Ontario Budget Cuts
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Hamilton will appeal funding cuts to province after festivals ‘caught off guard’City council has voted to appeal to the Doug Ford government on behalf of local festival organizers whose funding has been cut by the province.PoliticsJun 13, 2019
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Bail hearings will no longer be covered by Legal Aid OntarioLegal Aid Ontario, which provides services to those who cannot afford to pay for a lawyer, is facing a 30 per cent cut in funding by the Ontario government.Jun 12, 2019
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Hamilton’s school board eliminating courses due to provincial funding changes, declining enrolmentA Hamilton school board trustee says the board is nixing 173 courses for the 2019-20 school year — a move that will affect some 1,400 students.EducationJun 12, 2019
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London expecting $900k less in 2019 funding after province backtracks on budget cutsThanks to an about-face from the province, the City of London won't lose quite as much funding from the Ontario government as previously anticipated.PoliticsMay 28, 2019
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Eastern Ontario public health units band together against amalgamation with OttawaIn mid-May, health units from Kingston up to the Quebec border learned that they could possibly be absorbed by the Ottawa Public Health unit by spring of 2020.HealthMay 22, 2019
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Ontario eliminates funding for problem gambling research, agency to close by summerGambling Research Exchange Ontario was told last month that its entire $2.5 million annual budget had been cut by the province.PoliticsMay 4, 2019
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Funding for library services slashed by half in Ontario budgetThe head of one of the province's library services says the Ontario government has cut its funding in half.CanadaApr 18, 2019
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Legal Aid to stop accepting new immigration, refugee cases after Ontario budget cutsLegal 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.CanadaApr 15, 2019
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