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John Tory
Mayor John Tory says he will push to increase the city’s police budget, saying inflation and a “fraying at the edges” of Toronto’s community
"Toronto Mayor John Tory says he will push to increase the city's police budget, saying inflation and a "fraying at the edges" of community safety make the move necessary.
Tory made the comments recently in a wide-ranging year-end interview with CBC Toronto. The mayor would not give specifics about the ask which will come to city council next month when budget deliberations begin in earnest. But after constraining the police budget when he was first elected in 2014, he believes it's now time to grow the services' $1.1- billion annual spending package.
"I will be advocating that (police) should get an increase, and that it's an increase that I think is entirely justifiable," Tory said. "When I go to the neighborhoods where there's been a shooting that's taken place … they want more money spent on police, they want more police officers."
Earlier this month, new Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw said he too would ask city council to hike the service's budget. Response times for calls are not where they should be, he said.
Tory said any increase will be done "responsibly" and within the limited funds of the city's budget, which opens the year with a $1.4-billion deficit. He stressed that a cut would not be appropriate."
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2 May 2016 | Prince Harry chats with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Toronto Mayor John Tory as they watch a sledge-hockey match Mattany at the Athletic Centre in Toronto, Canada. Prince Harry is in Toronto for the Launch of the 2017 Toronto Invictus Games before heading down to Miami and the 2016 Invictus Games in Orlando. (c) Chris Jackson/Getty Images
Pick one of the reasons I thought we’d finally get rid of Mayor John Tory but that wasn’t the case at all:
Toronto subway rats
The Dufferin Express Bus
Evil Glow of the CN Tower at 3am on Canada Day, worst of our holidays
Murdered by Former Mayor Rob Ford’s Ghost
Assassinated by MPP Michael Ford
Run Over by Premier Doug Ford
The Raccoons (the raccoons)
The Evil that Resides Within the Body of the CEO of Metrolinx
Gord Perks & Joe Cressy Pushed Too Far
Bad Case of Street Meat Runs
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Absolute criminals.
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today i bring you my fursona being a hater to mayor john tory, a joke that will no doubt appeal to up to 5 of my followers. Tomorrow? Who knows
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Toronto Mayor John Tory with Shawn at the Junos tonight (May 15)