SUDBURY – The Ontario government is investing an additional $15 million over three years to expand the Critical Minerals Innovation Fund (CMIF). The funding was part of the 2024 Budget: Building a Better Ontario and will strengthen Ontario’s mining industry by assisting with research, development, and commercialization of innovative technologies, processes, and solutions for the critical minerals supply chain. “This investment is another …
Summer Company program helping next generation launch new businesses WHITBY — The Ontario government is providing an additional investment of $1.5 million to bolster its Summer Company program, helping an additional 250 young people start and grow a business. The investment will increase total funding for the program to more than $4.7 million over the next two years. “Ontario continues …
$45 million investment in the Northern Health Travel Grant to make it easier to access specialized care and services THUNDER BAY — As part of the Ontario government’s 2024 Ontario Budget, the province is investing $45 million over three years to expand the Northern Health Travel Grant Program to help people in Northern Ontario connect to the specialized care and services …
MISSISSAUGA — The Ontario government is investing $155.5 million this year to help fast-track the construction of new or redeveloped long-term care homes. This funding, through the 2024 Ontario Budget: Building a Better Ontario, is part of the government’s $6.4 billion plan to build 58,000 new and upgraded long-term care beds across the province. “From escalating construction costs to high borrowing rates, our government understands the financial …
TORONTO — Peter Bethlenfalvy, Ontario’s Minister of Finance, issued the following statement in response to the 2024 federal budget: “The budget was a missed opportunity to scrap the costly federal carbon tax, which is making everything from gasoline to groceries more expensive. Our government continues to urge the federal government to put more money back into peoples’ pockets by eliminating …
Highway widening will better connect fast-growing communities in the Greater Golden Horseshoe PICKERING — The Ontario government is investing $12 million to support the widening of Highway 7 from Reesor Road in Markham to Brock Road in Pickering. The expansion from two to four lanes will help drivers spend less time in traffic and support the area’s growing manufacturing, life …
Continued gas tax cuts would save households $320 on average since 2022 TORONTO — To continue keeping costs down for families and businesses, the Ontario government is introducing proposed legislation through its spring 2024 Budget that would, if passed, extend the existing gasoline and fuel tax rate cuts until December 31, 2024. “With the federal government about to increase its costly carbon tax, …
New housing-enabling infrastructure funding will help municipalities get shovels in the ground TORONTO — The Ontario government is investing more than $1.8 billion in housing-enabling infrastructure funding to help build at least 1.5 million homes by 2031. This funding includes $1 billion for the new Municipal Housing Infrastructure Program and $625 million more for the Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund, bringing its total …
Ontario investing $50 million to build a new Banwell interchange for Windsor WINDSOR – To tackle gridlock, save commuters time and support the local economy, the province is advancing several highway infrastructure projects in Southwestern Ontario, including the start of construction on the final phase of widening Highway 3 between Essex and Leamington and building a new interchange at Banwell …
Province ensuring people have a say while continuing calls to scrap the federal carbon tax MISSISSAUGA — The Ontario government is keeping costs down for people by introducing legislation that, if passed, would give Ontario voters a direct say over a new provincial carbon tax, cap-and-trade system or other carbon pricing program. This proposed legislation would protect people and businesses …
