Joe Cressy — who is also a Toronto city councillor — says the cuts will mean Toronto Public Health will lose $1 billion in funding over the next decade and all of Ontario's health units will be impacted by the move. The Ministry of Health delivered the news Thursday afternoon in a conference call with public health units ahead of the long weekend, he said. Today, late in the afternoon on the day before a long weekend, the Provincial Government announced that they are cutting $1 billion to Toronto Public Health over the next 10 years, effective immediately. The changes mean Toronto will immediately have an $86 million funding gap in its public health budget this year, he said. "The evidence has shown that the more money you put in public health the fewer health care costs you have going forward," he said.

Source: Huffington Post April 19, 2019 17:03 UTC