Gord Perks (Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park) the city may have taken advantage of a loophole in the system. If you don’t oppose employing private security in parks on purely moral grounds, you should oppose it on purely financial ones. When the parks security issue was debated at city council in May, city staff were adamant that security guards would not be involved in enforcement. But if security staff weren’t hired for enforcement what were they hired for? Earlier this month we learned that nearly 30 per cent of public water fountains weren’t up and running in city parks.

Source: thestar June 12, 2022 04:07 UTC