Bowing to pressure from Toronto Mayor John Tory and other civic leaders, Premier Doug Ford is cancelling retroactive budget cuts that have hit public health, child care and other municipal services. The news was expected, however, because it followed significant discussions between city hall officials and Ford advisers over the preceding 48 hours. Another point of uncertainty for city hall is whether Ford will try for deep cuts again in 2020. In a statement, Tory thanked Torontonians, city councillors, city staff and Ontario mayors who stood with him in pressuring Ford to cancel the cuts. “In reversing his short-sighted and harmful retroactive cuts to public health and child care, Premier Ford has done the right thing,” said Councillor Joe Cressy (Ward 10 Spadina Fort-York).

Source: thestar May 27, 2019 13:51 UTC