Ontario Boosting Its Electricity Grid with Hydrogen

Ontario Boosting Its Electricity Grid with Hydrogen

HALTON HILLS –The Ontario government is investing $5.9 million in nine new projects that will integrate hydrogen into the province’s electricity grid. This funding is through theHydrogen...

Ontario Helping Contain Costs of Building Roads and New Homes

Ontario Helping Contain Costs of Building Roads and New Homes

TORONTO —Today, the Ontario government is introducingTheBuilding Infrastructure Safely Act, 2023, that, if passed, would prohibit underground infrastructure owners and operators from charging...

Ontario Announces Comprehensive Strategy to Boost Child Care Workforce and Protect Children

Ontario Announces Comprehensive Strategy to Boost Child Care Workforce and Protect Children

Major enhancements to wages and working conditions supporting greater access to affordable and safe child care

Remembrance Week and Remembrance Day Ceremonies

Remembrance Week and Remembrance Day Ceremonies

Remembrance Week is a time to thank Canadian Armed Forces veterans and soldiers who have served or are currently serving, for their honour, courage, valour and sacrifice. This is the opportunity to...

Supporting Ontario Veterans and Their Families

Supporting Ontario Veterans and Their Families

Veterans are heroes, but even heroes need help sometimes. Do you know an Ontario Veteran in financial need? The Soldiers’ Aid Commission provides up to $2,000 a year to help with the costs of...

Ontario Recognizes Woman Abuse Prevention Month

Ontario Recognizes Woman Abuse Prevention Month

TORONTO — Today, Michael Parsa, Minister of Children, Community and Social Services, and Charmaine Williams, Associate Minister of Women's Social and Economic Opportunity, released the following...

Building a Strong Ontario Together

Building a Strong Ontario Together

TORONTO — Today, Minister of Finance Peter Bethlenfalvy released the2023 Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review: Building a Strong Ontario Together.This update continues the government’s...

Ontario Strengthening Holocaust Education in High Schools

Ontario Strengthening Holocaust Education in High Schools

TORONTO —The Ontario government is introducing new and expanded mandatory learning about the Holocaust in the compulsory Grade 10 History course. In addition, the province is investing $650,000 in...

Ontario Helping to Build More Rental Housing

Ontario Helping to Build More Rental Housing

TORONTO — The Ontario government is taking steps to remove the full eight per cent provincial portion of the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) on qualifying new purpose-built rental housing in order to get...

Ontario Extending Gas and Fuel Tax Cuts to June 30, 2024

Ontario Extending Gas and Fuel Tax Cuts to June 30, 2024

TORONTO— To help Ontario families and businesses keep costs down, the Ontario government will be proposing legislation through its upcoming 2023 Fall Economic Statement that would, if passed,...

Stoney Creek Regional Facility Landfill Community Update Meetings
Governments Positioning Fruit Farming Sector for Growth

Governments Positioning Fruit Farming Sector for Growth

LINCOLN – The governments of Canada and Ontario are investing up to $8 million through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) to help apple, tender fruit, and wine grape...

Ontario Connecting More Women to Breast Cancer Screening Earlier

Ontario Connecting More Women to Breast Cancer Screening Earlier

TORONTO — The Ontario government is connecting significantly more people to breast cancer screening by lowering the eligibility age of self-referral for publicly funded mammograms through the...

Ontario Supports the Canadian Pension Plan, Requests Urgent Meeting with Federal Government

Ontario Supports the Canadian Pension Plan, Requests Urgent Meeting with Federal Government

Today, the Minister of Finance, Hon. Peter Bethlenfalvy, sent a letter to the Deputy Prime Minister requesting a meeting of Canada’s federal, provincial, and territorial (FPT) finance ministers to...

Ontario Strengthening Protections for Consumers

Ontario Strengthening Protections for Consumers

TORONTO — The Ontario government is introducing legislation todaythat, if passed, would strengthen protections for Ontarians from unfair business practices such as price gouging, and make it easier...

Ontario Increases Funding to Help Kids Stay Active and Healthy

Ontario Increases Funding to Help Kids Stay Active and Healthy

HAMILTON — The Ontario government is investing $984,595 through Ontario’s After School Program to support service providers in the city of Hamilton.

Ontario Helping Families and Small Businesses Keep Electricity Costs Down

Ontario Helping Families and Small Businesses Keep Electricity Costs Down

TORONTO –The Ontario government is keeping electricity costs down for families and small businesses by increasing the on-bill Ontario Electricity Rebate (OER) from 11.7 per cent to 19.3 per cent,...

Ontario Building More Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

Ontario Building More Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

PORT HOPE— The Ontario government is providing more funding to build thousands of new electric vehicle charging stations in small and medium-sized communities, making it easier and more convenient...