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The city has denied Toronto’s fire service money for recruiting classes, a surreptitious cost-cutting measure that has reduced the department’s already-depleted ranks to the point where public safety is at risk, according to the head of the city’s firefighters’ union.

“When cost-savings put citizens at risk, I think it’s a big mistake,” said Ed Kennedy, president of the Toronto Professional Fire Fighters’ Association, who added that the cut, which essentially denies the department 50 new recruits, marks the first time since amalgamation that such classes have been cancelled.

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