A reader cites various examples to prove his point that Saskatoon city council needs a lesson on essential versus discretionary spending.
A reader cites examples like the cost of changing speed limits throughout the city as among the nonessential expenditures at Saskatoon city hall.Even though our beleaguered city council has gone through several sessions recently to pare down the gigantic budget shortfall, it appears that they still haven’t learned any lessons.
The article goes on to mention a similar project in Toronto was estimated to cost $8.6 million. As should be expected, some in Toronto are hesitating to make such a large expenditure in these inflationary times.THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLYUnlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account.
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