TORONTO – Municipal Affairs Minister Linda Jeffrey will provide an update today on the provincial response to December’s destructive ice storm.
The storm downed trees and hydro lines, left hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses without power for days and stalled road and air travel.
Officials from hard-hit municipalities in southern Ontario have said the recovery could cost more than $250 million, including $106 million in Toronto alone.
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At a January meeting, municipal officials called on Queen’s Park and the federal government to each cover a third of the cleanup costs, estimated to reach $250 million, including $106 million in Toronto alone.
The municipal leaders said property taxes alone could not fund the recovery and gave the province until March 1 to respond.
Jeffrey, who attended the January meeting, said at the time that it could take months to sort out who’s eligible for relief and how much.
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