TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to present a vision today for what he hopes to accomplish with a new term of government, as well as reintroduce this…
A throne speech will outline the Progressive Conservative government’s agenda, followed by the reintroduction of the budget, which is expected to be largely unchanged from when it was introduced but not passed in the spring before the election.
Ford is expected to talk about many of the same themes as during the spring election campaign, including building infrastructure such as highways, rebuilding the economy from the pandemic and getting more people into skilled trades. He will also have to address a staffing crisis in the health-care system that has led to emergency departments across the province closing for hours or days at a time due to a lack of nurses.
Opposition parties and nursing groups have been urging him to repeal wage restraint legislation that they say is harming efforts to recruit and retain more nurses, who are leaving the sector in droves after more than two years on the front lines of fighting COVID-19. The only change that Ford has signalled to the budget from when it was first introduced is a five per cent increase to disability support payment rates, which he promised during the election, but advocates say that’s still far too low and the payments need to be doubled.Share this article in your social network
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
MPPs defy Doug Ford, re-elect Ted Arnott as speaker of the Ontario LegislatureFord had backed challenger Nina Tangri, who was vying to be the first woman to hold the job at Queen’s Park.
Read more »
Doug Ford set to present vision for his new government’s agenda, reintroduce budgetTORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to present a vision today for what he hopes to accomplish with a new term of government, as well as reintro...
Read more »
Ontario’s budget to be re-tabled: This is what Doug Ford promisedThe Progressive Conservatives are set to re-table their 2022 budget today, nearly three months after it was presented to Ontarians. This is what Doug Ford promised:
Read more »
Ontario legislature session begins as Ford government pushes ahead with new mandateFord’s Progressive Conservative government will again table its 2022-23 budget on Tuesday, originally introduced in April and put to the test as a main plank of the PC platform during the June election
Read more »
Doug Ford says ‘all hands on deck’ as MPPs return for throne speech, budget and speaker’s electionIt’s back to work for MPPs and back to the future for Premier Doug Ford’s re-elected Progressive Conservatives who are resurrecting the spring budget that served as their campaign platform.
Read more »
TODOROVA: Ford must get on with job of expanding transportation networkNADIA TODOROVA
Read more »