Randy Pettapiece, MPP for Perth-Wellington. 
BlackburnNews.com photoRandy Pettapiece, MPP for Perth-Wellington. BlackburnNews.com photo
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MPP says Province Shortchanging Perth Wellington

Perth Wellington MPP Randy Pettapiece says the province is shortchanging funding transfers to eight of ten municipalities in his riding.

Pettapiece says the Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund has been slashed 12 per cent since 2013.

But he says grants to the counties of Perth and Wellington have been chopped by a whopping 42 percent

He say Perth Wellington residents are doing more than their fair share to clean up the province's financial mess.

Pettapiece says the formula used to calculate the grants is anything but transparent.

In October, MPPs from all parties endorsed a resolution Pettapiece introduced in the legislature. Its intent was to ensure that government-held and opposition-held ridings be given equal and transparent consideration on infrastructure funding.

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