A Sustainable, Responsible Budget
Important Community Programs Saved in 2012 City Budget
Councillors from every area of the City and across the political spectrum came together to support a "package" motion that saved pools, priority recreation centres, child care centres and rent subsidies, shelters, TTC service and community organizations. Other motions re-instated funds for libraries, environmental outreach and other important programs. Recommendations to fund student nutrition programs, school-based community centres and grants to the arts were also approved. Here I am at one of the many protests to save city facilities, at the pool-less "Swim-in" for GA Brown pool, with Jonathan and Martin Schmidt.
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