Author of the article: Anne Jarvis
Publishing date: Feb 23, 2021 • February 23, 2021 • 4 minute read • A Transit Windsor bus is shown at the St. Clair College main campus in Windsor, ON. on Tuesday, one day after city council approved a four-month pilot project to run an east-west express route from Tecumseh Mall to the college, starting in September. Photo by Dan Janisse /Windsor Star
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Some people are lucky. They’re still working during the pandemic, and they’re socking away savings.
But others have lost their livelihoods.
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Citing a $2-million-plus funding gap the City of Windsor can’t afford, Mayor Drew Dilkens is expressing frustration and threatening to close the COVID isolation and recovery centre that Windsor runs for temporary foreign workers.
The city took on the task of taking care of COVID-infected workers from agricultural operations in Kingsville and Leamington in November. The quarantine facility was established at a city motel, with city staff on-site daily, the Canadian Red Cross providing the care for infected workers and Public Safety Canada footing the bill from the Red Cross.
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City council unanimously approved a 2021 budget Monday night that freezes the tax take from Windsor’s COVID-battered residents but finds an extra $10.5 million for city departments, agencies and boards, and infrastructure.
“This is a budget that is fair for the residents of the community,” Mayor Drew Dilkens said at the end of a 13-hour day of deliberations, that culminated with approval of an $874.4-million operating budget, $426.6 million of which comes from municipal taxpayers.
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