"It's shaken everybody up," said Anthony Di Monte, Ottawa's general manager of emergency and protective services. The city needs clarification, Di Monte said, but there are few scenarios in which the merger could affect the city. Anthony Di Monte is Ottawa's general manager of emergency and protective services, and was chief of the city's paramedic service before that. (CBC)There are 665 full-time positions within the Ottawa Paramedic Service. Di Monte said it's possible the province could backtrack, but if the merger does come, he expects a major shift to happen soon.

Source: CBC News April 18, 2019 19:46 UTC