Premier Kathleen Wynne has recognized the province’s role in fixing crumbling social housing, Mayor John Tory said after their first meeting since her flip-flop on road tolls soured their once-cozy political relationship. The city's housing understanding with the province has “fundamentally changed,” Tory told reporters at city hall, after he declined to jointly answer questions with Wynne, as has been the custom after their monthly meetings at Queen’s Park. The acknowledgment itself is significant after years of provincial downloading of social housing costs onto the city. Wynne, Tory said, was not specific on funding contributions. The city itself will have spent nearly $1 billion on repairs by the end of this year.

Source: thestar January 30, 2017 22:30 UTC