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John Tory speaks before Council's budget debate

City Hall Watcher #58: a chat with the mayor about the 2020 budget, supportive housing, buying transit vehicles, TTC fare evasion & more!

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Matt Elliott
Feb 18, 2020
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Mayor John Tory called me this morning. I took the call in my home office wearing my bathrobe. My job is glamorous.

The mayor I talked about Toronto’s 2020 budget ahead of tomorrow’s meeting of Council. We covered topics like city-provincial-federal relations, supportive housing — and why it should be part of the provincial health system — and fare evasi…

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