The mayors of more than two dozen of Ontario's largest cities slammed the province Tuesday for "downloading by stealth," saying the government was passing on costs that were forcing municipalities to weigh tax hikes or service cuts. "The budget paper explicitly says that changes and costs need to be sustainable for both orders of government," Guthrie wrote. 'Forcing municipalities to consider tax increases'"The government of Ontario is effectively forcing municipalities to consider tax increases or service cuts to absorb the download in services it has proposed." "This would imply that every program currently delivered by Toronto Public Health and across your administration provides optimal value for money, and there is no room for program review or priority-setting. "Doug Ford is trying to force municipalities to wear responsibility for the Conservatives' callous cuts," he said in a statement.

Source: CBC News April 30, 2019 21:22 UTC