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Toronto City Council has affirmatively approved the budget for 2013 on Wednesday, including a major last-minute change of not going through with the proposed cuts to Toronto Fire Services. Majority of the ccouncillors voted to put around $12 million in spending back into the budget, most of which was opposed by Mayor Rob Ford.
According to many speculations, the mayor still had to compromise on the fire cuts, as he settled with the majority councillors to invest an extra $3.1 million for hiring 63 more firefighters, not closing the Runnymede Fire Station and giving up the plan of removing trucks from four other stations. Regardless of these eleventh hour amendments, Mayor Ford gave an absolute approval of the budget, while accrediting the budget to be a “remarkable accomplishment.”
During an official press conference at mayor’s office, Ford claimed that “they said it couldn’t be done but we are proving people wrong folks, we are turning the corner and changing the culture here at City Hall.” He added that “even the hardcore, left-wing, tax-and-spend councillors have learned not to spend the surplus. When have you ever heard about that happening at City Hall?” Ford continued saying that “every single member of council can be happy with the small compromises made in it.” He explained that “because, even with those compromises, we have turned the corner. After years and years we’re on the right path. The right path protecting taxpayers of this great city. The right path that they elected us to come down here and do. The right path for a brighter and stronger Toronto.”
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