacted by a potential downturn in the economy."



There's your answer.

I doubt you will be satisfied.

Instead of taking a C.D. Howe Institute mouthpiece at face value, why not actually investigate the underlying data.
 

james t kirk

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"The City maintains a number of obligatory and discretionary reserves and reserve funds which are used to pay for capital expenditures and known future liabilities in the City’s ten year capital plan as approved by City Council. The 2018 year end Reserve and Reserve Fund balances increased by $1.2B, to $5.7B from the 2017 year end.$1.1B of the 2018 increase comes from revenues from development charges, park levies and funds related to Section 37 of the Ontario Planning Act, with $842M of the contributions for future investments in water and wastewater infrastructure and $230M to be used for transit. In 2018, $1.3B from these reserves and reserve funds paid for capital infrastructure in water and wastewater, transit and roads. Reserves and Reserve Funds are part of good management that allow for funds to be spent judiciously over time or to ensure service levels are maintained and not immediately impacted by a potential downturn in the economy."



There's your answer.

I doubt you will be satisfied.

Instead of taking a C.D. Howe Institute mouthpiece at face value, why not actually investigate the underlying data.
I am aware of that.

I don't have the time to research it all.

But if they have 5.7 Billion in the "rainy day fund", well, guess what, it's raining. Use it.

Better yet, I would stick to my original plan and implement a temporary 20% across the board wage cut and those who don't like it, well, there's the door.

Life will go on in the City of Toronto and no-one will even know the difference.
 
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heypal2001

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Bory Tory I called him, if I wanted to fall asleep at the wheel and crash into a guardrail on the 401, 1010 on the dial during his drivetime would be my choice.
 
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