So any notion that Council would be reckless in requesting a 2021 police budget decrease today strikes me as a major stretch. As I write in my column, the main thing supporting a budget cut today would do is show Council is serious about change. https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2020/06/29/budget-cut-a-blunt-instrument-that-could-signal-toronto-council-is-serious-about-police-reform.html