Doug Ford's Conservatives offer tax credits for childcare, free booze at casinos and more.
Many of the wallet-friendly initiatives contained in the 2019 Ontario budget had been previously revealed, including a 10 per cent cut to post-secondary tuition and a tax credit for low-income individuals of up to $850. But Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government did unveil new measures to cut the cost of child care, reduce estate taxes and provide dental services for seniors. The budget, which projects an $11.
3. Dental Care: Ontario will provide dental services to low-income seniors, initially through public health units and community and Indigenous health centres. Beginning in late summer 2019, the program will be available to individual seniors with income less than $19,300 and couples with less than $32,300. The budget also commits to an expansion of dental services for low-income seniors through mobile dental buses and expanded public health units. 4.
7. Financial Literacy: Lessons in financial planning will be added to the mathematics curriculum and a grade 10 career preparation course. 8. Housing: Later this spring, the Conservatives intend to release a “Housing Supply Action Plan,” with the promise of cutting development costs and making it easier to build rental housing.
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