In the wake of Tuesday’s tabling of the 2023 federal budget, Toronto’s interim mayor is accusing the federal government of ignoring the financial pleas of the country’s largest city.
Absent from Tuesday’s budget was any help to address the $933-million shortfall in the city’s budget — borne largely by expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic — a gaping hole municipal budget planners had hoped would be filled courtesy of the provincial and federal governments.
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