Like all major cities in North America, Toronto has been hit with a budget deficit.
As in the last Winter City Fest outdoor show, everything hangs by a budget cord in Toronto. The ever tougher economic times coupled with the combined city of Toronto and province of Ontario budget deficits have done in the Winter City Fest. How appropraite then that last show featured performers the Carnaval du Paris hanging by ropes stretched over a canvas starting 80 feet high right in  the middle of Nathan Phillips Square of City Hall.
Here are some other views of a memorable night –
