“We're gonna bring auditors into the cities to make sure that you know, what they say they're doing, they're doing,” Ford told the Mississauga Board of Trade Wednesday in a question session following a speech he delivered to the group. “And if you have a shortfall, we'll cover you. But let's all work together and get these housing projects started.”
The fees are not being eliminated altogether, but staff at a number of municipalities have projected that the changes would nevertheless amount to a substantial blow to their coffers. But speaking to the group in Mississauga Wednesday, Ford asserted that “there's waste in all levels of government” that can be eliminated to help pay for the plan.“I'll never forget when the city manager said on the first day on the job ‘you're facing $774 million of pressure. You have to find the efficiencies or you're raising the taxes 20 some odd percent,’” Ford recalled.
What a joke!
Hmmm let's cut the waste than bye bye Doug Ford is a biggest waste in money in Ontario lose him and we save and make money 💰
Why don’t you fordnation claw back the wasteful $16,000 you gave to all of your PC Caucus
Municipalities tell Doug “ we can’t tighten the belt. Last year we ate it! “
All governments have waste, and they are lazy. They will take the easy way out. Raise taxes.
Audit the cities for waste… ooh like Trudeau should do to you regarding missing and unspent funds. Good idea!
Ford should know.he’s the king of waste.He wastes so much of the healthcare $ by paying inflated charges at the Weston family’s Lifemark clinics being run under the Shoppers Drug branch along with QEH medical healthcare records. Superstore,NoFrills,WestonsBakery are all there too
Maybe have the politicians ditch suits for t-shirts like Zerolinsky wears would be a good start in ending wasted money.
Clearly he's a buffoon, or, he's smokin' his stash. My City is looking at a 75%+ increase in property taxes: there's no way in hell such 'efficiencies' can be found. Let's instead eliminate all 'Cons' starting with fordnation. Prefer that option! GeneralstrikeOntario onpoli
The biggest pile of waste in any municipality is fordnation OntarioPCParty and the party's MPPs.
Start by cutting Ford! He's a 'waste' of space!
Under Doug Ford your property taxes are now going up 5.5% to 9% for the next few years.
great, lets start with him and have someone else take his position
fordnation Yes they can & they MUST audit themselves, be creative, cut discretionary spending & listen to those who knows a thing or two BonnieCrombie I am 100% against scaring people by higher taxes & service cuts. We need CUT TO THE BONE + good services & you can afford it
The 'waste' will end up being our police budgets, transportation, increased property taxes. The taxpayer always loses.
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Who does this guy work for the people of Ontario? Or the private sector. What a disgrace… why on earth do developers need more money
Speaking of cutting waste... Oh hey Douglas didn't see you there... 🫠
Low density housing is the real gravy, because of the extra roads and utilities that has to be built and maintained.
fordnation knows from time in Toronto there is little waste at municipal level. He said he make them whole when gave his drvelooer friends a cut in taxes. Now passing that cut to local tax payer! He can't be trusted! cdnpoli
Start cutting waste by using a water pitcher rather than multiple water bottles
Cities respond “shit why didn’t we just think about cutting waste”
This coming from the guy who failed to find any waste when he and his brother “ran” Toronto. Let’s not even get into that highway he ran on.
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How anyone votes for this clown is a mystery
But I thought he gave Municipalities money for auditors to eliminate waste when he first got elected? Is he saying that was just a waste of money?
That's not how it works. Municipalities can't cut Ford.
From this article: 'Steve Clark has indicated the province will help municipalities make up the shortfall but has said the province will audit them first to make sure that they aren’t wasting money.' That's precious! Where did all the healthcare funding go?
Ford is waste, so can we cut him? His removal would surely be beneficial. Along with many other corrupt lying, selfish, cowardly politicians.
'Ford says municipalities can make up for lost development charges by increasing unemployment rate.'
Ford is awesome -our very own Trump
So this is happening in Oshawa where else in Ontario has this happened.
This man is really out of touch. How come he didn’t find any waste when he was a city councilman.
He’s absolutely right. Anyway that’s worked in government knows the hard truth.
Rob Ford audited the budget thru KPMG and all they could suggest cutting was Riverdale farm and a dental program for impoverished kids.
More policies to help his buddies, eh? Way to go doughy
Waste ? Waste of votes ….
And Toronto, any municipality that has funds to waste on renaming streets has more than enough funds for everything.
Start with snow removal to provincial freeways.
I see 400 pounds of waste holding a mic....how do we get rid of that?
Trudeau government wants more immigration! Between exorbitant fees & red tape, along with corrupt politicians at ALL levels of government, you want more housing faster something has to give! For those who think corruption is only at provincial leve, keep the hood over your head!
In other words, 'you're on yer own!'
Cutting waste or cutting waists…
My Premier 🙌🏿
You should be first on the auditors list
FFS, and he has a hissy fit when JT says the same about his health care spending.