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2018 Provincial Election Survey of Major Parties: Results
Explanatory Note:
This policy survey consists of questions we know to be of critical concern to our membership, and that require
legislative leadership to resolve.
We sent the survey to the three major political parties on Monday, April 30. All three parties confirmed receipt and two
parties have responded. Despite numerous attempts to seek a response, one party failed to reply at all.
The tables in this document contain the complete answers received from the two parties who responded, and are pre-
sented in the order in which they responded.
1Use of consultants throughout the OPS, and especially in I&IT
IT programs and projects demonstrate that there is better value and outcomes when they are delivered in-house using
public servants. The use of external consultants also leads to costly knowledge gaps when it comes to maintenance and
future enhancements on these projects.
Will your party reverse the trend of using external consultants for major I & IT projects?
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The unnecessary use of private ex- Our province has a strong track record No reply.
ternal consultants for major I & IT when it comes to reducing the number
projects have had costly—and in some of consultants across government, in-
cases devastating—results for the peo- cluding IT consultants. We have imple-
ple of Ontario. mented a series of recommendations
put forth by Gartner in their 2015 I&IT
We only have to look at the crisis
Baseline Benchmark review.
created by SAMS (the software system
that cost Ontario millions and dis- This includes reducing our reliance on
rupted the lives of thousands of social fee-for-service resources by convert-
assistance recipients while causing ing external consultants to full-time
months of extra work for casework- OPS employees.
ers) to see the risks of such outsourc-
Since September 2016, we have suc-
ing.
2Will your party reverse the trend of using external consultants for major I & IT projects?
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cessfully converted 197 external con-
sultants to permanent OPS IT posi-
tions. We have also created a central-
ized mobile I&IT staff group, which
will reduce the need for external
consultants.
Going forward, we are committed to
reviewing consulting costs to ensure
that we’re minimizing spending on ex-
ternal consultants and maximizing the
expertise of the professional public
service.
3The federal government proactively discloses contracts valued at over $10,000. These contracts are searchable online.
Will your party commit to full transparency in the use of contractors on I & IT projects/products,
in line with the rules currently in place at Federal level?
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The NDP believes that the people of Currently, where Ministries have used No reply.
Ontario should be at the heart of all a competitive procurement process
decisions. Both Kathleen Wynne and for goods valued at $25,000 or more
Doug Ford have a history of making and services valued at $100,000 or
closed-door deals that make life hard- more, Ministries must post contract
er for people. We are fully committed award notification within 72 days of
to accountable and transparent gov- the award decision.
ernment.
As part of the Liberal Party’s com-
mitment to transparency, we would
commit to reviewing this policy.
4Sunshine List
When the Sunshine List was first introduced in 1996, $100,000 was a figure which captured only senior managers in the
OPS. It had just 984 OPS names—approximately 1.4% of the whole OPS staff complement.
In keeping with the Sunshine’s list original intent, will your party peg the sunshine list to inflation,
from the time of its inception, bringing the 2018 threshold to $146,000?
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(Checked the ‘no’ checkbox.) The Public Sector Salary Disclosure No reply.
Act makes Ontario’s public sector
more open and accountable to taxpay-
ers.
The act requires organizations that
receive public funding from the
Province of Ontario to make public,
by March 31 each year, the names,
positions, salaries and total taxable
benefits of employees paid $100,000 or
more in the previous calendar year.
We have no plans to change the scope
of the act.
5Will your party protect employees’ privacy rights by committing to making the list anonymous,
and cease putting employees, particularly women, at personal risk?
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New Democrats are committed to The safety of all workers in Ontario is No reply.
working with experts and organiza- of the utmost importance. We would
tions such as AMAPCEO to ensure that welcome working with our bargaining
employees, particularly women, are partners to explore ways to ensure the
able to work safely without personal safety of OPS employees is protected.
risk.
6Privatization initiatives and use of P3s
The recent debacle with Carillion is a cautionary tale about the perils of privatizing public services. The resulting Audi-
tor General’s report on Winter Highway Maintenance laid bare what AMAPCEO’s members already knew to be true: that
private contractors cut corners in a variety of ways that have resulted in deterioration of service and service failures.
Will your government bring the provision of highway maintenance services back into the public sector?
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Good things happen when our streets We will bring the provision of north- No reply.
and communities are safer—our ern highway maintenance services
neighbourhoods are more vibrant, back into public hands as existing
people are happier and businesses are contracts expire.
more prosperous. Safety is one of the
provincial government’s most import-
ant responsibilities. Andrea Horwath
and the NDP will bring winter road
maintenance and inspections back to
the public sector as each contract ex-
pires. The provincial auditorhas found
private operators cut corners by using
too few plows, skimping on salt and
7Will your government bring the provision of highway maintenance services back into the public sector?
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de-icer, and sometimes even keeping
the plows inside to save money and
boost profits. It’s time that ended. We
will end the government’s practice of
putting drivers at risk by failing to en-
force contracts and collect fines. With
long-term contracts, we will publish
infractions and fines, and collect on
them. Bad contractors will have their
contracts terminated.
Will your government look for opportunities to bring public service delivery
back in-house across all its ministries?
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Public services make life better for all We will work hard to protect the No reply.
Ontarians. They help families stay on strong public services that exist.
track. They help communities grow.
Universal access to health care and
And they help businesses succeed. A
8Will your government look for opportunities to bring public service delivery
back in-house across all its ministries?
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strong network of public services has a commitment to health equity are
allowed Ontario to lead the country fundamental values underpinning our
for decades. But Liberal and Conserva- health care system. Ontario Liberals
tive governments have eroded those believe in a universal publicly-funded
services with cuts, with privatization, health care system. Its preservation is
or by failing to keep up with demand essential for the health of Ontarians
or inflation. We are committed to now and in the future. We’re increas-
restoring and strengthening public ing our health care spending by 5%, to
service delivery across Ontario. reduce wait times and increase access
across the entire healthcare system.
So that everyone in Ontario can re-
ceive the care they rely on, where and
when they need it. We are investing in
care for the people of Ontario, because
it means a better quality of life for
everyone living in this province.
Further, we believe that a strong edu-
cation system is key to ensuring that
every Ontarian has the opportunity to
succeed in life. That’s why we put caps
9Will your government look for opportunities to bring public service delivery
back in-house across all its ministries?
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on primary class size and in 2017-18
we made new investments to cap our
full-day kindergarten classes at 30
students, and are lowering the cap to
29 students next year. For grade 4-8
students, we reduced the average class
size from 26 to 24 and are investing in
hundreds of new teachers to bring the
funded average class size below 23 by
2020-21.
10Ending professional exclusions
Certain types of workers, including architects, pharmacists, and IT workers, and those working in certain regulated pro-
fessions, are exempt from protections under the Ontario Labour Relations Act. Over the past fifteen years the Supreme
Court of Canada has made it increasingly clearthat the ability of workers to engage in collective bargaining is fundamen-
tal and protected by the Charter.
Will your party agree to amend the relevant sections of the OLRA to include these categories of workers?
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For many Ontarians, work is low-paid, Immediately following the passage of No reply.
Part-time and insecure, offering no Bill 148, we started the first phase of
benefits and little opportunity to plan reviews into the current exemptions,
for the future. Precarious, unstable exclusions and special rules under
employment is on the rise, and more both the Employment Standards Act
and more people are holding down and the Labour Relations Act. The ex-
multiple jobs to make ends meet. One clusion of architects and other catego-
way we can turn that around, and re- ries of workers from coverage under
spect the work people do, is by allow- the Labour Relations Act will be part
ing more working people to organize of this review process. (Similarly, the
in unions. Union membership lets exclusions of any category of worker
them bargain collectively for better from the protections of the Employ-
pay, benefits and working conditions. ment Standards Act are also being
11Will your party agree to amend the relevant sections of the OLRA to include these categories of workers?
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reviewed. The special rules applicable
to I&IT workers are part of the first
reviews under way right now).
Community Benefits Framework
Community Benefits Agreements are a formal mechanisms to incorporate public benefit into infrastructure develop-
ment, with a particular focus on community economic development and apprenticeship opportunities for historically
disadvantaged and equity-seeking groups.
Will your party commit to making meaningful, measurable, and enforceable community benefits agreements
mandatory (in consultation with impacted local communities) in all major, provincially funded infrastructure
development projects, starting with the Queen’s Park Reconstruction Project?
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Andrea Horwath will expand Com- A Liberal government will build on No reply.
munity Benefits Agreements, making progress already being made on the
them integral to all infrastructure Eglinton Crosstown LRT and commit
projects. These agreements give expe- to have all major public infrastructure
rience to Ontario apprentices and give projects comply with a community
12Will your party commit to making meaningful, measurable, and enforceable community benefits agreements
mandatory (in consultation with impacted local communities) in all major, provincially funded infrastructure
development projects, starting with the Queen’s Park Reconstruction Project?
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growing companies a chance to supply benefits framework by 2020.
projects with their goods and services,
To help us get there, we’re moving for-
while setting standards for efficiency
ward with five new community bene-
and climate-resilient construction. We
fit projects, which will employ a range
will focus on bringing more women
of options designed to bolster local
and equity-seeking groups into skilled
communities during the development
trades.
of major new public infrastructure,
including employment and training
opportunities, environmental protec-
tions, poverty reduction measures and
small business supports. The projects
are:
• Finch West LRT, a new light rail
transit line in Toronto
• West Park Healthcare Centre, a
hospital providing specialized
rehabilitation and complex-con-
tinuing care
13Will your party commit to making meaningful, measurable, and enforceable community benefits agreements
mandatory (in consultation with impacted local communities) in all major, provincially funded infrastructure
development projects, starting with the Queen’s Park Reconstruction Project?
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• Halton Region Consolidated Court-
house, a new 21-courtroom facility
• Macdonald Block, a reconstruction
of a government complex in Toron-
to
• Thunder Bay Correctional Com-
plex, to replace the city’s existing
jail and correctional centre.
14Commitment to working with bargaining agents to address public sector workforce challenges and
sustainability
Years of wage freezes and cuts have put public services at risk. Many of our members report staffing levels simply too
low to meet government objectives and manage effective program delivery. Many of our members also experience de-
bilitating workloads as a result of the high numbers of positions remaining vacant in their respective Ministries/depart-
ments, while workloads remains constant or continues to rise.
Will your party commit to working collaboratively with bargaining agents to develop a plan—with sufficient
resources attached—that will invest in the people that make Ontario work: public servants? Will you freeze
layoffs; fill vacancies; rebuild skills; and recruit, train, and retain the next generation of public servants?
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There’s a growing sense that our We are committed to working with all No reply.
province is falling behind—that we’re partners, including bargaining agents,
not the prosperous economic giant we to ensure that the Ontario Public Ser-
used to be. Liberal and Conservative vice continues to grow and thrive. We
shortsighted policies, lack of planning, will ensure that the OPS can continue
corporate tax breaks, privatization to recruit and retain the best public
and attacks on public services have servants, to ensure a strong and effec-
sped along a race to the bottom and tive public service.
15Will your party commit to working collaboratively with bargaining agents to develop a plan—with sufficient
resources attached—that will invest in the people that make Ontario work: public servants? Will you freeze
layoffs; fill vacancies; rebuild skills; and recruit, train, and retain the next generation of public servants?
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created an economy that isn’t working
for Ontario families. We can change
the way things work in Ontario. We
can have a good government that
work for people, that doesn’t just
stand by and watch. We can have a
government that is proactive, plans
for the future, makes sure that eco-
nomic changes don’t leave people
behind, and that improves public
services so that everyone benefits
from prosperity. That’s why the NDP is
committed to restoring our public ser-
vices with a focus on improving and
increasing front-line staff and service
providers. We will do this in consulta-
tion with those already on the front-
lines, so that staff feel supported in
providing the services that the people
of Ontario deserve.
16Card-check certification
Higher rates of unionization bring with them lower levels of poverty and precarious work, better jobs and workplace
stability.
Yet Ontario currently requires workers to prove not once but twice that they want to form a union. It is both unfair, and
a significant barrier to organizing.
Will your party commit to bringing back card-check certification to all Ontarians, as exists in Manitoba, New
Brunswick, PEI, Quebec, Alberta, all three territories and in the federal public sector?
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Andrea Horwath and the NDP will Through Bill 148, we established card- No reply.
protect the right to join a union by based union certification for indus-
making sure any workplace can tries with particularly vulnerable and
unionize when 55% of workers sign disparate workforces: the temporary
a union card. And we will introduce help agency sector, the home care and
first contract arbitration legislation community industry and the building
that will prevent long, tactical delays services industry. This builds on the
by employers. return to card based certification in
the construction sector done at the be-
ginning of the Liberal mandate. The
threshold for these card based certifi-
cation regime is 55 percent, rather
17Will your party commit to bringing back card-check certification to all Ontarians, as exists in Manitoba, New
Brunswick, PEI, Quebec, Alberta, all three territories and in the federal public sector?
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than the higher threshold of 65 per-
cent used in the Alberta model.
18Keeping Bill 148 gains
Bill 148 brought in major gains for all workers, including improving minimum wage, fairer scheduling, better leave
provisions for families and victims of gender based violence, improved vacation minimums and better enforcement, im-
proved organizing rights, improvements to sectoral bargaining, successor rights, and improvements to the right to strike.
Will your party commit to upholding the gains made by and for working people in Ontario
by upholding Bill 148, and commit the necessary resources for its implementation?
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The recent gains achieved by workers Yes, absolutely. We are committed to No reply.
are the result of years of advocacy the creation of more opportunity and
and action - and New Democrats have security for workers, which is why
proudly supported these efforts from we introduced the changes in Bill 148
the very beginning. We were the first that increased the minimum wage;
party to call for the minimum wage mandates equal pay for part time,
increase, fairer scheduling, better temporary, casual and seasonal work-
leave provisions, improved enforce- ers doing the same job as full time
ment and improved organizing rights. employees; expands personal emer-
We know that our economy relies on gency leave to 10 days per year, two
the hard work of Ontarians. And that of which are paid; makes employee
work deserves to be recognized and scheduling fairer; provides 17 weeks,
respected. Andrea Horwath and the including 5 paid days, of domestic and
19Will your party commit to upholding the gains made by and for working people in Ontario
by upholding Bill 148, and commit the necessary resources for its implementation?
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NDP continue to be the leading party sexual violence leave; among other
when it comes to respecting Ontario’s initiatives.
workers. Our platform includes fur-
We are also committed to seeing the
ther commitments to expanding the
full plan realised. The multi-year
minimum wage for everyone, indexed
growth in employment standards
to inflation, we are committed to
enforcement and the crucial review of
improving leave and organizing rights
current exclusions under the Employ-
and we will improve workplace safe-
ment Standards Act and the Labour
ty standards and enforcement. Our
Relations Act enforcement plan are
respect for workers goes beyond leg-
just two of the key pieces that we will
islative changes, we will also ensure
be proceeding with in the next year.
the resources are there to support and
enforce the laws that workers have
fought for.
20Allowing collective bargaining for managerial employees
The Ontario Labour Relations Act currently prevents employees who work in in managerial or labour relations capacity
from belonging to a union. The notion that membership in a trade union subverts the loyalty and integrity of managers
and confidential employees is outdated and antiquated. It also prohibits these workers from exercising their freedom of
association.
Will your party commit to amending the act to allow managerial
and other currently excluded staff to seek representation of a bargaining agent?
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Our economy relies on the hard work Immediately following the passage of No reply.
of Ontarians. And that work deserves Bill 148, we started the first phase of
to be recognized and respected. One reviews into the current exclusions
way we can do this, and respect the under both the Employment Stan-
work people do, is by allowing more dards Act and the Labour Relations
working people to organize in unions. Act. The exclusion of managerial and
Union membership lets them bargain other staff from the Labour Relations
collectively for better pay, benefits and Act will be part of this review process.
working conditions. Andrea Horwath
and the NDP will protect the right to
join a union by making sure any work-
place can unionize when 55% of
21Will your party commit to amending the act to allow managerial
and other currently excluded staff to seek representation of a bargaining agent?
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workers sign a union card. And we
will introduce first contract arbitra-
tion legislation that will prevent long,
tactical delays by employers.
22Per-capita program spending
Ten years of austerity has given Ontario the dubious honour of having the lowest per capita spending on programs any-
where in the country—even after the latest provincial budget. Combined with the cuts and concessions that AMAPCEO
and other public sector workers have been forced to make—balancing budgets on the backs of employees—this has had
a profoundly negative impact on the planning and provision of the important public services that Ontarians rely on.
Will your party commit to substantial reinvestment in program spending
to restore the standard of living for all Ontarians?
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New Democrats see our public ser- Ontario Liberals believe firmly that No reply.
vices as more than just bricks and government has a role to play in
budgets. They are at the heart of providing care and opportunity for
our communities whether we live everyone.
in big cities, small towns or rural or
That is why we introduced programs
northern Ontario. Yet years of cuts
like full-day kindergarten, free college
and freezes by consecutive Liberal
or university tuition, free prescription
and Conservative governments have
medication for eligible children and
left our most vital services feeling
youth under the age of 25, and a $15
squeezed, even as demand has grown.
per hour minimum wage.
We are committed to restoring and
improving public programs across Our current plan will invest more in
Ontario so that everybody can expe- hospitals, mental health, long-term
rience the standard of living that they care and child care to help people get
deserve.
23Will your party commit to substantial reinvestment in program spending
to restore the standard of living for all Ontarians?
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ahead today and prepare for tomor-
row. This includes:
• Increasing investments in health
care by more than $5 billion over
three years;
• Providing $822 million in 2018–19
in additional hospital funding;
• Making over 2.8 million more
hours of personal support care
available, with more caregiver
respite, over 284,000 more nurs-
ing visits and 58,000 more therapy
visits;
• Making an additional investment
of $2.1 billion over four years to
improve access to mental health
care and addictions services for
more people, bringing the total
24Will your party commit to substantial reinvestment in program spending
to restore the standard of living for all Ontarians?
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funding to $17 billion over four
years;
• Extending OHIP+ by providing the
people of Ontario age 65 and over
with free prescription medication;
• Introducing free preschool for
children aged two-and-a-half until
eligible for kindergarten, begin-
ning in September 2020;
• Reducing financial barriers for
students from low- and middle-in-
come families so that they can
pursue postsecondary education
through the newly transformed
OSAP program;
• Strengthening services for approx-
imately 47,000 adults with devel-
opmental disabilities to enable
choice, independence and inclu-
sion; and
25Will your party commit to substantial reinvestment in program spending
to restore the standard of living for all Ontarians?
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• Reforming the social assistance
system to focus on people rather
than on rules and regulations,
improve incomes, and simplify the
system to better support those who
need it.
These investments will ensure that so-
cial services receive the funding they
need now and into the future.
26New, progressive revenue tools
Ontario has a revenue problem, not a spending problem. How else can we explain the fact that deficits are continually
being posted in a jurisdiction that brags of having the country’s lowest cost government on a per capita basis?
Will your party commit to moving Ontario away from austerity and the sale of valuable assets
and towards a more sensible approach that puts meaningful revenue boosts—in the form of
new or increased taxes—on the table?
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Kathleen Wynne and the Liberals let In 2014, we were elected to build No reply.
Ontarians down badly. They certainly Ontario up. Since then, we have been
didn’t run in the last election on a plan implementing a plan that is about
to sell off Hydro One, privatize the investing in people, creating jobs and
electrical grid and sell off a valuable growing the economy. At the same
public asset. But that’s exactly what time, we worked toward balancing the
Kathleen Wynne did as soon as she budget.
was elected, ignoring warnings from
This year we delivered on that prom-
independent experts and protests
ise. We balanced the budget and ex-
from Ontarians. Kathleen Wynne’s
pect to post a $600 million surplus for
Liberals got us here, and Ontarians
the 2017–2018 year.
can’t count on the Conservatives to get
us out; they’re the province’s biggest We did it without cutting services and
privatization fans. We need a govern- jobs. We did it by investing in people,
ment that’s truly committed to creating economic growth and
27Will your party commit to moving Ontario away from austerity and the sale of valuable assets
and towards a more sensible approach that puts meaningful revenue boosts—in the form of
new or increased taxes—on the table?
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maintaining and improving Ontario’s carefully managing spending.
public assets. Furthermore, we are the
As a result, Ontario’s economy has
only party who creating a more fair
growing faster than Canada and is
tax system by making sure that Ontar-
leading the world’s strongest eco-
io’s wealthiest corporations and indi-
nomic powers, including the US and
viduals pay their fair share.
Europe. We created over 800,000 net
new jobs since the recession, and our
unemployment rate is at a 17-year
low.
But while our economy is doing well,
not everyone is feeling the benefits
of it equally. It’s getting harder and
harder for people in our province to
get ahead.
That’s why Ontario Liberals have
made the deliberate choice to invest in
the services and supports families in
Ontario need right now. The
28Will your party commit to moving Ontario away from austerity and the sale of valuable assets
and towards a more sensible approach that puts meaningful revenue boosts—in the form of
new or increased taxes—on the table?
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deliberate choice to invest in the ser-
vices and supports families in Ontario
need right now. The deliberate choice
to invest in mental health care, health
care, home care, child care and more.
As a result, we have chosen to run a
small deficit of less than one per cent
of GDP and have charted a responsible
path back to balance.
Ontario continues to be the leanest
government in Canada; our per-capita
program spending the lowest in the
country. Our interest-paid-on-debt
expense is now eight cents on every
dollar of revenue — almost half of
what it was in 2000, meaning we’re
able to borrow at the lowest rates in
25 years.
29Will your party commit to moving Ontario away from austerity and the sale of valuable assets
and towards a more sensible approach that puts meaningful revenue boosts—in the form of
new or increased taxes—on the table?
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With Ontario back on a solid fiscal
track and families still struggling to
make ends meet, we cannot afford to
pull back. We have to decide if govern-
ment is going to help people with the
challenges they are facing — or look
only at its own balance sheet as the
marker of how people are doing.
Our fiscal plan lays out a responsible
path back to balance, while we invest
in the care people in Ontario need.
30New, universal public programs
One important remedy to help close the growing gap and reduce inequality in Ontario is through investment in new
and/or enhanced social programs such as universal pharmacare, dental care for all not currently covered by their work-
place or other plans, and universal childcare.
Publicly funded, universally available programs make a greater social and economic impact than those that are narrow-
ly targeted at certain ages or income brackets.
Will your party commit to creating and investing in universal pharmacare,
dental coverage for all who lack it, and universally accessible, affordable childcare?
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Andrea Horwath and the NDP under- Universal access to health care and No reply.
stand the difference that quality pub- a commitment to health equity are
lic services can make. That’s why we fundamental values underpinning our
aren’t just going to undo the damage health care system. Ontario Liberals
of 20 years of cuts and neglect. We’re believe in a universal publicly-funded
going to move Ontario forward with health care system. Its preservation is
bold new universal programs that essential for the health of Ontarians
meet the needs of a changing, modern now and in the future.
province: dental care, prescription
Ontario Liberals are leading the way
drug care and affordable child care.
in national pharmacare by expanding
OHIP+ to seniors. Similar to the lead-
ership role the Premier played in
31Will your party commit to creating and investing in universal pharmacare,
dental coverage for all who lack it, and universally accessible, affordable childcare?
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enhancing the Canada Pension Plan
(CPP) Ontario Liberals continue to
work collaboratively with its federal,
provincial and territorial partners
and will advocate for a national phar-
macare program to make prescription
drugs accessible for all Canadians.
No one should ever have to choose to
between paying for their prescription
or putting food on the table.
Ontario Liberals will continue to fight
for historic programs like OHIP + and
the services that all Ontarians need
and deserve.
And that is exactly what we’ve done
with our new dental program -- $700
per year for a family of dental costs
now covered. That is going to cover
32Will your party commit to creating and investing in universal pharmacare,
dental coverage for all who lack it, and universally accessible, affordable childcare?
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4 exams for a low or middle income
family without coverage with enough
left over to pay for fillings or addition-
al cleaning if needed. It’s going to en-
sure those children know the value of
growing up with good oral health, that
years down the road they have the
confidence of a good smile. This $700
isn’t just a savings for the family, it is
an opportunity to for those children to
have the confidence to grow up with
good oral health.
Building an affordable, accessible and
high-quality child care system is also
a top priority for the Ontario Liberal
Party. We have begun expanding ac-
cess to child care through our commit-
ment to create 100,000 new spaces for
children aged 0 to 4. This
33Will your party commit to creating and investing in universal pharmacare,
dental coverage for all who lack it, and universally accessible, affordable childcare?
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ontario ndp ontario liberal party
party of ontario
expansion is supported by $1.6-billion
in capital funding to support the cre-
ation of 45,000 new spaces in schools
and community locations.
We have also committed $248 million
in operating funding to support the
first two years of expansion through
child care fee subsidies, expanded ac-
cess to affordable licensed child care
spaces, and reduced waitlists to help
parents access quality child care for
children aged 0 to 4.
These investments will improve access
for young children, and support the
implementation of free preschool
child care in September of 2020. Our
plan will save families an estimated
$17,000 per child, allowing parents to
34Will your party commit to creating and investing in universal pharmacare,
dental coverage for all who lack it, and universally accessible, affordable childcare?
progressive conservative
ontario ndp ontario liberal party
party of ontario
go back to work when they choose and
help give children the best start in life.
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