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Toronto used to be known as the "city that worked" and the old metro system had more municipal officials than it does today. In addition it was further cut down when Harris forced Toronto to split the federal/provincial ridings in two. To add insult to injury Harris downloaded many services to Toronto.

The years of the worst paralysis were during the Ford years and it had far more to with their antics than with the size of council.

But I suppose cutting council "hasn't really been tried" or something.