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Ontario parents to get another payout in 2022 budget

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Some parents may get direct payments from the Ontario government yet again this year. The payments, which were previously not included in the 2022 budget, were first mentioned in the government’s throne speech on Tuesday afternoon. Speaking in the legislature, Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell said that when the budget is re-introduced, it will include an additional…

“This budget will take us backwards”: CUPE Ontario renews calls for investments into services and people

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Toronto, ON – The Ford Conservatives doubled down on the worst of their instincts, like continuing the artificially and chronically-low corporate tax rate and underinvesting in the services Ontarians rely on, said the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “The same old Ford Conservatives are back and we’re going backwards if they get their…