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AGAR: Unsaved millions mean residents don’t matter at city hall

Over the weekend, Toronto budget chief Shelley Carroll conducted a mock budget session with listeners on Newstalk1010 Toronto and I give her credit for doing it.

However, her response on just one issue should be instructive to any taxpayer in any city, town or territory in Canada.

She was asked why Toronto still adheres to a policy that only allows contracts — on an estimated $1.65 billion in construction — to companies whose workers belong to a group of favoured unions.

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