Hamilton's music industry is reacting after the Ford government announced it plans to cut the Ontario Music Fund by more than half.

The day after the government tabled its first budget, officials told the Canadian Independent Music Association that the Ontario Music Fund would be reduced from $15 million to $7 million.

Tim Hudak said his “million jobs plan” was in part influenced by “talking to people like Gil Moore.” But it seems Hudak hadn’t spent much time talking to Moore beforehand.