FUNDS RELIEF: Withheld equitable share: Treasury announces Friday ‘payday’ for non-compliant municipalities

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana released July’s municipal equitable share payments despite non-compliance, citing service delivery concerns. However, he warned that December payments would be withheld if municipal financial management did not improve, maintaining pressure on local governments to meet Treasury demands

Industries in northern Ontario will share in a $7.2 million federal and provincial fund to help industries cope with the effects of the U.S. trade war with Canada.