Coun. Kristyn Wong-Tam reacts to building code changes

By News Staff

Posted June 21, 2012 3:10 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Coun. Kristyn Wong-Tam spoke to Avery Haines after the Ontario government announced changes to the provincial building code due to recent incidents of falling panes of glass in downtown Toronto.

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