A group representing Ontario’s municipalities is asking the province to commit enough cash to keep cities from going into debt amid concerns that COVID-19 will throw them into a fiscal hole so deep they can’t climb out.
Brian Rosborough, executive director of the Association of Municipalities Ontario, said the group has asked the province to give them enough money that they don’t have to go into the red while they fund services such as paramedics, which are more important than ever during the pandemic. “Municipalities are really going to have to be front and centre in the recovery effort, so the last thing they need is to manage this sort of operational deficit,” Rosborough said. “Municipalities will be appealing to the province and to the