The Ford government is ready to unveil its fiscal plan for the rest of the year.
The 2021 Ontario Budget will come out on March 24.
The Ministry of Finance spoke directly with 745 people and organizations and received more than 850 ideas submitted as part of consultations.
Officials say the fiscal document will continue to focus on protecting people’s health and jobs through the COVID-19 pandemic and will support the province’s comprehensive vaccine distribution plan.
It will also provide additional resources for the health care sector and initiatives to protect the economic well-being of families, workers and employers.
Minister of Finance Peter Bethlenfalvy says, “Our focus has got to be protecting health and jobs today. Even though the light at the end of the tunnel shines brighter with each person that is vaccinated, we are going to take nothing for granted. This caution is necessary to save lives. And it’s also necessary for our economic and fiscal recovery, because as I often say, without healthy people, you can’t have a healthy economy. So, we’ll defeat the virus by working together. And when we do, our collective efforts will turn to unleashing the growth that we are going to count on for a strong recovery.”
The 2021 Budget will include a multi-year fiscal plan.
