Ontario Premier Doug Ford reiterated Wednesday that he believes revenues lost by municipalities because of breaks for some developers in his housing plan can be made up by finding efficiencies at city governments.
“We're gonna bring auditors into the cities to make sure that you know, what they say they're doing, they're doing,” Ford told the Mississauga Board of Trade Wednesday in a question session following a speech he delivered to the group. “And if you have a shortfall, we'll cover you. But let's all work together and get these housing projects started.”
The fees are not being eliminated altogether, but staff at a number of municipalities have projected that the changes would nevertheless amount to a substantial blow to their coffers. But speaking to the group in Mississauga Wednesday, Ford asserted that “there's waste in all levels of government” that can be eliminated to help pay for the plan.“I'll never forget when the city manager said on the first day on the job ‘you're facing $774 million of pressure. You have to find the efficiencies or you're raising the taxes 20 some odd percent,’” Ford recalled.
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