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City budget debate goes down the toilet
A pandemic is no time to be hyper-partisan, but deputy mayor Denzil Minnan-Wong saw to it that last week's budget debate ended in the crapper
By Enzo DiMatteo
Denzil Minnan-Wong
Mayor John Tory is distancing himself (sort of) from remarks made about the homeless by his handpicked deputy Denzil Minnan-Wong.
During council’s budget deliberations last week, Minnan-Wong offered in a debate on opening more washrooms in public parks that the move would encourage homeless people to set up encampments. And that’s the last thing, the Don Valley East councillor says, his constituents want to see while they’re outside enjoying the great outdoors.