City didn't receive a call from province for tent assistance, Mayor Watson says

The province never called Ottawa City Hall to offer assistance for the unsanctioned Overdose Prevention Ottawa tent in Lowertown, according to Mayor Jim Watson.
“We were never formally asked about it. We didn’t get any call. The first we heard of it was in fact from the media,” Watson said on Monday. “When we contacted local MPPs to find out what was happening, they were trying to get information from the provincial government.”
Last Friday, Ontario Health Minister