Peel Region spends $55K on sole-sourced podcast on housing crisis
A podcast titled Peel Talks Housing is produced by the same company the Toronto Police Service paid more than $300,000 for its own podcast, 24 Shades of Blue.
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A podcast titled Peel Talks Housing is produced by the same company the Toronto Police Service paid more than $300,000 for its own podcast, 24 Shades of Blue.
CBC Toronto was only able to obtain the price tag by filing a freedom of information request. That request took months to get back, resulting in this story being published now, as city council prepares for the final debate on a budget that includes $48 million in new money for the Toronto Police Service (TPS).
The Toronto Police Service (TPS) is reportedly spending more than $330,000 of taxpayer money on its investigative podcast, according to a freedom of information request (FOI) obtained by the CBC.
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