The Honourable Golden Gao Minister of Health Services
Getting the Gears Rolling
Ontario offers viable plans
The current global recession has struck Canada hard and Ontario has taken the brunt of the beating so far: Ontario accounted for more than half of Canada's job losses in recent months despite having only 39 per cent of the nation's population. Ontario is currently implementing numerous plans to help stimulate the economy. However, in the face of a global slow-down there are so many factors beyond a provincial government's control. There is not much Ontario can do to slow or reverse the recession. Instead, Ontario proposes measure to mitigate the effects of the recession and to prepare the economy for the rebound.
Jobs and Education
Ontario has lost more than 200,000 manufacturing jobs between 2002 and 2008, with more losses still to come in 2009. Unfortunately, many of those jobs aren't coming back. Instead, Ontario must focus on the high-value jobs of the future and invest in higher education.
Individuals and Families
Ontario’s unprecedented unemployment rate has taken its toll on low to middle-income individuals and families. Ontario commits to alleviate the effects of the economic recession on families by providing better employment insurance and job retraining.
Businesses
Nearly all industries have been affected by the economic downturn. Ontario will continue spending money to protect industries and help the recovery process.
To address these three main areas, the government of Ontario proposes:
The government of Ontario wishes to resolve the difficulties faced by the Canadian economy by implementing these solutions through funding from the federal government.
Getting the Gears Rolling
Ontario offers viable plans
The current global recession has struck Canada hard and Ontario has taken the brunt of the beating so far: Ontario accounted for more than half of Canada's job losses in recent months despite having only 39 per cent of the nation's population. Ontario is currently implementing numerous plans to help stimulate the economy. However, in the face of a global slow-down there are so many factors beyond a provincial government's control. There is not much Ontario can do to slow or reverse the recession. Instead, Ontario proposes measure to mitigate the effects of the recession and to prepare the economy for the rebound.
Jobs and Education
Ontario has lost more than 200,000 manufacturing jobs between 2002 and 2008, with more losses still to come in 2009. Unfortunately, many of those jobs aren't coming back. Instead, Ontario must focus on the high-value jobs of the future and invest in higher education.
Individuals and Families
Ontario’s unprecedented unemployment rate has taken its toll on low to middle-income individuals and families. Ontario commits to alleviate the effects of the economic recession on families by providing better employment insurance and job retraining.
Businesses
Nearly all industries have been affected by the economic downturn. Ontario will continue spending money to protect industries and help the recovery process.
To address these three main areas, the government of Ontario proposes:
- continued running of a deficit budget
- continued spending on infrastructure to create jobs and stimulate the economy
- more money spent on protecting and improving existing industries/investor as opposed to attempting to attract more investor; use Canada’s “home market as an incubator to build up clusters of high-value industries that can then take on the world.”
- commitment to doubling apprenticeship completion rate
- investment in innovation and infrastructure for Ontario’s college education and training programs
- harmonization of the RST and GST to create a federally administered HST, will be cut costs for business and make them more competitive globally
- along with the HST, tax credits will be introduced to mitigate its effect on low-income household
- additional investment for the green-energy plan
The government of Ontario wishes to resolve the difficulties faced by the Canadian economy by implementing these solutions through funding from the federal government.
