A staff report prepared for the Region of Waterloo estimates the area will be shorted $5.4 million in funding by proposed changes to public health units.

In all, the government plans to eliminate 825 positions at health agencies; these positions are to be merged into Ontario Health.

A total of 291 staff at ErinoakKids Centre for Treatment and Development have received notices that their positions are affected by Ontario's recent changes to autism services.

Neighbourhood Legal Services will be making its case when London's community and protective services committee discusses the issue on Monday.

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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.

Hamilton's 2019 operating budget has lost $8.8 million as a result of changes to cost-sharing agreements between the provincial government and municipalities.

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.

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.

Legal Aid CEO David Field says in a memo to staff today that the province has told the agency it can only use federal funding to cover new immigration and refugee services this year.