Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson said the province's decision to hold off on funding cuts to public health, paramedics and child care this year gives the city some much-needed "breathing space," but he remains on guard for 2020 and beyond. [It] gives us some breathing space, but we still have the challenge of what the cuts are going to look like in 2020. - Ottawa Mayor Jim WatsonWatson had previously called it "patently unfair" of the province to impose funding changes midway through the year. "[It] gives us some breathing space, but we still have the challenge of what the cuts are going to look like in 2020." Ottawa's budget planning and deliberations start well before January 2020, so Watson said Ottawa will need to know what to expect.

Source: CBC News May 27, 2019 18:56 UTC