posted on December 08, 2008

Coughing up from the coffers

Published: December 8, 2008
Source: The Globe and Mail

"The city got the dough, so where did it go?

It's a question bugging a few councillors and business leaders, who wonder where the city has stashed $238-million in provincial infrastructure dollars put on the table last August as part of a $1.1-billion package for all Ontario municipalities.

Watch for Mayor David Miller to be pressed for answers when council meets on Wednesday to adopt the $1.6-billion capital budget for 2009. Last week, Toronto Board of Trade president Carol Wilding called on the city to enact special stimulus measures, using the $238-million dollop from the province, to ease the downturn.

"These [provincial] dollars don't appear to have been utilized in the recent [city] capital budget," she said. "

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