TORONTO — The Ontario Government is introducing its first Digital and Data Strategy, Building a Digital Ontario, which brings the province one step closer to becoming a world-leading digital jurisdiction. This strategy includes over two dozen new and established initiatives that…
Budget 2021 is the Government of Canada’s Plan to address the pandemic and ensure a robust economic recovery that is targeted and inclusive of all Canadians. Today, Minister of Digital Government, the Honourable Joyce Murray, met with post-secondary students from…
TORONTO – While Ontario government continues to work with the federal government to further support vulnerable workers by doubling payments made through the Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB) program, the province will introduce legislation that, if passed, will offer up…
Join us for a live Tele Town Hall on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at 6 p.m. for updates on COVID-19 as the City remains under the Government of Ontario’s Stay-at-Home-Order. You can listen and ask questions to an expert group of panelists from the…
TORONTO — The Ontario government is providing $86 million to help train up to 8,000 personal support workers (PSWs) through private career colleges and district school boards. This investment is part of the government’s Long-Term Care Staffing Plan and is yet another…
TORONTO ― Today, the Ontario government introduced legislation that, if passed, will help strengthen Ontario’s health care workforce and support the delivery of high-quality care by regulating personal support workers, physician assistants and behaviour analysts. This legislation would also enhance…
Throughout the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic response, the Government of Canada has been providing significant support to each province and territory. Today, the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, the Honourable Bill Blair; the Minister of National Defence, the Honourable…
TORONTO — The Ontario government is expanding booking for COVID-19 vaccination appointments to individuals 45 and over in designated hot spot communities in 13 public health units, as identified by postal code, through its provincial booking system. Child care workers in…
TORONTO — As provinces across the country continue to battle the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the introduction of more contagious variants of concern, the Ontario legislature has passed Bill 269, Protecting the People of Ontario Act (Budget…
(OTTAWA) – April 25, 2021 – Canada’s leading national industry associations today issued the following statement in response to the announcement of back-to-work legislation at the Port of Montreal by Labour Minister Filomena Tassi: “We are pleased to see Minister…
