A Closer Look at the Federal Budget
Libby Znaimer is joined by David Crombie, former Mayor of Toronto, Karen Stintz, CEO of Variety Village and a former Toronto City Councillor and Paula Fletcher, Councillor for Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth.\n\nThe candidate pool for the Toronto Mayoral race continues to grow. This week, Councillor Brad Bradford and Liberal MP Mitzie Hunter both officially declared they are running. Yesterday, we had on former Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders on the show who is also officially running. For him, the key priority is to restore a sense of safety in the community as we see concerning levels of violence on the TTC and in public spaces. But, is he too close to Premier Doug Ford? The Premier told voters openly that they shouldn't vote for any candidate who wants to make cuts to the police budget. What do we make of that? And, should the Premier really be getting involved in municipal politics?\xa0 And Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie is blaming Ottawa for not providing much needed funding as part of the federal budget to fill Toronto's budget hole of hundreds of millions of dollars. Our panel has the latest.\n----\nANA BAILAO IS RUNNING FOR MAYOR\n\nLibby Znaimer is now joined by Ana Bail\xe3o, Former Deputy Mayor of Toronto who is now running for Mayor.\n\nThe veteran city councillor has thrown her hat in the race\xa0 to be the City's next Mayor. For her, one of the big issues is reversing cuts to the TTC, which is certainly a great idea. But, does she have what it takes considering that the list of candidates continues to grow with names like Brad Bradford, Mark Saunders, and Mitzie Hunter now in the race as well?\n----\nA CLOSER LOOK AT THE FEDERAL BUDGET\n\nLibby Znaimer is now joined by Jamie Golombek, Managing Director of Tax & Estate Planning at CIBC.\n\nThe federal budget promises to punish high-income Canadians making $1 million or more a year with higher taxes. These Canadians can expect to be paying as much as $59,000 more a year in tax over a five year period. Meanwhile, when it comes to dental, Ottawa wants to help low income families. They are promising families that are uninsured and make an annual household income of $90000 with dental coverage. But are those low-income people? And, what does the budget really offer middle class earners? Jamie weighs in.\n\nListen live, weekdays from noon to 1, on Zoomer Radio!