Author Archives: Ontario Government

Protect Yourself from Tick Bites This Summer

  As temperatures start to climb this time of year, the Ontario government is encouraging people across the province to take precautions to prevent tick bites and reduce the risk of contracting Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases, when enjoying the outdoors. Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases can cause potentially serious infections if you’re bitten by an infected black-legged ...

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L’Ontario restreint l’utilisation des cellulaires et interdit le vapotage dans les écoles

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L’Ontario introduit le plan le plus ambitieux du Canada pour réduire les distractions dans les salles de classe et améliorer la santé des enfants. Pour cela, il normalise et renforce des mesures provinciales et l’apprentissage obligatoire en vue de contrer directement la hausse alarmante du vapotage et de l’utilisation des cellulaires, qui est une source de distraction dans les salles ...

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Ontario Cracking Down on Cellphone Use and Banning Vaping in Schools

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Ontario is introducing the most comprehensive plan in Canada to reduce distractions in classrooms and improve the health of children by standardizing and strengthening provincewide measures and mandatory learning to directly counter the alarming rise of vaping and cellphone distractions within classrooms. As students benefit from three more years of uninterrupted learning as a result of the government’s historic signing ...

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Honda mettra en place la première chaîne d’approvisionnement des véhicules électriques complète du Canada

Qu’il s’agisse de l’extraction des minéraux critiques ou de la fabrication d’automobiles et de batteries, les entreprises et les travailleurs du Canada attirent des investissements sans précédent qui contribuent à maintenir et à créer des emplois, à faire croître notre économie et à garder notre air pur. Au cours des quatre dernières années, les fabricants d’automobiles et de batteries ont ...

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Honda to Build Canada’s First Comprehensive Electric Vehicle Supply Chain

From mining critical minerals to building cars and batteries, Canadian businesses and workers are attracting historic investments to help secure and create jobs, grow our economy, and keep our air clean. In the last four years, automotive and battery makers have announced more than $31 billion in investments in electric vehicle manufacturing across Canada. They want a reliable partner with ...

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Ontario Moving Ahead with Plan to Build More Modular Homes

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Today, Rob Flack, Associate Minister of Housing, released the following statement: “As part of our government’s continued action to cut red tape and help more Ontario families find a home to own, we are moving forward with the next steps in our plan to build more modular homes. Modular housing will be an important part of the solution to Ontario’s ...

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L’Ontario va de l’avant avec son plan visant à construire davantage de logements modulaires

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Aujourd’hui, Rob Flack, ministre associé du Logement, a fait la déclaration suivante : « Dans le cadre des mesures continues de notre gouvernement visant à réduire les formalités administratives et à aider davantage de familles ontariennes à accéder à la propriété, nous passons aux étapes suivantes de notre plan pour construire davantage de logements modulaires. Les logements modulaires feront partie ...

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Community Emergency Preparedness Grant

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The Ontario government is investing $5 million in communities across the province to help them prepare for and respond to emergencies. Funding is being delivered through the Community Emergency Preparedness Grant to help communities and organizations purchase critical supplies, equipment and deliver training and services. “Through the Community Emergency Preparedness Grant, our government is stepping up to ensure Ontario is ...

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Ontario Responds to the 2024 Federal Budget

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Today, Peter Bethlenfalvy, Ontario’s Minister of Finance, issued the following statement in response to the 2024 federal budget: “Today’s 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 the ...

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L’Ontario réagit au budget fédéral de 2024

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Aujourd’hui, Peter Bethlenfalvy, ministre des Finances de l’Ontario, a fait la déclaration suivante en réaction au budget fédéral de 2024 : « Le budget déposé aujourd’hui a été une occasion manquée d’éliminer la coûteuse taxe fédérale sur le carbone qui augmente le coût de tout, de l’essence au panier d’épicerie. Notre gouvernement continue d’exhorter le gouvernement fédéral à remettre plus ...

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Ontario Launches Grid Innovation Fund

The Ontario government is building the grid of the future by launching a new round of the Grid Innovation Fund which will invest $9.5 million to support projects that will make the province’s electricity system more efficient. This year’s funding will be focused on transportation and heating and cooling, two sectors that are driving significant electricity demand increases. “As the ...

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Province’s first annual report on emergency management Released

Today, the Government of Ontario released its first annual report on the Provincial Emergency Management Strategy and Action Plan, highlighting key actions the province is taking to ensure communities across Ontario are safe, practiced and prepared before, during and after emergencies such as floods, wildland fires and cyber attacks. “There is nothing more important than the safety and well-being of ...

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Ontario Rewards SSM with $600,000 for Exceeding 2023 Housing Target

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Rob Flack, Associate Minister of Housing, announced Ontario will be providing Sault Ste. Marie with $600,000 in funding through the Building Faster Fund as the city exceeded its 2023 housing target, breaking ground on a total of 213 new housing units last year. “Our government is making historic investments in infrastructure to give municipalities the tools they need to ensure ...

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Ontario to begin design and Planning for new medical school in Vaughan

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The Ontario government is providing an initial investment of $9 million through the 2024 budget, Building a Better Ontario, to begin the design and planning for York University’s new medical school in Vaughan. The new medical school will be the first in Canada that is focused on training primary care doctors and is helping fulfill Ontario’s commitment to ensure that ...

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L’Ontario commencera la conception et la planification d’une nouvelle école de médecine à Vaughan

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Le gouvernement de l’Ontario prévoit une enveloppe initiale de 9 millions de dollars dans le cadre du budget de 2024, Bâtir un Ontario meilleur, pour entamer les travaux de conception et de planification de la nouvelle faculté de médecine de l’Université York, à Vaughan. Celle-ci sera la première au Canada à se consacrer à l’enseignement des soins primaires et contribuera ...

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