There is no requirement for government to own housing, for example, or hostels, etc. ,  which Toronto can provide far more inexpensively through the private sector.  Right now Toronto spends over $17,000 for each of its 58,000 poorly maintained TCHC units jsut to ,anage them every year. This is absurd. Home ownership for these folks owuld cost so much less. 

Also, if private companies want pothole police, they can hire security firms, etc. This is not Toronto's job.