Speech from the Throne Delivered Today in the Legislature
March 19, 2018
Ontario Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell delivered the Speech from the Throne laying out the government’s future priorities.
Government priorities of importance to municipal governments are:
- Continuing to make significant capital investments across Ontario in public infrastructure – roads, bridges, transit systems, schools, and hospitals.
- Focusing on areas that are struggling to achieve economic growth by investing in workers and businesses and support for regional, rural, and remote economies.
- Reinforcing the importance of addressing climate change.
- Continuing its plan for 100,000 child care spaces.
- Maintaining commitment of 5,000 new beds in the next four years as part of a 10-year plan to create 30,000 new long-term care beds and, by 2022, LTC residents will have access to 15 million more hours of care from health care professions.
Other items of community interest include:
- Expanding home care to provide more services for seniors at home, and to provide financial relief for families who are caring for aging seniors.
- Making investments in mental health and addictions services.
- Ensuring more people without a drug and dental benefits plan will have access to more affordable prescription drugs and dental care.
AMO will be in the March 28th Budget lock-up. Watch that evening for our briefing and analysis.