Case Summary: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford

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Toronto mayor's austerity call unpopular Chief Bill Blair Friday, January 7, 2011 Summary: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's edict that all city departments cut their 2011 budgets by five per cent doesn't appear to be working. The annual budget procees begins on Monday, and a number of departments say they need more money not less in the coming year. Polices said they could accommodate the cut and asked the police services board to increase the force's budget by a further three per cent. The Toronto Public Library Board voted in favour of a 2.6 per cent budget increase. It also voted to keep the downtown Urban Affairs library open, in spite of speculation that it would recommend its closure. The board also voted to reduce its library
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