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Tag Archives: Ontario Budget
Liberals open to raising low-income threshold for seniors drug program
The NDP accused the Liberals of not consulting at all before setting the low-income threshold at $19,300 in the budget — and nearly doubling the deductible for everyone else. ...
Budget 2016: Hospitals get slight spending boost, but opposition says it’s still not enough
Hospital base funding will increase for the first time in five years, but the overall health-care budget is still growing below the rate of inflation. ...
Budget 2016: Ontario to set up single drug plan, but hike costs for seniors
Even with the changes, the government says Ontario seniors will still pay among the lowest "out-of-pocket" expenditures for prescription drugs in Canada - but the opposition disagrees. ...
Budget 2016: Government prepares for $400-million splurge on business schemes
The new investments to be made under the Business Growth Initiative are intended to throw startups a lifeline, as well as fund new research and development efforts and cut through red tape. ...
Budget 2016: Post-secondary education will be free for low-income students
The overhaul eliminates tuition and education tax credits while providing more grants – and in some cases free tuition – for lower-income students. ...
Cap-and-trade and tuition funding overhaul headline 2016’s optimistic budget
The province posted a $5.7-billion deficit last year, and is now on the home stretch to balance its budget by 2017/18 ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Thursday, Feb. 25. ...
Hospital patient ‘horror stories’ point to health-care system in ‘critical’ condition, advocates say
Advocates point to a harrowing account of a cancer patient, who was prematurely discharged from hospital only to collapse on the front door of her house, as just one "horror story" highlighting the need for more governme ...
Pre-budget submissions to the Finance and Economic Affairs Committee
Advocacy groups representing Ontario's hospitals, post-secondary students, elementary school teachers and others submitted their pre-budget recommendations Monday. ...
Sousa confident heading into meetings with credit rating agencies
Meanwhile, Progressive Conservative finance critic Vic Fedeli predicts 'some serious fiscal issues' are on the horizon for the province. ...
Budget 2015: Province holding the line on education and post-secondary funding
A two per cent average annual increase to education over the next three years will focus on rolling out full-day kindergarten, paying for over-budget school projects and boosting wages for child-care workers. ...
Budget 2015: Transportation projects form the centrepiece of infrastructure spending plan
The Liberals have heavily promoted infrastructure spending as the highlight of this budget, arguing the projects are too important to be delayed until the deficit is erased. ...
Budget 2015: Government trimming tax credits for apprenticeships and media
Finance Minister Charles Sousa says the government wants to 'make our business tax support more focused and effective' ...
Budget 2015: Health-care budget sees growth, but not enough to cover inflation, opposition warns
The Liberal government outlined previously announced measures such as changing physician-services payments and a new hospital funding formula as well as additional changes to the Ontario Drug Benefit Plan ...
Budget 2015: Province relying on program review to deliver deficit-slaying savings
The government's Program Review, Renewal and Transformation process is a cornerstone of its deficit-fighting plan ...
Plan for balanced budget relies on economic growth to do the heavy lifting
With a strict cap on program spending, the Liberals are banking on a growing economy to add $5 billion in new revenue for each of the next three years ...
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