Building Ontario up

  • Investing more than $130 billion over 10 years in public infrastructure, the largest infrastructure investment in Ontario’s history – a plan to get goods and people moving
  • Unlocking the value of provincial assets – to invest in new public infrastructure that will create jobs, boost productivity and revitalize communities
  • Partnering with business to create jobs and secure prosperity for all Ontarians
  • Developing a highly skilled workforce – to invest in people today and give Ontarians the support they need to get the right skills and the right jobs to build the strong economy of tomorrow
  • Building a fair society – to help people achieve their full potential and help our province become an even better place to live
  • Sound fiscal management – a disciplined focus on finding smarter, better ways to deliver the best possible value for every dollar spent, while continuing to make investments that create jobs, expand opportunities and secure prosperity for all Ontarians

The 2015 Budget. When Ontario invests, it is building — and when it is building, it is growing.

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Infrastructure: the largest investment in Ontario history

Ontario is investing more than $130 billion over 10 years in public infrastructure - the largest infrastructure investment in Ontario’s history.

  • $31.5 billion over 10 years for Moving Ontario Forward — about $16 billion in transit projects in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) and about $15 billion in transportation and other priority infrastructure projects outside the GTHA
  • $11.9 billion in 2015–16 on infrastructure, such as roads, public transit, water systems, hospitals and schools

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Unlocking the value of provincial assets

Net proceeds from provincial asset sales will be reinvested through the Trillium Trust into transit and road projects. The plan includes:

  • broadening Hydro One ownership to create lasting public benefits and ongoing public protections
  • reviewing real estate assets for sale

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Partnering with business to create jobs

To create rewarding and high-paying jobs and help Ontario’s businesses succeed and grow, the Province is:

  • investing an additional $200 million in the Jobs and Prosperity Fund to spur innovation and create jobs
  • convening an experienced group of senior business leaders who will bring their capital, knowledge and networks to help Ontario start-ups scale up
  • maintaining electricity pricing supports for qualifying large northern industrial facilities
  • working on increasing regional trade and investment with Quebec

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Developing a highly skilled workforce

The government is investing in people today and giving Ontarians the support they need to get the right skills and the right jobs, to build the strong economy of tomorrow, by:

  • continuing to improve education and skills training, from preschool and full-day kindergarten through to postsecondary education and trade apprenticeship programs, with innovations such as experiential learning pilot programs
  • investing an additional $250 million over the next two years in the Ontario Youth Jobs Strategy, bringing the total investment in youth employment programs to more than $565 million
  • modernizing the Ontario Student Assistance Program to strengthen financial assistance for students

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A fair society: living and working in Ontario

Ontario is supporting people and providing opportunities they need to reach their full potential, by:

  • increasing social assistance rates
  • investing in at-risk youth with the next phase of the Youth Action Plan
  • stopping sexual violence and harassment, and improving support for survivors through It’s Never Okay: An Action Plan to Stop Sexual Violence and Harassment
  • increasing investments to home and community care services by an average of five per cent per year, or more than $750 million over the next three years
  • strengthening workplace pension plans and introducing the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan in 2017 to help ensure that working Ontarians have a more secure retirement future

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Managing responsibly

Ontario is committed to delivering the best possible value for every dollar spent, while continuing to make investments that create jobs, expand opportunities and secure prosperity for all Ontarians. The government is doing this by:

  • examining how every government dollar is spent
  • using evidence to make better choices and improve outcomes
  • looking across government to find the best way to deliver services
  • taking a multi-year approach to find opportunities for program savings
  • making sure that any modest wage increases negotiated through the collective bargaining process are offset by savings

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