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Ontario mayors are worried about soaring cost of law enforcement. Doug Ford says they can’t touch police budgets
Ontario mayors are worried about soaring cost of law enforcement. Doug Ford says they can’t touch police budgets
A letter from the province warned municipalities that strong mayor powers do not include the ability to limit police budget increases or veto estimates of individual line items.
www.thestar.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Ontario mayors are worried about soaring cost of law enforcement. Doug Ford says they can’t touch police budgets
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In the Toronto Star I write about Toronto Police's violent corruption scandal. Will it move the needle on police reform? It's a dramatic escalation in a long history of police intimidation, bullying their critics & broken trust. I argue 3 big things have to happen, including firing this chief.
Shawn Micallef: Toronto is facing its worst police corruption scandal in decades. Here are three things that need to happen soon
The corruption revealed by Project South undermines the public trust that is the foundation of policing.
www.thestar.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:26 PM
In the Toronto Star I write about Toronto Police's violent corruption scandal. Will it move the needle on police reform? It's a dramatic escalation in a long history of police intimidation, bullying their critics & broken trust. I argue 3 big things have to happen, including firing this chief.