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If city council wants to reverse years of "austerity budgets" that have contributed to an almost $10-billion backlog in service maintenance and repairs, critics say it needs to find ways to generate more money, even if it means asking residents to chip in more than what's comfortable.
Examples of overflowing garbage bins and pothole-filled roads are plentiful, often shared by exasperated Toronto residents on social media. But are these just signs of a growing city in transition or symptoms of a bigger problem?
The AusterityTO project highlights ‘absurd’ level of disrepair in the run-up to the Canadian city’s municipal election in late October