Published 8 months ago

Chris Selley: Few will admit it, but Doug Ford has been good for Toronto

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Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow walked away from Queen's Park on Monday with a so-called new deal. In exchange for the city backing off its objections to the province's plans for Ontario Place, the province will assume control of the Don Valley Parkway and Gardiner Expressway. The city will see some $9 billion in benefits, including $1.2 billion per year in operating funding over the next three years.

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Chris Selley: Few will admit it, but Doug Ford has been good for Toronto

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow walked away from Queen’s Park on Monday with a so-called “new deal” from Premier Doug Ford. Had I been her, I would have struggled not to turn cartwheels down the front lawn. Chow’s mayoralty had been riding alarmingly low in the water, fiscally speaking; even keeping up routine spending threatened to swamp the boat, never mind ambitious new initiatives. This “new deal” offers her some desperately needed stability.

8 months ago·Canada

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