Toronto Mayor and Ontario Premier Call on Federal Government for Financial Support

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Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow and Ontario Premier Doug Ford have written a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, urging the federal government to join their working group aimed at addressing the financial challenges facing Toronto. The city's long-term viability is said to be at risk.

In an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow and Ontario Premier Doug Ford said the city’s long-term viability is “at risk.”Newly elected Mayor Olivia Chow waves to the crowd at council chambers during her Declaration of Office Ceremony, at Toronto City Hall on Wednesday, July 12, 2023.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow have teamed up to ask the federal government to join their inter-jurisdictional working group focused on addressing the financial challenges facing Ontario’s capital. “Toronto is facing unique financial pressures that are decades in the making and continuing to grow,” read a letter the pair wrote to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday. “These challenges require the collaboration of all orders of government to deliver solutions.”

“We both invite your government to come to the table as a partner and collaborator in this new-deal working group given the significant fiscal room the federal government has available.”

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