The Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC) is celebrating a very successful 2016/17 fiscal year by confirming that it hosted 569 events and generated over $500 million for the City of Toronto and the Province of Ontario in total direct spending economic impact from April 2016 to April 2017. Based on the Ontario Tourism Regional Economic Impact Model (TREIM), the Metro Toronto Convention Centre also sustained 5,749 jobs in the city and generated $163 million in taxes. As well, the Centre confirmed a total of 13 citywide conventions for future years last fiscal…