Liberal Party

• To address the limited number of healthcare professionals, they have planned to recruit 100,000 doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals
• Planned to increase minimum wage for personal support workers (at home care, long-term care etc.) to $25/hr
• Pledged $1 Billion dollars towards surgery backlog and reducing waiting time for gender-affirming surgeries. Expand universal access to medication that prevents HIV 
• To address the issue of mental health it has aimed to hire 3000 new mental health and addiction professionals and aimed to increase access to mental health services
  

Conservative Party

• Plan to Invest $40 billion over the next 10 years in the healthcare system to better handle situations such as COVID-19 in the future
• Plan to invest $140 million in recruiting nurses and healthcare professionals
• Building new healthcare centers and re-building existing hospitals will add 3000 beds to hospitals
• The PC government says it is exploring increasing compensation for workers injured on the job
• The PC government says it will spend $1 billion more over three years to expand home care. It says the funding will help prevent “unnecessary” hospital and long-term care admissions and shorten hospital stays

NDP

• Plans to provide therapy and counseling services through OHIP
• Plans to hire up to 30,000 nurses, 10,000 personal support workers and increase hospital capacity to help reduce the backlog of surgeries 
• Pledged to increase the salary of healthcare workers by $5
• Plan to spend $475 million on universal pharmacare and dental care programs.
• Aims to provide prescription contraceptives fully covered by OHIP

Green

• Planned to Increase provincial mental health budget from 7-10 % 
• Planned to introduce a mental health care plan through OHIP
• Planned to build a hotline dedicated to crisis response and mental health emergencies

Independent Party

• Their position is to transition into the private sector healthcare system
• Non-governmental organizations and private parties or corporations can open up and build new hospitals
• Proposes the government will provide insurance to citizens

Liberal Party

• Plan to increase the minimum wage to $16 by 2023 and increase sick leave to 10 paid sick days
• Aims to reduce the working week from five to four days a week
• Aims to stop corporate income tax for two years to aid small businesses due to losses during the pandemic
• Plan to increase income tax by 2% on individuals making more than $500,000 a year 
• Aim to eliminate HST on prepared food costing under $20

Conservative Party

• Pledged to expand tax credit of low-income individuals from $38,500 to $50,000 which will include 700,000 more Ontarians using benefits 
• Plans to cut gas and fuel taxes for seniors and end license renewal fees
• Plans to crack down on fraud and loss in the automobile insurance sector
• Planned to cut gas tax by 5.7%
• PCs intend to propose changes that would allow for consumers to have “more options” when purchasing auto insurance

NDP

• Largest tax cut for individuals making less than $200,000 annually, providing a tax exemption for such individuals for four years
• Plans to impose a ‘Progressive tax’ which will include a 1% increase in income tax for individuals making more than $220,000 and a 2% increase for those earning above $300,000
• Pledges to end discrimination in insurance as it is currently based on postal code
• Plans to increase the minimum wage by $1 per hour at a max rate of $20 per hour

Green

• Committed to the protection of differently-abled people, pledged to double the Ontario disability support program payments
• Plan to bring in 60,000 young people into the workforce with one-year free tuition and guaranteed apprenticeships

Independent

• Focussed on the protection of property rights of residents
• Aims to smooth the construction business by removing legal hurdles

Liberal Party

• Plans to lower transport fares by decreasing transit fares to $1 per ride or $40 per month for a year. They plan to provide municipalities with the deficit yearly. This project would cost $1.8 billion
• Plans to scrap highway ‘413’ in Toronto

Conservative Party

• Conservatives have aimed to build highway ‘413’ which would have the potential to save 30 minutes for drivers
• Aim to widen 401 and continue expansion project of subways in Ontario

NDP

• Plan to share transit costs between municipalities and commuters on a 50-50 basis This may give municipalities the leverage to improve transportation services
• Promises to use Canadian-made transport
• Plans to scrap highway ‘413’

Green

• Plans to share transit costs with customers by 50% 
• Plans to temporarily halt Highway ‘413’ construction
• Plans to create dedicated ‘truck lanes’ on highway 407 to reduce traffic jams
• Plan to expand GO services and decrease departure time to 15 minutes in peak periods and 30 minutes in off-peak periods to deal with congestion

Liberal Party

• Promised to reduce carbon emission by 50% by 2030 and make it 0 by 2050
• Plans to plant 800 million trees to counter climate change and establish 5 new provincial parks
• Promised to provide $3000 grants a year to businesses and homes for upgrading or making their buildings’ energy efficient
• Plans to rebate electric vehicles up to $9500 to encourage making their transportation environmentally friendly

Conservative Party

• Promised to invest in electric vehicle production and mining in Canada
• Aimed to invest $91 million in EV chargers on various spots across the province
• Promised to reduce carbon emissions by 30% by 2023
• Aim to fund new nuclear, hydrogen, and renewable energy technology, including a $1-billion investment into small modular reactors, so it’s “deployed across the country, including in the oil sands.”

NDP

• Plans to reduce carbon emission to zero by 2050 by bringing back the provincial cap and trade carbon pricing plan. Under the plan, corporations will be charged fines according to their carbon footprint.
• Plans to plant 1 billion trees by 2030, through youth climate corp which will ultimately provide jobs for students.
• Plans to provide families willing to upgrade their homes to energy-efficient homes will be provided with zero-interest loans.

Green

• Plans to adopt carbon zero laws and end carbon emissions by 2045.
• Plans to replace fossil fuel vehicles with electric vehicles by 2040
• Plans to discourage the use of fossil fuels by increasing fossil fuel prices by $25 per year
• Promised to expand the green belt and phase out gas plants 
• Pledged $65 Billion to bring all its policies in line with environmental laws.

Liberal Party

• Planning regulations will be reduced
• Plans to build 1.5 million homes
• Aims to introduce provincial-wide rent control mechanisms
• Pledges to act on reducing vacant properties

Conservative Party

• Plans to provide funding to 39 municipalities to build homes faster
• Will create a fund of $19 million to expedite property cases
• Plans to build 1.5 million new homes in the next 10 years

NDP

• Plans to address the housing issue are to end the exclusionary zoning scheme where only single-family homes are built
• Wants to decrease housing demand with vacant property tax models and rent control

Green

• Plans to build 182,000 homes
• Promises to end blind bidding
• Aims for home inspection costs to be paid by owners

Liberal Party

• Pledges a $10 billion spend on Education
• Aims to cut class sizes to a maximum of 20 students per class 
• Will hire 10,000 new teachers
• To help students who have been affected by pandemic, a new additional class will be offered

Conservative Party

• Aims to invest $14 billion over a 10-year period for new schools
• Plans to work with school boards to expedite school building 
• Pledges $595 million to hire more staff and help students affected by pandemic
• Promises $42.5 million to subsidize Medical education

NDP

• Aims to hire 20,000 new teachers and educational staff and increase wages
• Plans to set a maximum of 24 students per class for grades 4-8
• Pledges to give teachers more control over curriculum development 
• Wishes to restore the free tuition program and convert student loans to grants

Green

• Pledges to restructure spending formula for schools
• Aims to put a maximum number of students; 26 students at kindergarten level and 24 students from grades 4 – 8
• Promises to launch a lunch program across the province

Independent Party

• Plans to provide grants to students at any school
• Aims to restructure the curriculum
• Promises to open a new governmental office to investigate breaches of educational legislation

Liberal Party

• Plans to provide 58,000 new public spaces for seniors
• Plans to end for-profit senior care
• Promises to provide home care and housing improvements

Conservative Party

• Conservatives offer $1 billion to improve long-term care 
• Aims to introduce standardized surveys for residents
• Plans to provide 30,000 beds by 2028
• Plans a $110 million credit for 200,000 senior citizens

NDP

• Plans to provide 50,000 new public spaces
• Plans to end for-profit home care
• Promises a $400 monthly benefit to improve quality of life

Green

• Plans to provide 96,000 more long-term care beds by 2041
• Promises to improve home care inspections and staffing ratios by setting care provider hours
• Plans to increase the minimum wage for home care providers to $25