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Mayor David Miller held a press conference today to encourage Torontonians to pressure their city councillors to implement the two proposed taxes. He also called for an emergency council meeting before the end of September to debate the tax implementation instead of waiting for the October 22 council meeting (as previously decided by council when members voted to defer a decision on new taxes until after the October 10 provincial election).<\/p>\n

The announcement is part of a campaign that includes printed materials and a web site<\/a>. Spacing’s Dale Duncan will have more from the press conference for our readers within the hour. Here’s some info from the Toronto Star article<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Mayor David Miller says he’ll halt the closure of community centres if Toronto council agrees to hold a special meeting this month to consider two new taxes for the city.<\/em><\/p>\n

And he said city manager Shirley Hoy has already agreed to keep the centres open this Monday for some programs, in the hope that council will come to grips soon with the financial issues besetting the city.<\/em><\/p>\n

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It was one of a string of cost containment measures Hoy came up with, at Miller’s request, when council voted in July to defer consideration of two new taxes until Oct. 22. Miller says the taxes — a land transfer tax and a vehicle registration tax — are needed to fill a projected $576-million gap in the 2008 budget.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I’m urging members to agree (to a special meeting) because by doing so and adopting the tax measure we can…resolve the city’s immediate financial challenges,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n

Miller made the plea backed by a phalanx of 18 city councillors. Miller needs the consent of two-thirds of council’s 45 members — 44 councillors plus the mayor — in order to re-open the tax issue prior to Oct. 22.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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