Le gouvernement de l’Ontario maintient les coûts bas et soutient les secteurs de l’accueil et de l’alcool dans la province en suspendant la hausse des taux de majoration de la LCBO et de la taxe de base sur la bière, une hausse estimée à 4,6 % qui devait entrer en vigueur le 1er mars 2024. Cette hausse aurait résulté de ...

The Ontario government is keeping costs down and supporting the province’s alcohol and hospitality sectors by stopping the estimated 4.6 per cent increase to the beer basic tax and LCBO mark-up rates that was scheduled for March 1, 2024. This increase would have resulted from rates being indexed to inflation, which the government has consistently stopped over the last six ...

Universal public health care is a core part of what it means to be Canadian. It is the idea that no matter where you live or what you earn, you will always be able to get the care you need. Unfortunately, our health care system has not been living up to expectations. From overwhelmed emergency rooms to surgery backlogs to ...

Graydon Smith, ministre des Richesses naturelles et des Forêts, et Vic Fedeli, ministre du Développement économique, de la Création d’emplois et du Commerce, ont émis la déclaration suivante au sujet de la décision récente des É.-U. concernant les droits imposés sur le bois d’œuvre : « Le gouvernement de l’Ontario enjoint à nouveau les États-Unis à abolir immédiatement les droits ...

Graydon Smith, Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry, and Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, issued the following statement regarding the latest U.S. decision on softwood lumber duties: “The Ontario government is renewing its call that all duties on Canadian softwood lumber exports should immediately be removed by the United States. Our government’s plan to build ...

The Ontario government is investing $110 million to connect up to 328,000 people to primary care teams, bringing the province one step closer to connecting everyone in Ontario to primary care. “Our government is making record investments to ensure that everyone that wants to have a primary care provider can connect to one,” said Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister ...

Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, has recognized Bill Hatanaka’s tremendous 5-year term as chair of Ontario Health and announced that Dr. Catherine Zahn is being appointed as the new chair of Ontario Health, the province’s agency that connects, coordinates and modernizes the delivery of health care. “I’m thrilled that someone of Dr. Zahn’s experience and skillset has ...

Sylvia Jones, vice-première ministre et ministre de la Santé, a souligné le travail remarquable de Bill Hatanaka, qui a occupé pendant cinq ans le poste de président de Santé Ontario, en plus d’annoncer la nomination de la Dre Catherine Zahn à la présidence de Santé Ontario, l’organisme provincial qui a pour mandat de relier, de coordonner et de moderniser la ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario investit 110 millions de dollars pour donner à 328 000 personnes l’accès à des équipes de soins primaires, ce qui rapproche la province de son objectif d’accès aux soins primaires pour l’ensemble de la population. « Notre gouvernement fait des investissements records pour faire en sorte que toutes les personnes qui souhaitent avoir un fournisseur de ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario investit plus de 100 millions de dollars dans deux programmes qui, au cours des trois prochaines années, formeront plus de 32 000 nouveaux préposés aux services de soutien à la personne et membres du personnel infirmier dans le secteur des soins de longue durée. Cet investissement s’inscrit dans le cadre du plan gouvernemental Votre santé, qui ...

The Ontario government is investing more than $100 million in two programs that will train more than 32,000 new personal support workers (PSWs) and nurses in long-term care over the next three years. The investments are part of the government’s Your Health plan to recruit and retain tens of thousands of long-term care staff over the coming years. “Our government ...

The Ontario government is supporting Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) plan to proceed with the next steps toward refurbishing Pickering Nuclear Generating Station’s “B” units (units 5-8). Once refurbished, Pickering would produce a total of 2,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity, equivalent to powering two million homes, helping to meet increasing demand from electrification and fuelling the province’s economic growth. “With global ...

The Government of Ontario is supporting economic growth and creating jobs with the second phase of funding under the new Forest Biomass Program. The $9.4 million investment will develop the untapped economic potential and environmental benefits of new and emerging uses of underutilized wood and mill by-products, collectively known as forest biomass. “Our Forest Biomass Program has delivered dozens of ...

Todd Smith, Minister of Energy, released the following statement on Friday, January 19th, 2024: “Access to reliable, affordable and clean energy continues to be a key driver for Ontario’s economic growth and electrification. Over the past six years, our government has laid the groundwork with a pragmatic and long-term view to meeting Ontario’s energy needs through to 2050. Most recently, ...

The Ontario government is making it faster and easier for young people to connect to mental health and substance use support by launching a new Youth Wellness Hub in Sault Ste. Marie to serve the Algoma District and surrounding areas. This is one of the eight new hubs the government is adding to the 14 already created since 2020, bringing ...