2019 Ontario Budget

• John Tory, Doug Ford spar over public health cuts

  Ontario recently notified municipal public health units that it will reduce its cost-sharing levels from 100 per cent or 75 per cent in some cases, to 60 to 70 per cent for some municipalities, and 50-50 for Toronto.

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  May 6, 2019
  
• Despite budget cuts, Ford ‘guarantees’ anyone who needs legal aid will get it

  “If anyone needs support on legal aid, feel free to call my office. I will guarantee you that you will have legal aid,” Ford told Global News Radio.

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  Apr 22, 2019
  
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• Ontario government to slash funding to Toronto Public Health, officials say

  Toronto Public Health is responsible for a wide variety of services, including school immunization programs, protection from infectious diseases, ensuring safe drinking water and more.

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  Apr 18, 2019
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• Ontario government looks at merging ambulance services; Doug Ford says service won’t go down

  In its budget delivered last week, the government says it plans to streamline the way land ambulance dispatch services are delivered by integrating the 59 emergency health services operators and 22 dispatch centres.

  Health

  Apr 16, 2019
• ‘I think suicides would go up’: Chronic pain sufferers say Ontario therapy program changes could be devastating

  "I think people would be desperate and I think people would look for pills from anywhere," Dina McDermott says, referencing potential changes to nerve-block therapy frequency.

  Health

  Apr 12, 2019
• Guelph mayor, Green Party MPP react to Ford government’s provincial budget

  Mayor Cam Guthrie and MPP Mike Schreiner shared their thoughts on the Doug Ford government's first budget.

  Politics

  Apr 12, 2019
• Ford government cutting $1B from social services over 3 years

  The PCs claim the reduction will come from their previously announced reforms to social assistance programs in the province.

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  Apr 12, 2019
• Mayor Tory ‘incredibly disappointed’ in Ontario’s gas tax cut

  Tory said that the gas tax increase would have allowed for subway cars and bus overhauls, and that the city was counting on this commitment to move forward with repairs.

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  Apr 11, 2019
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• Kingston NDP MPP calls Ontario budget ‘terrible’

  Kingston's NDP MPP reacts to Ontario Conservative government's first budget.

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  Apr 11, 2019
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• Ford budget halts plans for high-speed rail corridor between Toronto, Windsor

  The Ford government’s first budget has put a halt on plans for high-speed rail in southwestern Ontario.

  Politics

  Apr 11, 2019