Premier Ford, Mayor Watson talk downloading, pot shops, francophones

Mayor Jim Watson brought up downloading, pot shop locations and the concerns of francophones during a meeting Monday with Premier Doug Ford in Toronto.
According to the mayor’s spokeswoman, Livia Belcea, Watson “asked the premier to avoid downloading onto municipalities when tabling the 2019 provincial budget.”
The spectre of downloading provincial programs to municipalities would especially touch Watson since he was the Ontario municipal affairs minister who signed the 2008 up