Year: 1928
Summary: Gives an overview of police services in several Canadian cities. This information is meant to assist City Council and the Board of Control in their consideration of the upcoming Police Estimates. Notes how police expenditures in Toronto have increased relative to population and general taxation.
Year: 1971
Summary: Describes the importance of learning from past rehabilitation projects of low-income housing.
Year: 1954
Summary: Discusses the structure of care in housing for the elderly and challenges this housing faces.
Year: 1920
Summary: Details of modern athletic structures/stadiums in North American cities (e.g. Cambridge, Philadelphia, New York), and discussion of logistics of building a municipal stadium in Toronto.
Summary: Outlines the 1928 Police estimates. Notes upcoming police expenditure decisions, and weighs this against the possibility of improving services.
Year: 1950
Summary: Discusses emergency housing set up in the aftermath of WWII and its costs.
Year: 1976
Summary: Review of studies that have been done about the police, the police budget process, the role of the police and the need for more provision of information about its actions.
Summary: Gives an overview of police services in several US cities. This information is meant to assist City Council and the Board of Control in their consideration of the upcoming Police Estimates. Notes the need to consider more information than just city population, city area, and current size of the city police force when making decisions on police budgets.
Year: 1937
Summary: Suggests that technological developments - such as the use of wireless radio - can enable increasing the efficiency of police work without increasing numbers. Provides figures for the strength and distrubution of Toronto's police force, as well as some numbers on crime.
Year: 1968
Summary: Suggests the implications of transferring the authority of the Toronto Housing Authority to the province: the city would experience financial gains, while the province would gain control and authority. Discusses Regent Park.
Year: 1919
Summary: Highlights the great need for more housing, and argues the the newly appointed Toronto Housing Commission should be allowed to act fast. Details steps taken to increase the supply of housing - other than by private means.
Year: 1958
Summary: Analysis of function and challenges of fire departments in the Toronto area.
Year: 1939
Summary: Notes an increased pressure on police services, such as the introduction of more traffic duties and increased crime. These increased services may over time mean increased costs. Calls for steps in advance to improve and coordinate policing, including the possible introduction of pocket wireless devices to improve police communication.
Year: 1914
Summary: Presents a potential Fire Insurance Policy for the citizens of Toronto.
Summary: Discussion of need for centralized fire / fire and police department and previous recommendations for increasing fire safety efficiency. Suggests amalgamation of fire and police department. Details Bureau suggestions made for improvements to the fire department, and which of these suggestions have been implemented.
Year: 1940
Summary: Highlights the issue of housing challenges due to unemployment, noting the number of people on voucher, in houses of industry, and single men in hostels. Demonstrates that the number of people on relief is the lowest it has been since 1933 and that unemployment has decreased in the August-November period.
Summary: Outlines the cost of police services, including the loss to society from the presence of crime, and the stagnant per capita spending on police services vs the rise in the spending on all other services.