The province’s decision to retroactively reduce funding to public health agencies will put virtually every program provided by or funded by Toronto Public Health “at risk,” Budget Chief Gary Crawford warns.
He said that by reducing the percentage of funding that it commits to some municipal public health programs retroactive to April 1, the province is leaving the city with the difficult choice of either reopening a budget that was passed in March and making cuts or letting vital Toronto Public Health programs go unfunded.
City staff have said that the provincial cuts will slash $64 million from Toronto Public Health’s budget in 2019 and a combined $1 billion over the next decade.
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