But Comrade Miller and his Econuts on Toronto City Council want to increase the number of trees. The same situation exists in the cities stock of subsidized housing but you don't see any steps to cut expenses; hiring freeze, contracting out, councilor expenses, etc. etc. Their answer is to raise taxes and implement new taxes.
Residents angry over city's tree backlog
toronto.ctv.ca
As Toronto residents clean up debris from Tuesday's storm, some are disgruntled with the city's baglog on troublesome trees.
The Toronto Urban Forestry Department was flooded with calls about trees on city property damaging homes and cars on Tuesday.
Staff said they don't have enough funds or employees to deal with all the toppled trees or resident complaints.
The depatment is currently facing a backlog of 18,000 calls, which could take months to attend to.
Richard Ubbens, director or Urban Forestry, told CTV News it could be more than a year before a worrisome tree is looked at.
"That's anything from tree pruning to tree removal or somebody asking us to look at a tree that is diseased or they feel is in need of pruning," Ubbens told CTV News.
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