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Ontario Premier Doug Ford spontaneously promised to fund the return of Toronto’s Taste of the Danforth festival, suggesting Mayor Olivia Chow should also chip in to his seemingly spur of the moment plan.
Global News reports that the premier began his remarks at an unrelated transit announcement reminiscing about the east end festival, which has struggled to recover from the COVID 19 pandemic and faced repeated cancellations.
“I’ve got an idea – I’m going toff script, I always get in trouble. Do you know what I miss? I miss the Taste of the Danforth,” Ford said at the podium.
“I will commit, and I’ll talk to our friend the boss there, to see if we can put money in to revitalize Taste of the Danforth. Mayor, you’re not getting off scot-free. You put a little, but we’ll put a little more in.”
Ford did n’t specify how much funding his government would put toward the festival or if anyone involved had applied for it. Mayor Chow welcomed Ford’s promise to help revitalize what was once one of the city’s most important street festivals.
