Even More Reviews are In - Ontario Liberal Plan for Care and Opportunity
QUEEN'S PARK, ON, March 28, 2018 /CNW/ - "Making child care free for preschool children will be transformative for Ontario's families; it will help families balance the demands of work, education and family life, and will dramatically improve affordability, especially for children in low and middle income families."— Dr. Gordon Cleveland, Associate Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Toronto Scarborough.
"When it comes to the social and economic futures for the many rather than the few, there is no better investment a government can make than supporting the progress of the youngest of our young. Universally provided high quality childcare for 2 1/2 year olds until they enter universally provided FDK, provides a game-changing educational continuum to first grade and beyond." — Charles E. Pascal, Professor, Applied Psychology & Human Development, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto & Former Early Learning Advisor to the Premier of Ontario.
"Excellent news for children and families in Ontario! Making child care more affordable and more accessible improves life for families in Ontario."— Marni Flaherty, Chief Executive Officer, Today's Family Early Learning and Child Care.
"This unprecedented announcement means that Ontario will take a bold leap away from a patchwork of services toward a real system of quality care and education that families can trust." — Lyndsay Macdonald, RECE and Coordinator, Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario.
"I believe this is overall a good budget for the City of Toronto" – John Tory, Mayor of Toronto
"I think it will improve the quality of life of many of my residents. Child care, the health care, and certainly pharmacare for seniors, I know our seniors population will be delighted. But this government is helping to break gridlock as well. They're making continued investments in our infrastructure that will allow me to build my LRT and Dundas Connects Project to give people an alternative to using their car… There's a lot of great initiatives in this budget." — Bonnie Crombie, Mayor of Mississauga.
"Our sector has never before seen a budget commitment of this magnitude. We are very pleased to see such a concerted effort focused on improving the way our homes deliver care; commitments that we believe will have a lasting and profound impact on the lives of seniors and the care staff who support them." — Candace Chartier, Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Long-Term Care Association.
"We couldn't be more pleased. This is a once-in-a-generation investment that targets a tremendous need and obligation for our society – better and more integrated care and services across the continuum so that every senior can live life to the fullest. With our aging population, demographics are demanding attention and we applaud the government for responding." — Lisa Levin, CEO of AdvantAge Ontario.
"The 2018 Ontario budget makes it clear that the Government of Ontario remains committed to fighting climate change… Budget 2018 also outlines priorities for investing the $2 billion Ontario anticipates raising from the carbon market in 2018-19, all of which, by law, must be reinvested into fighting climate change. Nearly half of these funds are earmarked to improve energy efficiency in homes and businesses. These resources are absolutely crucial to help businesses and individuals do their part to reduce their climate impacts and participate in the global transition to a low-carbon economy. The new investment of $52 million over three years into protecting the Great Lakes is especially welcome… This budget also commits considerable funding toward public transit. In fact, the budget allocates more than three times more resources, $79 billion, to public transit than is allocated to highways ($25 billion). This is good news as it's essential for the province to align its budget and infrastructure spending with the commitments to fight climate change and protect the environment. — Keith Brooks, Programs Director, Environmental Defence.
"Great news about budget increases for libraries! Democratizing access to education across Ontario!" — ORION Network.
"Ontario's budget announcement today includes funding for a new Ontario Fetal Centre based in our hospital. We're partnering with @SickKidsNews to create Canada's first centre dedicated to care for fetuses requiring high-risk interventions." — Mount Sinai Hospital.
SOURCE Liberal Caucus Service Bureau
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