“The government is proposing to introduce and expand tax credits, but the budget doesn’t act on Premier Doug Ford’s 2018 election campaign promise to cut income taxes by 20 per cent. Instead, the Low-income Individuals and Families Tax (LIFT) credit is being expanded to support residents making an annual income up to $50,000. Eligibility was previously capped at $38,500. This is expected to cost $320-million a year and support an additional 700,000 people, with an average tax savings of $430. Also being proposed is a new tax credit to help seniors 70 and older pay for medical expenses. Under the new Ontario Seniors Care at Home Tax Credit, eligible recipients would receive up to 25 per cent of their medical expenses for a maximum credit of $1,500.”

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“OMA president Dr. Adam Kassam, for his part, noted that the budget is the last one before the June 2 provincial election and is time for the government to outline how it is going to deal with a backlog of care created during the pandemic. It should also explain how it plans to fix cracks in the health care system that deepened in the past two years, he said. Kassam said the OMA estimates there is a backlog of 21 million health-care services — including hip or knee replacements, cataract surgeries, X-rays, colonoscopies, ultrasounds and access to primary mental health-care services. […] But spending more money is not all that’s needed, he warned. ‘The province also needs health human resources — more doctors, personal support workers and other health-care professionals at a time when many are retiring or leaving the profession because of burnout exacerbated by working on the front lines of the pandemic.’”

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« La pandémie a fait des ravages et mis en évidence le besoin de placer davantage de personnel sur la ligne de front des soins de santé. Cela porte l’Ontario à investir 342 millions de dollars pour renforcer l’effectif infirmier en embauchant plus de 5 000 infirmières autorisées et infirmières auxiliaires autorisées nouvelles ou s’étant perfectionnées et 8 000 préposés aux services de soutien à la personne dans les secteurs critiques du système de santé, par l’entremise d’un éventail de programmes. »

« Stabilisation du financement : Le gouvernement annualise l’investissement énoncé dans le document Perspectives économiques et revue financière de l’Ontario 2019. »

« La vice-première ministre et ministre de la Santé et des Soins de longue durée, Christine Elliott, a annoncé aujourd’hui la signature, avec Santé Canada, de deux accords bilatéraux qui fourniront à l’Ontario des fonds pour soutenir un système de soins de santé mentale complet et connecté. »