Ontario to boost home care funding, may miss long-term care bed goal | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Ontario is investing $1.1 billion more in home health care as it grapples with the reality that it is unlikely to achieve its goal of building 58,000 new long-term care beds by 2028. The funding boost for home care is part of Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy’s 2026 budget that projects a $13.8 billion deficit […]
Ontario’s battered housing sector revises its projections down again | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Four years after the Progressive Conservatives promised to build 1.5 million homes in a decade, Ontario’s battered housing sector is looking at lowering expectations again. As part of its 2022 re-election campaign, the Ford government promised it would solve Ontario’s housing crisis by ramping up the construction of new homes. But it’s yet to […]
Ford government to table 2026 budget with warning of ‘tougher times’ ahead | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] The Ford government will table its budget on Thursday afternoon, a financial blueprint expected to be printed with its fair share of red ink as the finance minister tells Ontarians to prepare for “tougher times” ahead. The annual financial plan will outline the government’s expectations for economic growth and debt, as well as offer […]
Majority oppose Ontario’s freedom of information clampdown, new poll finds | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] A majority of Ontarians oppose the Ford government’s freedom of information crackdown, according to a new poll, as the province prepares to shield political leaders and their staff from scrutiny. Research conducted by Abacus Data on behalf of the Canadian Union of Public Employees found just 24 per cent of those asked support the […]
Ontario not satisfied with federal nurse practitioner clarity it requested | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] The Ford government says it will belatedly align with federal guidelines on nurse practitioners, a policy the province asked Ottawa to clarify two years ago. The federal government had set an April 1 deadline for provinces to have a policy in place to fund all medically necessary services from nurse practitioners. It’s a deadline […]
Ford government planning to waive HST on new homes for 1 year | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Potential buyers across Ontario are poised to receive a significant tax discount on newly-built homes, but only for a limited time, Global News has learned, as the Ford government looks to boost a sector struggling with a slump in sales. As part of his spring budget, Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy is expected to announce […]
Ford accuses FOI watchdog of ‘politicizing’ transparency clamp-down | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Ontario Premier Doug Ford is accusing the province’s transparency watchdog of “politicizing” his government’s crackdown on freedom of information laws, claiming he has “nothing to hide” but that he doesn’t want to risk publishing personal records. The government is facing major pushback, including from the Information and Privacy Commissioner, over its plan to give […]
Ontario legislature expecting thousands of students to descend for OSAP protest | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Queen’s Park is bracing for another major protest over the Ford government’s unpopular changes to the Ontario Student Assistant Program on Tuesday — a demonstration that’s being met with fresh warnings that vandalism and threats will not be tolerated. In February, the Ford government said the province’s OSAP policy was projected to grow to […]
Doug Ford’s cellphone records under spotlight ahead of transparency law changes | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] The question of who Ontario Premier Doug Ford calls, and why he is changing the law to shield his phone records from scrutiny, was front and centre as the government returned to Queen’s Park Monday. Shortly before returning from an extended, 14-week winter break, the Progressive Conservatives announced they would retroactively change transparency laws […]
Majority think Doug Ford is failing to protect Ontario, new poll shows | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] As MPPs return to the legislature after an extended, 14-week winter break, new polling suggests a majority of the population believes the government is failing in its promise to “protect Ontario” across a series of key areas. A survey conducted by Ipsos exclusively for Global News’ Focus Ontario asked people how well they thought Premier […]