Start your day with FirstUp, the Star's morning news digest: Tory to present first ‘strong mayor’ budget + the GTA’s topsy-turvy housing market
Despite promising to resign Friday night in the wake of a Star investigation revealing he had a relationship with a former staffer, Tory will present Toronto’s budget today — the first since he was granted “strong mayor” powers. Councillors, however, have said they won’t make a scene.
Instead, they’ll focus on doing what they can to keep warming centres open, scrap the planned budget boost for police and more, David Rider and Ben Spurr report.Tory’s $16.2-billion spending plan relies on the hope that provincial and federal governments give the city $1.5 billion in 2022 and 2023 pandemic aid.Tory has not publicly commented on the budget, or when and if he’ll resign.
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