The discrepancy in donations could have consequences. If a community can’t come up with the money for its local share, the project will stall, preventing a community from securing much-need equipment for renovations, says Monika Turner, Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) policy director. She stresses that healthcare is a provincial responsibility – not a municipal one; and that it’s inappropriate for the province to be asking for municipalities to cover a share of the cost.