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The federal budget document appears to offer no insight as to whether money is coming for the massive Toronto Community Housing repairs bill, how much the city might expect, or when.
Thousands of units are slated for closure if city can't come up with $3B+ over the next 10 years, starting next year. There are currently no commitments from either provincial or federal governments. Much of housing now crumbling was built by their predecessors, under their watch
Also doesn't appear to be additional funds as requested to offset pressure on city's shelter system, leaving a still $45M hole in the city's budget. Day the city's budget was passed, Tory told reporters he was "optimistic", based on his own conversations, that money would flow
Tory statement confirms the requested $45 million is not in the federal budget, as he told reporters earlier. Says it’s still subject to “active discussion” with feds 
