Mayor Olivia Chow said she supports the Toronto police’s request to fund the hiring of hundreds of new officers with a $46.2 million budget hike — now that they have met her one condition.
If approved by council, Toronto Police Service could get a budget increase of “about one per cent” of the city’s total budget in 2025, or “about $48 million,” Chow told reporters at an unrelated press conference on Thursday.