Toronto’s seven member budget committee will impose a 10 per cent cut on Toronto’s libraries despite protests that it can’t be done without slashing hours. The Globe and Mail reports on a rancorous budget committee meeting during which Councillor Chin Lee was the only one to vote against the motion, Budget Chief Mike Del Grande insisted that the library board’s proposed cut of 5.9 per cent was not nearly enough and passed a motion to carve an extra $7-million from the Toronto Public Library budget. Members of the committee are Michelle Berardinetti, Mike Del Grande (Chair), Frank Di Giorgio, Doug Ford Chin Lee Peter Milczyn and John Parker of Ward 26. Here is a previous story in the Globe and Mail from last July which intimated that Leaside’s Public Library (inset) on McRae Dr. will not be threatened by cuts because of its high use. But it isn’t known if this assessment will apply.