Hastings County council is opposing Ontario’s unexpected withdrawal of some of the province’s funding for the county’s ambulance service.

County council met Thursday in Belleville.

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Councillors passed a special resolution asking Ontario restore the county’s base funding for land ambulance service to the previous level set for this fiscal year.

“Nearly $300,000 in base funding was removed from the land ambulance service grant based on operations on behalf of the Mohawks Bay of Quinte,” Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services Chief Carl Bowker told council. The service in September 2024 opened a new base on the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, reducing response times to calls on the reserve.

Bowker said the result was a grant falling $150,000 short of what had been expected.

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