Premier Doug Ford wants municipalities and school boards to reduce their spending by 4 percent.
He’s also offering up $7.3 million in funding to hire independent auditors to help them find the savings.
He says the government will pay for independent experts to look at their books “line by line” just like the government did.
Ford admits it will be difficult, but getting spending under control is the right thing to do noting, “that if it came down to protecting their children’s future every family in Ontario could find 4 cents on the dollar in their own household budget.”
The premier adds, “all we are asking is that our partners join us in doing the same.”
