Giving Long-term Care Residents More Nutritional Choices and Variety

Giving Long-term Care Residents More Nutritional Choices and Variety

The Ontario government is investing over $40 million in additional nutritional support funding for long-term care homes so residents can receive more individualized food choices, more fresh produce...

Eliminating Birth Certificate Fee for Vulnerable Ontarians

Eliminating Birth Certificate Fee for Vulnerable Ontarians

The Ontario government is permanently eliminating the $35 fee for birth certificates for approximately 40,000 vulnerable Ontarians. The Birth Certificate Fee Waiver Program will ensure...

Launching Ontario's First-Ever Hydrogen Strategy

Launching Ontario's First-Ever Hydrogen Strategy

The Ontario government has released itsLow-Carbon Hydrogen Strategyto accelerate the development of the low-carbon hydrogen economy in the province that will create jobs and reduce emissions. The...

Mandating a Robust PPE Stockpile to Support Plan to Stay Open

Mandating a Robust PPE Stockpile to Support Plan to Stay Open

The Ontario government is protecting people against future unforeseen emergencies by introducing legislation to ensure that a healthy and robust stockpile of personal protective equipment (PPE) and...

Helping Ukrainians Find Jobs in Ontario

Helping Ukrainians Find Jobs in Ontario

At a time when the province has hundreds of thousands of in-demand jobs to be filled, the Ontario government is launching a suite of supports for Ukrainian families arriving under the new emergency...

Helping Non-Profits Build Housing

Helping Non-Profits Build Housing

The Ontario government is helping create new housing by providing over four acres of surplus provincial land at the corner of Dufferin and Centre Streets in Vaughan to a not-for-profit. Making use...

Providing Support to Victims and Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence and Human Trafficking

Providing Support to Victims and Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence and Human Trafficking

The Ontario government is investing $5.9 million over two years through theVictim Support Grant(VSG) program to enhance capacity to support survivors of intimate partner violence and human...

Expanding Fourth-Dose Eligibility

Expanding Fourth-Dose Eligibility

The Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, is expanding eligibility for fourth doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to individuals aged 60 and over as well as First...

Working for Workers by Raising the Minimum Wage

Working for Workers by Raising the Minimum Wage

Ontario is working for workers by raising the general minimum wage to $15.50 per hour, starting October 1, 2022. This eight per cent increase over one year will help workers keep up with rising...

Supporting Economic Growth in Southwest Ontario

Supporting Economic Growth in Southwest Ontario

Ontario is taking action to ensure the efficient and timely development of five new electricity transmission infrastructure projects in Southwest Ontario, supporting the significant growth in the...

Cutting Gas and Fuel Taxes For Six Months

Cutting Gas and Fuel Taxes For Six Months

As part of its plan to keep costs down for Ontario families and businesses, the Ontario government is introducing legislation that would, if passed, cut the gas tax by 5.7 cents per litre and the...

Expanding Access to Student Mental Health Supports

Expanding Access to Student Mental Health Supports

The Ontario government is continuing to support students with expanded access to targeted mental health and well-being programs and services within local communities. Over the past two school years,...

Expanding the Province’s Innovation Ecosystem with New Life Sciences Strategy

Expanding the Province’s Innovation Ecosystem with New Life Sciences Strategy

A new cell and gene therapy manufacturing facility being built in Hamilton will anchor the future of life sciences jobs and innovation in Ontario while advancing pioneering medicine with the...

Making it Easier to Volunteer

Making it Easier to Volunteer

The Ontario government is eliminating the cost of police record checks for volunteers of all ages looking to give their time and skills to the causes they care about. This includes Criminal Record...

Ontario is Making It Easier to Buy a Home

Ontario is Making It Easier to Buy a Home

Today, the Ontario government introduced legislation that, if passed, will support a plan to crack down on speculators who are driving up the cost of housing, protect homebuyers from predatory...

Ontario Raising Highway Speed Limits

Ontario Raising Highway Speed Limits

The Ontario government is raising the speed limit permanently from 100 km/h to 110 km/h on six sections of provincial highways in southern Ontario. The change follows severalspeed limit pilots and...

Cracking Down on Foreign Real-Estate Speculation

Cracking Down on Foreign Real-Estate Speculation

As part of its commitment to tackle Ontario’s housing crisis by prioritizing Ontario families and homebuyers, the government is increasing the Non-Resident Speculation Tax rate to 20 per cent,...

Introducing a Plan to Stay Open

Introducing a Plan to Stay Open

Ontario is introducingA Plan to Stay Open,which includes legislation that, if passed, will expand on policies and measures already in place to ensure the province is able to stay open by building...

Child Care Deal will Lower Fees for Families

Child Care Deal will Lower Fees for Families

Ontario and Canada have signed a $13.2 billion agreement that will lower fees for families and deliver an average of $10 a day child care by September 2025.Highlights of Ontario’s better deal...

Provinces Release Strategic Plan to Advance Small Modular Reactors

Provinces Release Strategic Plan to Advance Small Modular Reactors

The governments of Ontario, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and Alberta have agreed to a joint strategic plan outlining the path forward on small modular reactors (SMRs).A Strategic Plan for the...

Breaking Ground on the Ontario Line

Breaking Ground on the Ontario Line

The province has officially broken ground on the Ontario Line Exhibition Station, marking the start of construction for the new subway line that will support the delivery of better and faster...

Securing the Largest Auto Investment in the Province’s History

Securing the Largest Auto Investment in the Province’s History

With the support of the Ontario, federal and municipal governments, LG Energy Solution and automaker Stellantis are joining forces to build the province’s first large-scale electric vehicle (EV)...

Making it Easier to Access Electric Vehicle Chargers

Making it Easier to Access Electric Vehicle Chargers

The Ontario government is providing $91 million to help make electric vehicle (EV) chargers more accessible to the public across the province. The investment will support the uptake of electric...

Strengthening Protections Against Bullying and Violence at School

Strengthening Protections Against Bullying and Violence at School

The Ontario government is investing more than $550,000 in initiatives that will help keep kids safe in class and online. The funding will support programs that combat sex-trafficking, violence...