Toronto Mayor John Tory deserves two cheers for pledging significant new money toward preventing youth violence across the city. That would more than double the new spending set aside for preventing youth violence in the coming year. That happened in 2014, when Toronto council approved an ambitious “youth equity strategy” — only to leave it chronically under-funded and ineffective. It happened again in 2018 when councillors approved a gun violence plan that would have cost more than $50 million. Tory’s plan would also establish new youth hubs in public libraries, add new youth spaces in community centres, and fund a social development plan in Regent Park.

Source: thestar February 04, 2020 22:30 UTC