02-28-2023, 09:17 PM
Municipalities have been on the receiving end of federal and provincial cutbacks for the last 30+ years. In many cases, the federal or provincial government downloaded a service to the municipality with promise of funding to follow. More often than not the funding that was provided (if at all) was never in an adequate enough amount to cover the cost to the municipality to provide that service. Cities and Regions will be paying catch up for a long time to come.