Provincial Election: Party Platforms

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Mike Schreiner

GREEN PLATFORM

Reverse PC government cuts to OSAP

Convert student loans to grants for low & middle income students

Eliminate interest on student debt

Fund post-secondary with public subsidies, eventually guaranteeing fully public tuition for all Ontario residents

Provide interest-free student loans for students with financial need

Regulate tuition fees according to Ontario's Consumer Price Index (CPI)

Index the base operating grant to colleges & universities to the weighted national average, followed by inflationary increases yearly

Provide equity, diversity and inclusion professional learning

Support Anti-Racism Directorate

Empower Ontario Human Rights Commission to review public institutions

Create social enterprise foundation to help post-secondary students fund innovative business ideas

Introduce vacant property tax, targeting speculators

Update zoning laws and work with municipalities to create affordable housing

Ensure 60,000 young people enter workforce with one year of free tuition and guaranteed apprenticeships

Expand zoning to increase the housing supply, & implement vacancy & rental controls on all units

Implement a tax on domestic homebuyers' with multiple properties; 20% for third home and increasing for additional homes

Create provincial centre to streamline applications and placement for affordable housing options

Work with municipalities to modernize housing by-laws

Cut transit fares by 50% for 3 months & launch green retrofit program

Increase funding for food security programs at post-secondary institutions

Increase access to gender and culturally-sensitive mental health services and supports

Reduce mental health wait times for young people to 30 days or less.

Provide supports for racialized groups, LGBTQ+ and those with disabilities in post-secondary

Provide professional learning on Indigenous issues

Expand access to Indigenous Health Access Centres

Improve Availability of Indigenous Language Supports & Services

Work with Local Health Integration Networks (LHIN) to increase availability of health services

Work closely with Federal Government & Indigenous Housing Providers to Ensure Access to Affordable Housing

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Steven Del Duca

LIBERAL PLATFORM

Reverse PC government cuts to OSAP

Commit to increase operating grants to colleges, universities and training schools

Simplify and expand OSAP eligibility

Increase number of student grants

Commit to tuition freeze for domestic students

Waiving post-secondary application fees for students in need

Invest in online learning options

Eliminate interest rate on student loans

Cover tuition for all Early Childhood Education (ECE) & Personal Support Worker (PSW) programs at Ontario colleges

Create $1 billion fund for new programs

Refresh Ontario's 2017 Anti-Black Racism Strategy

Fund French-language post-secondary institutions

Fund Northern, rural & remote colleges and universities

Build 2000 supportive homes for 2SLGBTQ+ youth

Invest $15 million annually into Ontario Land Tribunal and Landlord & Tenant Board to better resolve delays

Establish Ontario Home Building Corporation to build affordable homes

Build 138,000 affordable homes

Bring back rent control to all homes

Introduce empty homes tax of 5%, targeting non-Canadian owners

Ban new non-resident ownership in Ontario's housing market for next 4 years

Introduce accessible, public homeownership registry

Drop transit fees to $1 per ride for all transit lines, and ensure monthly passes $40 until Jan 2024

Create Ontario Women's Health Strategy to provide free menstrual products in public spaces

Build 22,000 homes specifically for Indigenous peoples

Consult with Indigenous stakeholders to develop Indigenous Housing Strategy

Train 3000 new Mental Health Professionals from marginalized communities

Restore Indigenous Culture Fund

Expand Indigenous History, Language & Cultural education

Update Ontario School Curricula to include Indigenous Learning

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Andrea Horwath

NDP PLATFORM

Reverse PC government cuts to OSAP

Retroactively erase student loan interest

Every student who qualifies for OSAP will get a non-repayable grant instead of a loan

Remove "performance-based funding" models for colleges & universities

Audit the post-secondary sector funding system

Restore free tuition program

Implement anti-racism strategy for post-secondary

Introduce Our London Family Act to address anti-Islamophobia

Commit to ensuring students' rights to organize and form unions, groups & clubs

Double Ontario's Career Ready Program

Create thousands of new, paid co-op and internships for students

Bring back rent control for all apartments

Build 100,00 units of social housing over next decade

Implement Housing First Strategy

Introduce annual speculation and vacancy tax at 2% over 2 years.

Commit to end exclusionary zoning

Create portable housing benefit for 311,000 households, to assist tenants with rent payments & living costs

Fund Landlord & Tenant Board

Maintain Non-Resident Speculation Tax at 20%

Restore provincial funding for municipal public transit to 50%

Implement two-hour flat rate fare acros GTHA transit

Eliminate GO/TTC transfer costs

Expand OHIP to cover prescription contraception and universal mental health care

Commit $600 million to Nursing Graduate Guarantee Program/

Fund culturally competent, trauma-informed services at post-secondary institutions

Compel universities to update their policies on sexual violence

Boost funding for Indigenous language education

Work with Indigenous educators & leaders to ensure Indigenous voices in Ontario's school curricula

Launch Midwifery program in Sudbury to support Indigenous communities

Develop specialized recruitment and retraining programs for Indigenous students

Restore Indigenous Culture Fund

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Doug Ford

PC PLATFORM

Decrease postsecondary funding by $683 million

Extend tuition freeze for domestic student residents in Ontario

Expand three-year applied degree programs

Invest $114 million over 3 years in a Skilled Trades Strategy

Launch grant to enrol 2,500 students in priority programs, especially nursing

Invest $9 million over 3 years to Indigenous institutions

Create Intellectual Property Ontario with $58 million over 3 years

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Increase PRESTO discount for students by 40%

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Cut funding to Indigenous Affairs by $129 million

Invest $9 million over 3 years to support nine Indigenous institutes

Work with Indigenous program administrators to grow Community Housing System

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