{"id":23743,"date":"2019-05-09T16:57:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T20:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=23743"},"modified":"2019-05-09T16:57:21","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T20:57:21","slug":"christines-chronicles-2019-budget-and-around-the-riding-with-christine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/christines-chronicles-2019-budget-and-around-the-riding-with-christine\/","title":{"rendered":"CHRISTINE’S CHRONICLES: 2019 Budget and Around the Riding with Christine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Christine Elliott, MPP
Newmarket-Aurora<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since my last\nChronicle, I had the pleasure to be part of several key events in Aurora and\nmet with constituents to discuss what matters most to the families in our\ncommunity. Some highlights include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visiting Job Skills\noffice to learn how they are supporting potential employees to the employers\nthrough a number of programs,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meeting Mayor Tom\nMrakas, Town of Aurora, to discuss the latest provincial grant awarded to the\nTown under the municipal modernization of service delivery program,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visiting the\nNewmarket Food Pantry to see all the great work that\u2019s being done to support\nthe community,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Celebrating the\ngrand opening of the Mindful Project Mental Health Exhibit at Old Town Hall in\nNewmarket that includes display of art that promotes positive conversations to\nhelp change social attitudes towards mental health and wellness,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attending the York\nCurling Club Night of Champions and celebrating a $150,000 grant awarded to the\nclub by the Ontario Trillium Foundation to help replace the roof,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participating in a\nroundtable discussion with Raymond Cho, Minister of Seniors and Accessibility,\nand the Aurora Seniors Association to learn more about how we can better\nsupport seniors in Aurora, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meeting with The\nSalvation Army to learn more about the great support services they provide to\nAurora community, and <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meeting with the\nOntario Federation of Anglers & Hunters to hear their concerns about Lyme\ndisease.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Queen\u2019s Park, our\ngovernment has been hard at work to deliver our first provincial budget. We\ncalled this budget, Protecting What Matters Most. Every step of the way, we\nhave put people at the centre of our decisions. It\u2019s a plan that protects what\nmatters most \u2013 our world-class public health care and education systems, like\nSouthlake Regional Hospital, York Region District School Board and York Region\nCatholic School Board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s also a plan\nthat puts Ontario back on the path to balance in a reasonable and responsible\nmanner. To date, we have reduced the deficit we inherited from the previous\ngovernment by $3.3 billion, going from a $15 billion deficit to $11.7 billion\nfor the 2018-19 fiscal year. Our government is also projecting a modest surplus\nby 2023-24, as we work to balance the budget in five years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you\u2019ve likely\nheard, our government has said time and again that Ontario is open for business\nand open for jobs. That\u2019s why in this budget we are providing $26 billion over\nsix years in much-needed relief to Ontario families, individuals and\nbusinesses, through tax relief and consumer-friendly measures such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eliminating over $3\nbillion in tax increases planned or imposed by the previous government;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helping families\nwith child care expenses through the new Childcare Access and Relief from\nExpenses (CARE) tax credit, totalling over $2 billion;  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introducing the\nOntario Job Creation Investment Incentive resulting in almost $4 billion in\ncorporate income tax relief, delivering early on the government\u2019s commitment to\ncut corporate taxes;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cancelling the\ncap-and-trade carbon tax amounting to over $10 billion; and<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Relief of over $2\nbillion through the implementation of the Low-income Individuals and Families\nTax (LIFT) Credit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the Minister of\nHealth and Long-Term Care, I also want to talk about our plans to invest in and\nmodernize Ontario\u2019s public health care system. We are taking a comprehensive\napproach to ending hallway health care. As part of our provincial budget, this\nyear our government will invest $384 million in additional hospital operational\nfunding, $174 million in more mental health and addiction services, $72 million\nto support more long-term care beds, nurses and personal support care, and $267\nmillion in additional home and community care funding, which will let Ontario\u2019s\nseniors live at home longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, the Ontario legislature voted on The People\u2019s Health Care Act<\/em> (Bill 74).\nI am proud and excited that our Bill passed. This landmark legislation takes a\ncomprehensive approach to modernizing Ontario\u2019s public health care system by\nfocusing on improving the patient experience and on better connected care,\nwhich will help reduce wait times and end hallway health care. This Bill is a\nkey component of the government\u2019s plan to build a modern, sustainable and\nintegrated health care system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am proud of these accomplishments but\nthere is still a lot of work to be done. Our government is working hard to\naddress the challenges facing our province and our health care system. We will\ncontinue to listen to the people who plan and work on the front lines of our\nhealth care system. Together, we will create a health care system that works\nfor the people of Ontario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please contact my community office at 905-853-9889 and let us know how\nwe can assist you.<\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Christine Elliott, MPPNewmarket-Aurora Since my last Chronicle, I had the pleasure to be part of several key events in Aurora and met with constituents to discuss what matters most to the families in our community. Some highlights include: Visiting Job Skills office to learn how they are supporting potential employees to the employers through […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[29,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-columns","category-opinion"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-6aX","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-01 14:16:35","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}