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I cut the Mayor’s Office budget by $700,000, while Mayor Tory asked for it to be increased by over $300,000

Tory also promised repeatedly during the campaign that he would be contracting out garbage east of Yonge Street. He even grilled former councillor Olivia Chow on this point, demanding to know why she wouldn’t support it. Now that he has the opportunity to act on this promise, he is delaying the decision for another year, costing you, the taxpayers, upwards of $11 million.

I also cut the Mayor’s Office budget by $700,000, while Tory asked for it to be increased by 17 per cent, or $300,000. At the same time, Tory is asking all city divisions to trim their own budgets — not exactly leading by example.

Then there’s Smart Track, Mayor Tory’s biggest campaign proposal. Metrolinx took apart several of the selling points we were given, such as it being a “surface subway,” by clearly stating that federal regulations would not allow TTC-style subways on GO tracks. Many questions were raised about funding, such as the fact that the proposed location of the service would be extremely costly and difficult to determine because of the bridges, tunnels and expropriations necessary.

Metrolinx has stated that it supports “key elements” of Smart Track, but without specifics, what does this mean? I support “key elements” of world peace and the elimination of disease, but without an actual plan, and ideas on how to finance it, I may as well throw a coin in a fountain and make a wish. Smart Track was promised to be up and running in seven years — one down, six to go, with no action.