Thank you, Mr. Chair.
It's certainly a privilege to bring the local experience to this federal table. As municipalities, we are creatures of the provinces and consequently are guided by legislation. In Ontario that legislation includes a bit of a deeper dive into what are normally services provided by the provinces elsewhere in Canada, so we deliver public health, housing and social services in partnership with the Province of Ontario, with funding, of course, as well from provincial sources. All of that can't possibly fit into a property tax bill. We do also provide services municipally and we share those municipal services with our local municipalities that are a collection of towns and cities, like Markham and Vaughan with 400,000 population each and growing, and small rural towns, relatively smaller rural areas with populations of 30,000 to 40,000.
At the regional level, we deliver the large consistent services across that area, including the provincial services. We've deliver policing. We deliver paramedic services. We deliver water and wastewater services, transit and transportation. Local municipalities deliver library services, fire and recreational services as well, so with respect to the pandemic, of course, our emergency services are connected quite tightly. Those are paramedics and police at the regional level, and fire services at the local level, with our provincial oversight bodies, of course, engaged as well.
Our medical officer of health takes direction from the provincial chief medical officer of health. Of course, there is information flowing from federal sources in the health sector as well.
Mr. Chair, that's a quick answer to that question. I hope I haven't left anything out.