Quick recap of the #ONBudget:

Education

➡ No immediate financial relief for post-secondary students, only a freeze of over-priced pre-pandemic tuition fees
➡ Inadequate funding to hire more educators for smaller, safer classes - students and faculty need help

#onpse #onted
Housing

➡ Ignored our #homelessness crisis
➡ Absolutely ZERO funds for direct rent relief
➡ Raised hydro rates for residential properties, instead of the promised reduction of 12%
Health and LTC

➡ Hospitals have a $850 million #COVID19 deficit, no action plan to expand public healthcare
➡ #LTC boutique tax credits doesn't fix our broken private care industry
➡ No details on achieving four hours of direct care for every LTC resident in Ontario by 2025
Children and Social Services

➡ OW and ODSP was broken before the pandemic, there is no budgetary rate increases
➡ A $600 million budget for the Ontario Autism Program is not enough to address the disruptions of services and Passport needs

#ODSPoverty #AutismDoesntEndAtFord
The #COVID19 pandemic requires direct financial help for people, we didn't see that in this budget.

Ford’s first budget in 2019 included cutting thousands of teachers and education workers, cutting autism supports, and making cuts to long-term care.
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