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Toronto Star Offers 5 ‘Burning’ Election Issues
The journos at the Toronto Star gives their take on the top five ‘burning’ issues currently on the table for the October vote: “Contracting out: Miller foes say the unions have had too much power in his city hall, and more services need to be contracted out to the private sector. Five of the six [...]
Gee: City Unions Didn’t Realize How Good They Had It
Marcus Gee at the Globe bets the union that represents city employees is regretting pushing Mayor David Miller to a strike last summer: “[T]he two leading candidates to replace him are talking openly and aggressively about contracting out some city services delivered by union members. It’s a radically different political landscape from the one the [...]
Smitherman Backs Selling Off Some City Services
In a sit down with the Toronto Star, mayoral frontrunner George Smitherman indicated he would give “careful consideration” to the idea of contracting out some of the city services currently provided by unionized employees: “[T]he two places where big dollars are spent and where outsourcing are going to be most prevalent are garbage and also [...]
