The Ford government has announced a three-stage reopening plan tied to vaccination rates that could allow patio dining to resume and non-essential retail stores to reopen for in-person shopping as early as mid-June.
TORONTO The Ontario Liberals are pledging to provide universal child care for all families and create $10 a day licensed child care if elected next year. On Thursday, the party released its plan to provide $1 billion in more affordable child care for Ontario families if they are elected in June 2022. The party plans to work with federal partners to reduce average fees for licensed child care from over $50 a day to $10 a day by the end of 2024, an average annual savings of about $10,000 per child, the party said. The plan will keep subsidies in place for lower-income families with no cost for households with a net income below $20,000 and partial subsidies for those with a family income of up to approx. $45,000.
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The Ford government was accused of xenophobia, failing to take their own actions and trying to distract from their own COVID failures on Thursday.
The reason? Once again, the Ford government is asking the Trudeau government to impose tougher restrictions on the border.
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âWhen Conservatives are in trouble, they blame everyone else, they start to push emotional buttons around xenophobic positions,â Ontario Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca said.
He even went so far as to compare Doug Ford calling on the feds to stop COVID from crossing the border to Donald Trump promising to build a wall at the Mexican border.
Posted: May 03, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 3
Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford casts his vote on June 7, 2018, when he was elected premier. His leadership during the pandemic is being questioned, but there s no guarantee that dissatisfaction reflected in polls will last until the next election in June 2022.(Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press)
Ford says northwestern Ontario accomplishments include vaccines, transportation strategy
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his major accomplishments in northwestern Ontario this year include providing COVID-19 vaccines to remote communities and a transportation plan.
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Posted: May 03, 2021 6:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 3
Ontario Premier Doug Ford told attendees at the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association conference that a highlight this year was providing COVID-19 vaccines to remote communities.(Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press)
Premier Doug Ford says his major accomplishments in northwestern Ontario this year include providing COVID-19 vaccines to remote communities and a transportation plan.
Ford made the comments at the annual Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association conference on Friday. Provincial political leaders of all stripes traditionally address the crowd of municipal politicians.