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Mayor John Tory wants a nearly $50-million boost for Toronto police — despite the city’s budget shortfall
Months after raising the alarm over the impact of the pandemic on the city’s finances, Tory announced plans to increase Toronto’s police budget by 4.3 per cent. The change would add $48.3 million to the agency’s $1.1 billion budget. Calling the move an imperative step in tackling violent crime, the mayor is explicitly rejecting recent calls to cut police spending over concerns about racism, use of force against people of colour and those mentally ill, and more, Ben Spurr reports.
Real estate data analysis firm Urbanation Inc. is anticipating a record of nearly 32,000 new condo units to be completed in the GTA this year, Ghada Alsharif reports, and 7,740 new purpose-built apartments — the highest in at least three decades, according to Urbanation’s president. Amid increasing condo demand and continued shortages, most of the new units have been pre-sold to investors planning to rent out the homes or profiting from resale.
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