“An election away from more cuts to municipalities, more cuts to services people need, more cuts to the programs that are making our communities better places to call home,” he said. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOWHis comments come in a week when public furor forced the Ontario government to back down on provincial funding cuts to municipalities that local leaders warned would hit essential services. He vowed if provinces stand in the way of federal funding for towns and cities, Ottawa will find a way to work with them directly. At Queen’s Park, Infrastructure Minister Monte McNaughton said that “Prime Minister Trudeau is dead wrong.” “We’ve approved 54 critical projects for funding and submitted those projects to the federal government. It’s time Prime Minister Trudeau put his money where his mouth is,” he said.

Source: thestar May 31, 2019 14:53 UTC