Mayoral candidate Mike Maguire would make significant cuts to city staff and program spending to provide tax relief, starting with parks, recreation and cultural services.

“There are literally hundreds of millions of dollars that can be saved by exploring alternate service delivery and by reducing the size of city staff,” he said.

Maguire said shrinking the $143-million budget for parks, recreation and culture to $100 million, privatizing operations and chopping staff from 1,100 full-time equivalents to 400 would save a total of $103 million annually.