Chow Calls for Paid Sidewalk Shovelling Program After New York’s ‘Recent Success’

Toronto mayor pitches plan to pay residents to shovel after major snowstorms

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow is pitching a paid, civilian shovel brigade this week, as she searches for a solution to the city’s winter woes.

Chow calls for paid sidewalk shovelling program after New York’s ‘recent success’

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow is asking city council to develop a paid “surge capacity” sidewalk shovelling program, modelled on New York City’s approach, that would pay residents to help dig the city out after major snowstorms.

Olivia Chow pitches idea of paid snow shovellers for Toronto

Toronto residents may get paid to grab a shovel and clear snow following major storms as soon as next winter.

Toronto to look at paying people to shovel sidewalks — just like New York City does

The city has struggled with its sidewalk plows, which have been notoriously unreliable.