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Globe & Mail: Budget ignored cities, Toronto mayor says
Kelly Grant and Aanna Mehler Paperny
Globe and Mail
Published on Thursday, Mar. 04, 2010 10:07PM EST
Last updated on Friday, Mar. 05, 2010 3:16AM EST
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Beset by its own financial troubles, the City of Toronto found no relief in the federal government's austere new budget.
Toronto Mayor David Miller called the Conservatives' latest fiscal blueprint a missed opportunity to invest in the national transit, child-care and social housing strategies he and other big-city leaders have been demanding for years.
“This budget doesn't show a vision of this country and how it's going to ensure that Canada succeeds, particularly in its great cities,” Mr. Miller said.
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Ryerson University professor Myer Siemiatycki said a federal government looking to jump-start the national post-recession economy neglects urban investment at its peril.
“The economic competitiveness of Canada hinges increasingly on the viability of its cities,” he said, adding the budget is more evidence of the disconnect between the federal Conservative and urban voters.
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