Toronto at a Crossroads: Will Ford's Austerity Agenda be Derailed?
Submitted on July 28, 2011
By Jackie Esmonde - July 28, 2011
The City of Toronto budget cuts are just the local impact of the larger austerity agenda. They are not simply about surrendering to the neo-liberal dogma that budgets must be balanced. For right-wingers like Ford and company, cutting government spending is a political goal in itself...It also reinforces the message to public sector workers that their jobs are on the chopping block and won't be saved by money from other sources.
