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1 | ADD ITEMS | http://goo.gl/JTUzfR | A grassroots, crowdsourced initiative to inventory the cuts and changes made by the new Ontario government - for use by the resistance that will grow against them. | https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156775321444267&set=a.10151941303749267.1073741825.714779266&type=3 | https://twitter.com/GregEqEd/status/1011270588705464320 | |||||||||
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3 | INSTRUCTION: | Use the form at the above link to add new items. | Another site p1: Ford's campaign promises, tracked (ford.polimeter.org) | |||||||||||
4 | (hover cursor over the blue link, then click on the popup) | Another site p2: What Doug Ford has done since the 2018 election (artblog.kathrynkaiser.ca/what-doug-ford-has-done-since-ontario-election) | ||||||||||||
5 | Another site p3: Ontario Federation of Labour's Ford Tracker (https://ofl.ca/power-of-many-ford-tracker-pc-cuts-and-privatization-to-date/) | |||||||||||||
6 | Timestamp | Item (few word description) | Date link was published | Longer description of the item (one or two sentences) | Link to news source | Second link (?) | Actual policy change, or proposal? | Action to take? Link/hashtag/... | ||||||
7 | 6/7/2019 8:53:12 | Implemented | ||||||||||||
8 | 5/23/2019 9:30:01 | Ends electric and hydrogen vehicle incentive programs | 7/11/2018 | Both the electric and hydrogen vehicle and electric vehicle charging incentive programs were funded through cap-and-trade proceeds and were cancelled as a result. | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-electric-hydrogen-vehicle-charging-incentive-program-ends-1.4743579 | Implemented | ||||||||
9 | 5/23/2019 9:27:27 | Increasing OSAP loans and decreasing OSAP grants | 1/23/2019 | $600 million in cuts to student grants and $440 million in funding cuts to universities and colleges | https://www.macleans.ca/education/to-doug-ford-being-for-the-students-means-reckless-osap-cuts/ | Implemented | https://www.change.org/p/stop-doug-ford-s-cuts-to-osap-before-it-s-too-late?use_react=false | |||||||
10 | 5/22/2019 18:53:03 | Cut Tourism Funding | 5/7/2019 | Cut $17.5m in provincial Tourism funding to Tourism Toronto and Ottawa, resulting in a 25% and 11% overall budget cut. | https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/ontario-cuts-tourism-funding-eliminates-money-to-toronto-and-ottawa-1.4412361 | https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/ontario-government-eliminates-tourism-funding-to-toronto-and-ottawa | Implemented | |||||||
11 | 5/17/2019 12:10:45 | Doug Ford limiting access to gender confirmation surgery through OHIP | 5/16/2019 | Not a policy, but sneakily managing quotas so that many patients who have already received approval to receive surgery via OHIP (after waiting two years to be approved) are having procedures cancelled as surgeons have "already reached quota". Patients who are in this limbo cannot begin scheduling a private surgery until their original approval notice expires (approx 2 years later). | https://twitter.com/TraceyKent/status/1129216728603480064 | Implemented | CALL MPPs. | |||||||
12 | 5/12/2019 13:53:19 | Cancels $50M fund that helped child care centres not pass on costs to parents | 5/1/2019 | Ontario has ended a $50 million fund that helped child care centres cover increasing labour costs without passing them on to parents. The move has already led to at least one child care centre in Peel Region, west of Toronto, telling parents that their fees will increase — up to an extra $72 a month for full-time infant care. | https://toronto.citynews.ca/2019/05/01/child-care-centres-funding-cut/ | Implemented | ||||||||
13 | 5/12/2019 13:46:40 | Cutting $16 million from Ontario office that prevents workplace deaths | 5/11/2019 | The provincial office tasked with preventing occupational injury, illness and death in Ontario will see $16 million in cuts this year, despite the fact the body is not taxpayer funded and does not impact the government's bottom line. The bulk of the cuts will impact research projects on issues like occupational disease, as well as the province's independent health and safety associations, which provide ministry-approved training and support to workplaces across Ontario. | https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2019/05/10/16m-in-cuts-to-office-aimed-at-preventing-workplace-death-make-no-sense-advocates-say.html | Implemented | ||||||||
14 | 5/3/2019 9:14:43 | Independent Think Tanks | 4/29/2019 | 2019 Ontario Budget eliminated all provincial funding to independent think tanks, leading to closures of leading think tanks including the Mowat Centre and the Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity. | https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-mowat-centre-to-shut-down-after-losing-government-funding/ | https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/2019/04/27/fords-spending-cuts-extend-from-trees-to-libraries.html | Implemented | |||||||
15 | 5/3/2019 7:53:05 | Cut position of Office of Child and Youth Advocate | Thunder Bay office closed, work supposedly now done by Minister’s office | See Irwin Elton’s final report | Implemented | |||||||||
16 | 4/30/2019 12:32:11 | cancel $20M in funding to OCADU | 4/16/2019 | "In 2016, the previous Liberal government committed $27 million towards the project. To date, the province has given the university $7 million. But on Friday afternoon, it withdrew future funding." | https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/04/16/province-pulls-20m-in-funding-from-ocad-university-expansion.html | Implemented | ||||||||
17 | 4/30/2019 9:33:22 | Ending of Ontario Buys Program | 4/26/2019 | Ontario Buys is an MGCS program and ending this program will impact programs like the Municipal Innovation Exchange and Buying for Impact. | Unsure | |||||||||
18 | 4/29/2019 15:53:08 | Rent control scrapped. | 11/16/2018 | Until last year, rent control applied only to buildings built before 1991 but, as part of its housing policy to boost affordability, the former Liberal government extended rent controls to all buildings in April 2017. Doug Ford Gvmt has removed rent control for all leases after November 2018. | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/rent-control-reforms-could-mark-return-to-sky-high-increases-for-toronto-tenants-advocates-warn-1.4908665 | https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-toronto/2018/11/ontario-government-scraps-rent-control-and-toronto-doesnt-it/ | Implemented | Start a tenant's association in your building. Reach out to your MP, MPP and city councillor if you are concerned about renovictions or other shady action by your building management. Contact FMTA https://torontotenants.org/ and write your elected officials to support mandatory inclusionary zoning to force developers to build more affordable housing. | ||||||
19 | 4/27/2019 7:08:12 | interfering with Hydro One management | public bought hydro one shares on the understanding politicians would not meddle. Ford fired CEO and Board of Directors, proposed purchase of Aviva canceled, break fee of $137 million cost | Implemented | class action lawsuit against gos of Ontario for breaking terms of privatization | |||||||||
20 | 4/26/2019 10:31:14 | Repealing toxic chemical reporting | 2/19/2019 | The omnibus bill also scraps rules that force industries to keep track of the toxic chemicals they use, a measure the government also says will cut unnecessary red tape. ... “They want to get rid of the Toxics Reductions Act. Since when did reducing toxin pollution, which directly affects public health, since when did that become red tape? It makes absolutely no sense,” Mike Schreiner, the Green Party leader, tells CityNews. | https://toronto.citynews.ca/2019/02/21/changes-to-overtime-pay-environmental-rules-buried-in-open-for-business-bill/ | Unsure | ||||||||
21 | 4/26/2019 10:29:35 | No mandatory workers’ rights posters | 2/19/2019 | "Open for Business" The bill also takes away a rule that tells employers they must display posters informing workers about their rights on the job. | https://toronto.citynews.ca/2019/02/21/changes-to-overtime-pay-environmental-rules-buried-in-open-for-business-bill/ | Unsure | Oust Ford | |||||||
22 | 4/26/2019 10:26:44 | "Open For Business" Removes oversight to forced overtime rules | 2/19/2019 | Currently, if an employer wants an employee to work more than 48 hours in a week, they must both sign an agreement and then get approval from the Ministry of Labour. This bill removes ministerial approval. “It’s saying to employers, you no longer have to have approval if you’re going to make your workforce work excessive amounts of hours, or make them work overtime over four weeks.” | https://toronto.citynews.ca/2019/02/21/changes-to-overtime-pay-environmental-rules-buried-in-open-for-business-bill/ | Unsure | Oust Ford. | |||||||
23 | 4/25/2019 8:44:08 | Cancels tree planting program | 4/24/2019 | Eliminating the 50 Million Tree Planting Program (in Ontario). Those involved warn the move will lead to the loss of jobs and environmental benefits that forests provide | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-tree-planting-program-cut-1.5110282 | Implemented | Oust Ford! #environmentalresponsibility | |||||||
24 | 4/24/2019 14:41:36 | end OHIP coverage for Canadians travelling outside of the country | 4/24/2019 | OHIP reimburses $200 a day for an unexpected hospital stay in another country, and a maximum of $400 per day in an intensive care unit or surgical ward. In the U.S., hospitals typically charge 10 to 15 times those amounts. | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/doug-ford-ohip-out-of-country-emergency-coverage-1.5109027 | https://www.680news.com/2019/04/24/ontario-government-ohip-coverage-travel/ | Proposed | |||||||
25 | 4/23/2019 9:06:24 | Reduce funding to and move Anti-Racism from its own Directorate to Ministry of Community Safety and Corrections | 9/18/2019 | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/anti-racism-directorate-cuts-lindo-tibollo-1.4827091 | Implemented | |||||||||
26 | 4/22/2019 19:26:52 | 30% cut from Legal Aid Ontario | 4/2/2019 | $133 million dollars in cut to Legal Aid. | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ontario-legal-aid-funding-cut-1.5095058 | Proposed | ||||||||
27 | 4/22/2019 17:11:36 | Government axes Environmental Commissioner's Office | 11/15/2018 | https://ipolitics.ca/2018/11/15/ford-government-axes-three-of-nine-government-watchdogs/ | https://ipolitics.ca/2019/04/01/environment-watchdogs-advocacy-role-to-be-dropped-by-auditor-general/ | Implemented | ||||||||
28 | 4/22/2019 9:42:10 | Ontario College of Midwives Funding | 12/13/2018 | Ford has cut current and future funding of the Ontario College of Midwives, the regulatory body that oversees midwifery in Ontario. Midwifery is a less costly alternative to hospital care for low-risk births. This cuts more than a third of the college's budget. | https://www.nationalobserver.com/2018/12/13/news/ford-cuts-all-provincial-funding-ontario-college-midwives?fbclid=IwAR3Esqfbs1IDI3tKMg5JxMxzgZhR5NAUusp8fly-3qqN3awkTMrCGFhMXE0 | Implemented | Depose Ford | |||||||
29 | 4/21/2019 10:32:40 | Ontario Music Fund | 4/17/2019 | reduce the Ontario Music Fund from $15 million annually to $7 million | https://shorttakes.canadianmusician.com/ford-government-budget-slashes-ontario-music-fund-by-more-than-half/ | https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2019/04/17/music-fund-halved-ontario-budget | Proposed | |||||||
30 | 4/20/2019 21:09:43 | 11/2/2018 | Cancellation of the Ontario College Of Trades - Ministry of Colleges, Training and Universities undecided how to use $20M surplus paid by trades persons. | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/college-of-trades-government-ontario-1.4888857 | Implemented | |||||||||
31 | 4/20/2019 19:37:56 | 50% Cut in Funding for Flood Management | 4/20/2019 | Part of the Conservation Authorities' mandate is to forecast flooding and issue warnings, monitor stream flow, regulate development activities in flood plains, educate the public about flooding and protect natural cover that helps reduce the impacts of flooding. | https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news-story/9293622-ontario-cuts-conservation-authority-funding-for-flood-programs/?fbclid=iwar3sjfebuxh6ipzyrt0qlcww6yxvpf2cmuwwoavm7mlzw617qwjny2gf93w | https://globalnews.ca/news/5186671/ontario-cuts-conservation-authority-funding-for-flood-programs/ | Implemented | |||||||
32 | 4/19/2019 11:47:20 | Cuts to compensation for victims of violent crime | 4/18/2019 | “Victims of violent crimes will get significantly less compensation after proposed changes in provincial government’s budget, including capping awards for pain and suffering to $5,000, advocates say. [...] pain and suffering accounted for almost $33 million of the compensation claims it paid out in year that saw 3,569 cases resolved at a hearing. By comparison, if each of those cases had resulted in a maximum payment of $5,000, the board would have paid out less than $18 million.” | https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/04/18/ontario-budget-cuts-millions-in-compensation-to-victims-of-violent-crime-advocates-say.html | Implemented | ||||||||
33 | 4/18/2019 17:27:52 | Toronto Public Health finding cut by $1 billion | 4/18/2019 | Finding for Toronto Public Health will be cut by $1 billion over 10 years, beginning with an immediately $86 million cut. | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/province-slashing-toronto-public-health-funding-by-1b-over-a-decade-board-of-health-says-1.5104427 | Implemented | ||||||||
34 | 4/18/2019 17:12:55 | Gutting the Endangered Species Act | 4/18/2019 | "will effectively remove all safety nets for species at risk in this province. The proposal will give industry a free pass to exterminate species in Ontario." - joint statement of Environmental Defence, David Suzuki Foundation, and Ontario Nature | https://davidsuzuki.org/press/statement-on-the-ontario-governments-proposal-to-gut-the-endangered-species-act/?utm_campaign=ontarioESAReview-jointStatement-en-18apr2019 | Proposed | ||||||||
35 | 4/18/2019 16:48:05 | $1billion cut from Toronto Public Health | 4/18/2019 | Announced late afternoon prior to long weekend, are cutting $1 billion over ten years, effective immediately. Source: Toronto city councilor Joe Cressy. | https://www.facebook.com/CressyJoe/photos/a.1479331652295220/2310959069132470/?type=3&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAMrBCGCHGTZFkwrDx1vtX5s4oST6T5SPAQlg6q8hLD6weaJ72DYlVITnl93U0ISFc2cfjzulT6RS8E_ZF-CvPpaqojWSOONkN6sakPjPoI2OUbE8yTIvqYzAGQXH8nluLPxPaqGaKq9g9N9RVLxLpudp_DVcIWxpdX4rJbrjAnWd7ZyKUwfvNl-WMYL0uXl3UKT3blQfkcKkNQ0zrtyLMaJwB9R2Gy4vomu0E-3wM9c_nFXCmXE_F-MtB6MyRCqlR4qVMrA21UjqKfFJ8rztQDPqw02AzFc6fSDzqkP7--GUHbIWBjy_FJn_Yt63fcOyec5JWCqDE6qTlmMKXsGMn8HLyS1ce4OcCI2QZrW8qbZs-m-hWN9KJ4&__tn__=H-R | Unsure | ||||||||
36 | 4/18/2019 10:21:48 | Cuts to funding for libraries | 4/17/2019 | Money for the the Ontario Library Service, which supports public libraries by funding things like interlibrary loans and training for library staff, has been cut by 50%. | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/ontario-library-service-funding-pc-doug-ford-1.5102406 | Implemented | ||||||||
37 | 4/15/2019 11:24:58 | Massive cuts to education | 3/19/2019 | People for Education estimates the Ford government is cutting more than $1 billion from education. | https://peopleforeducation.ca/our-work/changes-to-ontario-education-funding-and-policy-will-have-a-long-term-impact/ | Implemented | ||||||||
38 | 4/15/2019 11:20:57 | Cuts to Ministry of Indigenous Affairs | 4/12/2019 | The recently approved budget cuts funding to the Ministry of Indigenous Affairs by 15% and contains no plans for claim settlement payouts. | https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/ontario-budget-indigenous-affairs-cut-1.5096723 | Implemented | ||||||||
39 | 4/9/2019 20:05:38 | test | ||||||||||||
40 | 4/9/2019 20:05:07 | test | ||||||||||||
41 | 1/28/2019 13:22:11 | Doug Ford scrapping rate protection for more than 325,000 Ontario hydro customers | 1/22/2019 | Proposed in Bill 66 | https://globalnews.ca/news/4871939/changes-by-doug-ford-could-mean-ontarians-paying-more-for-electricity/ | Proposed | ||||||||
42 | 9/11/2018 14:28:38 | $335 m cut from mental health funding | 7/26/2018 | Ford announced $335 m. cuts to mental health funding committed to by the Liberal government. | https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/07/26/tories-blasted-for-335m-cut-in-planned-spending-on-mental-health.html | Implemented | Join health care protest: http://www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/rally-12-p-m-tuesday-october-23-queens-park-toronto-outside-ontario-legislature-please-join-us-and-tell-doug-ford-that-we-need-to-rebuild-and-improve-our-public-health-care-no-cuts-and-pri/ | |||||||
43 | 8/24/2018 13:09:45 | Curriculum "snitch-line" | 8/22/2018 | Website for parents to make complaints of any teachers/schools teaching things they have a problem with. Webform or link to Ontario College of Teachers existing complaint process (including 1-888 #) | https://torontoguardian.com/2018/08/doug-ford-snitch-line-not-exist/ | http://fortheparents.ca | Implemented | |||||||
44 | 8/24/2018 13:07:15 | Toronto at-risk youth program | 8/24/2018 | $500K cut from funding Orkidstra | https://t.co/BzM6ybpPe2 | Implemented | ||||||||
45 | 8/18/2018 11:15:16 | Province delays funding for Indigenous education program | 8/15/2018 | Funding for the Biwaase’aa program - a service designed to address child poverty issues by increasing life skills of Indigenous youth - has been delayed by the Ministry of Education. More than 1600 Indigenous students are affected. | https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/province-delays-funding-to-indigenous-education-program-1015131 | Implemented | ||||||||
46 | 8/11/2018 17:09:29 | Marijuana sales privatization | Originally was only going to be sold through government stores like beer is through the LCBO, but the plans are being changed | Unsure | ||||||||||
47 | 8/11/2018 17:08:34 | Buck a Beer | ||||||||||||
48 | 8/11/2018 17:07:14 | Stop any new Overdose Prevention Sites | 8/12/2018 | Temporarily stop the opening of any OPS that had already been approved by province until government conducts review. This does not apply to Safer Consumption Sites, which are the permanent ones run by existing health centres. | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/ontario-overdose-prevention-sites-approval-hold-1.4782132 | Implemented | ||||||||
49 | 8/1/2018 10:24:15 | Initial social assistance changes | 7/31/2018 | Ending the basic income pilot, reducing the scheduled increase from 3% to 1.5%, and reversing a number of small but important changes that were making the system more liveable for recipients. They promised a more drastic overhaul (meaning more serious and punitive cuts) in 100 days. | http://incomesecurity.org/policy-advocacy/ontarios-cuts-to-social-assistance-will-hurt-the-most-vulnerable/ | https://ipolitics.ca/2018/07/31/ford-government-slashes-income-assistance-hikes/ | Unsure | |||||||
50 | 7/30/2018 3:48:34 | End strike at York U | 7/26/2018 | ... | Implemented | |||||||||
51 | 7/29/2018 10:33:08 | Shrink Toronto City Council | 7/27/2018 | Cutting 22 City Councillor positions in Toronto and 2 Regional Chair positions (in Peel & York Region, respectively): 24 jobs in total. Cuts to political representation & access to local representatives of people in Toronto cut in half as a result. | https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/mobile/ford-confirms-cuts-to-council-calls-toronto-dysfunctional-political-arena-1.4030269 | https://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2018/07/ontarios-government-for-the-people-announces-reforms-to-deliver-better-local-government.html | Proposed | Unsure | ||||||
52 | 7/26/2018 15:42:04 | Introduced the Cap and Trade Cancellation Act, 2018 | 7/25/2018 | This repeals the Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016 and provides for various matters related to the wind down of the Cap and Trade Program. The legislation contains provisions aimed at blocking companies from suing the government over the compensation issue. | https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-introduces-legislation-to-kill-cap-and-trade-program/ | https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-42/session-1/bill-4 | Proposed | |||||||
53 | 7/18/2018 9:15:06 | PCs Introduce Urgent Priorities Act | 7/16/2018 | The omnibus bus establishes government power over executive compensation at Hydro One, enacts back-to-work legislation for professors and staff at York University, and cancels the White Pines wind project. The bill also contains a clause the government says will make it immune from civil litigation over the cancellation of green energy projects. | https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ford-government-moves-to-take-greater-control-of-hydro-one-exec-salaries-1.4015361 | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/hydro-one-york-strike-pcs-1.4749390 | Implemented | |||||||
54 | 7/15/2018 18:55:01 | Cancelling 758 renewable energy projects | 12/7/2018 | Energy Minister Greg Rickford says cancellation will save ratepayers $790 million. The Canadian Solar Industries Association said the cancellations will lead to a loss of half a billion dollars in planned investment leaving Ontario and 6,000 jobs. | http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-renewable-energy-ontario-cancels-1.4359645 | Implemented | ||||||||
55 | 7/11/2018 13:18:31 | New health curriculum is gone | 7/11/2018 | Beginning in September the updated Ontario Health curriculum from 2016 will no longer be taught but students will instead be led by the 1998 version. | https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/07/11/ontario-students-will-be-taught-the-old-sex-ed-curriculum-when-they-go-back-to-school-education-minister-says.html | Implemented | https://www.leadnow.ca/campaigns/ | |||||||
56 | 7/11/2018 10:59:32 | Fired Ontario's Chief Scientist | 7/5/2018 | Molly Shoichet, who was named the province's first chief scientist in November of 2017, was let go on July 3, 2018. Ford's spokesperson, Simon Jefferies, said that the PCs "will undergo a process of finding a suitable and qualified replacement." | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/doug-ford-fires-chief-scientist-1.4735085 | https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/07/04/doug-ford-fires-privatization-czar-chief-investment-officer-chief-scientist.html | Implemented | |||||||
57 | 7/11/2018 10:53:59 | Suspended Portion of Proposed Anti-Scalping Law | 7/4/2018 | Ford's office confirmed that the PCs were suspending a portion of the anti-scalping law that would prohibit ticket resales of more than 50% price markups above face value. The anti-scalping law came into effect July 1, 2018. | http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/anti-scalping-tickets-law-ontario-1.4732867 | https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2018/07/04/ticket-resale-price-cap-delayed-by-new-premier-doug-ford.html | Implemented | |||||||
58 | 7/11/2018 10:32:03 | Cancellation of White Pines Wind Project | 7/10/2018 | The White Pines Wind Project has been under development for 10 years and was intended to begin operation in the fall of 2018. Bay of Quinte MPP Todd Smith, who is the new Ontario Government House Leaders, announced the project cancellation as one of the top 3 priorities for the new PC government to be pursued in legislature as early as next week. | http://www.thewhig.com/2018/07/10/white-pines-project-likely-dead | https://globalnews.ca/news/4323147/ontario-pcs-cap-and-trade-york-strike-priorities/ | Proposed | |||||||
59 | 7/10/2018 12:32:02 | Revoked Cap and Trade System | 7/3/2018 | O. Reg. 144/16: THE CAP AND TRADE PROGRAM (revoked) | https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/160144?search=386%2F18 | Implemented | ||||||||
60 | 7/10/2018 12:31:09 | Prohibition of greenhouse gas cap and trade system | 7/3/2018 | O. Reg. 386/18: PROHIBITION AGAINST THE PURCHASE, SALE AND OTHER DEALINGS WITH EMISSION ALLOWANCES AND CREDITS filed July 3, 2018 under Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016, S.O. 2016, c. 7 | https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/r18386?search=386%2F18 | Implemented | ||||||||
61 | 7/10/2018 12:26:29 | Prohibition of greenhouse gas cap and trade system | 7/3/2018 | O. Reg. 386/18: PROHIBITION AGAINST THE PURCHASE, SALE AND OTHER DEALINGS WITH EMISSION ALLOWANCES AND CREDITS filed July 3, 2018 under Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016, S.O. 2016, c. 7 | https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/r18386?search=386%2F18 | Implemented | ||||||||
62 | 7/10/2018 11:47:39 | Cutting of development of Truth and Reconciliation curriculum for Ontario schools- and funding to school repairs | https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-government-abruptly-cancels-series-of-education-related-summer/ | https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/ontario-pc-government-cancels-100-million-school-repair-fund-1.4006307 | Implemented | #TeachersForTRC | ||||||||
63 | 7/9/2018 18:16:12 | Ontario PC government cancels $100M school repair fund | 7/29/2018 | Ontario’s new Tory government has cancelled a $100-million fund earmarked for school repairs this year. School boards were notified on July 3 that the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund would be eliminated and that only work contracted on or before that date would be covered. | https://globalnews.ca/news/4321353/ontario-pc-government-cancels-school-repair-fund/?utm_medium=Facebook&utm_source=GlobalToronto | https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada/ontario-pc-government-cancels-100-million-school-repair-fund-1.4006307 | Implemented | |||||||
64 | 7/9/2018 12:58:10 | Cycling Infrastructure funding cut | 9/7/2018 | As a result of cap and trade funding cut, cycling infrastructure of $900,000 per year is now gone. | http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/ontario-municipal-cycling-fund-cancelled-1.4736506 | Implemented | ||||||||
65 | 7/9/2018 10:48:26 | Pausing of changes to Smoke Free Ontario Act July 1, 2018 | 7/4/2018 | New regulations to legislate vaping in public places was to come into effect on July 1st and has now been "paused" to allow the new government to 'review" and "consult with the public". It should be noted that these changes have had extensive consultation and has been in the works for many months (if not 1-2 years) | https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/07/04/doug-ford-halts-introduction-of-additional-anti-vaping-rules-for-more-study.html | Implemented | ||||||||
66 | 7/9/2018 10:30:15 | Ending co-operation with federal gov on resettlement of asylum-seekers | 7/5/2018 | Ford government has withdrawn Ontario’s co-operation with Ottawa over asylum-seekers. The program was meant to alleviate a crisis sparked by President Donald Trump’s policies on migrants. Over the past year, thousands of asylum seekers have entered Canada from the United States. | https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/07/05/ford-government-is-ending-cooperation-with-ottawa-on-resettlement-of-asylum-seekers.html | https://globalnews.ca/news/4314579/ontario-federal-asylum-seeker-housing/ | Proposed | |||||||
67 | 7/7/2018 19:31:32 | New immunization rule put on hold | 7/7/2018 | A new rule that would have required doctors and nurses to report all immunizations they give to children has been put on hold by the new government of Premier Doug Ford; after requests from doctor lobby group. Part of ongoing delays in attempts to create a province-wide computerized system for tracking children's vaccination records. | http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/doug-ford-vaccines-immunizations-reporting-doctors-nurses-1.4737196 | Implemented | ||||||||
68 | 7/7/2018 0:33:21 | Former PC party leader gets $384K advisory job | 7/6/2018 | The Ford cabinet named Dr. Rueben Devlin, a former president of the Ontario PC Party and the longtime CEO of Humber River Hospital, to chair a new body called the Premier's Council on Improving Healthcare and Ending Hallway Medicine. | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/premier-doug-ford-rueben-devlin-health-care-adviser-1.4736696 | https://www.ontario.ca/orders-in-council/oc-9922018 | Implemented | |||||||
69 | 7/4/2018 13:31:31 | Freeze non-union management and executive salaries | 6/30/2018 | Wages and compensation packages of Managers and Executive positions in government will be frozen until appropriate compensation for these positions can be determined. | https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-doug-ford-kicks-off-premiership-with-a-pay-freeze-on-public-service/ | Proposed | ||||||||
70 | 7/4/2018 10:07:54 | New police oversight law put on hold | 7/3/2018 | New measures brought in by the former Liberal government strengthening oversight of police in Ontario have been put on hold by the incoming Ford government, amidst rhetoric of strengthening police power to act unrestricted. | https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/07/03/premier-doug-ford-puts-new-police-oversight-laws-on-hold.html | Implemented | ||||||||
71 | 7/4/2018 9:39:28 | Law restricting ticket scalping paused | 7/4/2018 | Part of a new law that would have capped the amount that ticket scalpers could get for re-sold event tickets has been paused by the incoming Ford government. | http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/anti-scalping-tickets-law-ontario-1.4732867 | Implemented | ||||||||
72 | 7/3/2018 9:22:41 | redevelop Ontario Place shelved | 7/2/2018 | "With the election of the Progressive Conservatives, the project remains on hold, according to officials." | https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto/article-plans-to-redevelop-ontario-place-in-toronto-shelved-during-transition/ | Implemented | ||||||||
73 | 6/30/2018 22:23:21 | Pharmacare cuts | 6/30/2018 | Provincial coverage of 4400 drugs for all youth 24 and under changed to cover only those with no private health benefits. | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/pcs-announce-changes-to-ohip-1.4729873 | Implemented | ||||||||
74 | 6/29/2018 11:38:58 | Hate Speech on campuses | 6/29/2018 | Require Ontarian universities to “uphold free speech on campuses and in classrooms.” | https://www.nationalobserver.com/2018/06/29/news/progressive-conservative-premier-doug-ford-introduces-21-member-cabinet-queens-park | https://news.vice.com/en_ca/article/3k48w8/doug-ford-wants-to-tie-funds-for-universities-to-free-speech | Unsure | |||||||
75 | 6/27/2018 12:23:50 | Restoring funding to TAVIS | 6/25/2018 | They are proposing to restore funding to TAVIS and other policing units that are supposedly meant as anti-violence measures but that have a clearly documented history of targeting Black and other racialized communities. | https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto/article-amid-recent-gun-violence-incoming-ontario-tories-propose-restoring/ | Proposed | ||||||||
76 | 6/26/2018 23:53:04 | cut Sex Ed curriculum | 6/20/2018 | Doug Ford promised to repeal Ontario’s comprehensive Health and Physical Education, aka Sex-Ed, curriculum - and he could do it when he becomes Premier on June 29. | https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/doug-ford-keep-ontario-s-sex-ed-curriculum/ | Proposed | https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/doug-ford-keep-ontario-s-sex-ed-curriculum/ | |||||||
77 | 6/26/2018 12:54:50 | Indigenous affairs ministry possibly merged | 6/25/2018 | Officials are expecting that the incoming Conservative government will end the status of Indigenous Relations as a separate department with its own cabinet member and merge it with another (yet to be determined) department. | http://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/reevely-indigenous-affairs-ministry-a-likely-target-as-tories-streamline-cabinet/wcm/40869623-13da-4c24-90b7-7c294595462c | Proposed | ||||||||
78 | 6/24/2018 13:55:49 | Cut Green Ontario Fund | 6/19/2018 | The incoming government, even before taking power, has announced that they will end the Green Ontario Fund, which aids home owners, tenants, and business owners become more energy efficient and reduce their carbon footprint. | https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/06/19/doug-ford-warns-gasoline-companies-to-pass-along-his-10-cent-a-litre-tax-cut.html | https://www.dropbox.com/s/2ajdp1imlzxs4nh/greenon-ca%20webcap%20june24.png | Implemented | |||||||
79 | 7/31/2019 20:19:37 | "Addiction Services Initiative" program for Ontario Works recipients de-funded | 7/30/2019 | Minsity of Community services cutting funding for the $9.4m program that runs in 21 communities since 2006, saying it was a 'pilot' that wasn't cost-effective. The program is continuing to be funded in Indigenous communities. | https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/death-of-addiction-service-for-those-on-social-assistance-brings-grief | Unsure | ||||||||
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