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Duly Quoted: Adrienne Batra
“We’ve had a good working relationship with the provincial government. They are aware of the financial challenges the city is facing right now and those will be part of the discussions.”
—Mayor Rob Ford’s press secretary, commenting on the meeting Ford has tomorrow with Dalton McGuinty, at which Ford will reportedly be asking the province for some support in the form of cold hard cash. Of course, there is only one taxpayer, and we have a spending problem not a revenue problem, so whether McGuinty lends a helping hand doesn’t actually matter in the slightest. Right?