Budget Cuts and Friday Marks

cuts: Friday marks a year since the Progressive Conservatives were elected and began their budget cuts, according to National Observer. In April, Ford's government laid out its plan to eliminate an 11.7-billion deficit from their budget, titled Protecting What Matters Most . That phrase has been used repeatedly to justify their cuts, including reductions in the budgets of 13 ministries, as well as a blueprint of shrinkage across public sectors and programs impacting everything from trees to libraries to financial assistance for victims of crime. He also vowed to create a government for the people that would rein in spending. In commenting on the government's decision to adjourn till Oct. 28, one week after the federal election, Conservative house leader Todd Smith said the PC government has achieved so much. Here's a list of everything the Ford government has cut in its first year in office What people are readingI wonder who will march with Indigenous Peoples Golden Horseshoe not included in Ontario's stage two reopen for now Seeking to explain Nova Scotia shootings shooter an injustice Cap and Trade Ended electric and hydrogen vehicle incentive program Cut 700 green energy projects Shut down White Pines Wind Project Proposed cuts to protections of species at-risk Removed electric vehicle chargers from GO station parking lots Slashed 50 per cent of flood management funds given to conservation authorities Eliminated funding for 50 Million Tree Program Ended Drive Clean, a mandatory biannual emissions test program for vehicles and light-duty trucks more than seven years old Axed the Green Ontario Fund, which provided funds through cap and trade to help make properties more free prescription medication given to those under 25 through the Pharmacare program Cancelled the opening of new overdose prevention sites Cut the Liberals' promised 2.1 billion over four years for new mental health funding to 1.9 billion over 10 years Revoked current and future funding for the College of Midwives of Ontario Dissolved Local Health Integration Networks and merged them under one new umbrella body called Ontario Health Slashed the number of paramedic service providers from 59 to 10Proposed ending OHIP's medical emergency coverage for Ontarians travelling outside the country Planned to cut 200 million from Public Health services, impacting 35 health units. The Ontario premier agreed, adding recently that his government was moving at lightning speed. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.