LILLEY: Olivia Chow's budget is smoke, mirrors and raid on city reserves
Toronto's mayor raids reserves at rate not seen in more than decade to keep tax hike proposal low
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Mayor Olivia Chow kicked off the announcement of her election year budget with a campaign-style speech on Thursday. Standing in the Junction Triangle Branch of the Toronto Public Library, Chow said that her budget was about investing in services and giving residents a break.
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The budget has a proposed 2.2% tax increase, the lowest since 2022, with a 0.7% rate hike for the operations budget........

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