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platform 2018

Paying for the public transit infrastructure and services we need.
We waste months of our lives stuck in traffic. The average daily commute in the GTHA is 80 minutes - that's equivalent to eight 40-hour work weeks per year, or about 7 years of your working life!

Gridlock now costs our economy $11.5 billion in lost productivity - that's more than what the province spends annually on transit infrastructure.

Congestion delays in trucking deliveries costs all Canadians $650 million per year in higher costs for goods.

We need a new transportation plan for Ontario. We need to be honest about how to pay for it. And we need to implement it without expensive political games.

Your Green MPPs will increase funding for public transit infrastructure by $1 to $1.5 billion per year over projections in the 2018 budget and will fund 50% of the operating costs of municipal transit systems. We will establish a dedicated long-term fund for municipal walking and cycling infrastructure, investing $2.17 billion over 4 years on safe streets and roads.

How we will pay for it?
We will implement expert recommendations for dedicated revenue tools that are fair and progressive-such as congestion charges, parking levies and land value taxes-to raise over $3.9 billion per year. We will dedicate 5% of the transportation budget for walking and cycling infrastructure.

What does this mean for me?
Free time. Time to do what you want. Time for family, friends and community. Time to read a book, watch a hockey game or take a nap. Free time. You deserve it.

The GPO's fiscal plan supports expansion of pharmacare, dental care, child care, tuition support, health care, home care, long-term care and other programs outlined in the 2018 provincial budget. Below, we outline our proposed changes and additions to these programs.

Even with a better range of public services, our projected deficit will be almost one third of the deficit projected by the Financial Accountability Office for the 2018 Ontario Provincial Budget. No other party has accounted for these higher budget deficits.

(in $ billions)Note: Numbers may not add due to rounding.*Sharing of revenue with First Nations and northen municipalities approximately $1.23 billion over 4 years

**Expected savings of $4-8 billion as indirect benefit from the Basic Guaranteed Income, related to child poverty and income tax not included (https://www.oafb.ca/assets/pdfs/CostofPoverty.pdf)

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platform 2018 Paying for the public transit infrastructure and services we need. We waste months of our lives stuck in traffic. The average daily commute in the GTHA is 80 minutes - that's equivalent to eight 40-hour work weeks per year, or about 7 years of your working life!

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Read our plan. Lets replace cynicism with hope. Let's have a government that listens. That gets it. That solves problems instead of creating them.

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In 2014, you elected the Liberals to build Ontario up. Since then, we've built a strong economy, invested in health care and education and worked hard to protect our environment. But we are hearing from people that we need to do more. That's why the Ontario Liberals have a Plan for Care and Opportunity.

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Watch Question Period in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Watch Question Period in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Question period archive | Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Useful Site to learn about Ontario Elections

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Additional Resources - Civix Citizenship Education Resources

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Elections Ontario A nonpartisan, independent office of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, which is responsible for administering the electoral process in Ontario. Electoral District Maps - Elections Ontario A large provincial map showing all 124 electoral districts, as well as small maps each showing a single electoral district.

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Vote Compass is a tool developed by political scientists that calculates how your views compare with those of Ontario's political parties.