https:\/\/www.ola.org\/en\/legislative-business\/video<\/a>
\nBecause of the Coronavirus legislative business is being changed. Three bills that were about to have public hearings have had those hearings suspended. Bill 171, the act that reduced public consultation on the Ontario Line and undermined protection against wrongful expropriation is one of the bills whose hearings have been suspended until further notice.
\nI will have more tomorrow.
\nTake care and wash your hands.
\nPeter
\nFederal stimulus summary:
\n\u2022 $27 billion in direct support to workers and businesses
\n\u2022 $55 billion for liquidity for businesses and households through tax deferrals
\n\u2022 Total $82 billion – 3% of Canada’s GDP.
\nWORKER SUPPORT:
\n\u2022 The payments from the Emergency Care Benefit will average about $450 a week, being paid bi-weekly, starting around April 1.
\no Application will be online; no medical test to prove eligibility
\no 14 weeks of payments – that puts end to support by late June 2020
\n\u2022 Emergency COVID Self Benefit will act as a catch all for anyone to whom the above does not apply
\no Similar to the Emergency Care Benefit but details are not yet available
\no Will include self-employment and sole proprietorship businesses
\nSMALL BUSINESSES:
\n\u2022 Wage subsidy grants to small businesses for three months equal to 10% of workers salaries.
\nINCOME TAXES:
\n\u2022 If you owe after you file your taxes, you have until August 2020 to make payment
\nFAMILY SUPPORT:
\n\u2022 12 million Canadians eligible:
\n\u2022 Parents getting top up of Canada Child Benefit $300 per child
\n\u2022 Low-income Canadians will receive increased GST credit for $400 for single adults; $600 for couples; $150 for every additional child
\nSTUDENTS:
\n\u2022 6-month student loan repayment deferral
\nGENDER BASED VIOLENCE:
\n\u2022 Boosting funding for shelters for those who cannot remain at home
\n\u2022 200 million to shelters nation-wide for materials and equipment
\nFIRST NATIONS AND METIS:
\n\u2022 “Indigenous Community Support fund” (no details yet)
\nBUSINESS SECTORS:
\n\u2022 Farmers getting \u201cFarm Credit Canada\u201d boost; no details
\n\u2022 Other business sectors receiving access to Export Development Canada; details to come in further days<\/p>\nHorwath welcomes federal funds, urges Ontario to step up with direct funding to help families
\nNDP will support legislation Thursday, but says it falls well short<\/p>\n
QUEEN\u2019S PARK \u2014 Andrea Horwath, Leader of the Official Opposition New Democrats, released the following statement on Wednesday:<\/p>\n
“Thursday afternoon, the Legislative Assembly will reconvene to deal with emergency legislation for workers who need to miss work as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
The NDP supports the job protection provision, and the ban on required doctor\u2019s notes. We will vote in favour of the bills, and we will provide the consent needed to pass them in one day. But they fall well short of what is needed.<\/p>\n
The NDP has been pushing for leave from work to be paid, not unpaid, along with other measures. The government refused to accept the NDP\u2019s suggestions or amendments to this legislation \u2014 things we\u2019ve long been calling for \u2014 but we won\u2019t give up on getting people the help they need.<\/p>\n
Ultimately, the measures being agreed to can only be seen as a small first step.<\/p>\n
These small changes simply cannot be the only help this government gives to families, small and medium-sized businesses, and community-based organizations and charities, who are all growing increasingly concerned \u2014 and rightfully so.<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s announcement by the federal government of an $82-billion support package for Canadians is welcome relief. But it took too long to arrive, is too slow to flow, and it\u2019s simply not enough money. It\u2019s time for the Ontario government to step up and do its part by providing direct funding to protect families from missing meals or rent and mortgage payments, protect the most vulnerable people and organizations that support them, and prevent small businesses from going under.<\/p>\n
We are all in this together, and we will get through it together.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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