"Invest in “ready for kindergarten pro- grams” to provide school readiness to alleviate the challenges schools and families face in transitioning to school" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

"Accelerate program expansion through access to funding and planning grants for non-profit centres that wish to expand in regions in which more care is needed" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

"Create a province-wide child care plan that is proactive, publicly managed, predictable and integrated that provides targeted investments and expansions in areas without adequate care that includes clear goals and timelines, especially for underserved communities" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

"Address the critical shortage and retention of early childhood educators by immediately increasing wages for child care workers through the implementation of a publicly funded wage grid that ensures child care providers have the funds available to pay fair, equitable wages, benefits and pensions while also being able to provide quality care" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

"Provide adequate funding to ensure the survival of before- and after-school care, including added supports for children with special needs" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

"Cancel the planned cut of $85.5 million and cost-share changes imposed on municipalities" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

We’ll create a universal, publicly funded childcare system that covers all families, regardless of income. By increasing provincial funding, we’ll reduce fees for parents and ensure fair wages for childcare workers. We’ll also work with municipalities to expand local services and provide flexible care options for parents, making it easier for families to access the support they need. This will be fully integrated with other family services, creating a seamless, comprehensive support system for Ontario’s working families.

"We will establish a wage grid for child care workers and ensure decent work standards to keep them on the job." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for the North, retrieved 2025-02-20

"We will end the stress and uncertainty of applying at dozens of child care centres and following up endlessly to secure a spot and establish one single Daycare Application Portal for each region to make it easier to find quality childcare close to home." — On Your Side, retrieved 2025-02-22

"We will ensure access to French language education programs close to home, and invest in French-language child care, a proven gateway to French language education." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for the North, retrieved 2025-02-20

"Ensure the existing Federal-Provincial-Territorial grocery retailer code of conduct is mandatory, enforceable, transparent, and benefits both customers and farmers" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

"Provide start-up funding for community-owned food markets and increase support for community gardens through land gifts and organisational support to eliminate urban food deserts" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

"Introduce strict anti-gouging and collusion laws to stop grocery corporations from gouging people on their grocery bills" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

To address rising food costs, we’ll invest in local food production and sustainable farming practices to reduce reliance on imported goods. We’ll break up the monopolies that control much of the food supply, creating more competition and driving prices down. Supporting farmers with incentives for environmentally friendly practices will also help ensure local, healthy food is more accessible. Additionally, we’ll expand programs that provide nutritious meals to those in need, ensuring that no one has to choose between paying bills and putting food on the table.

"Designing a refundable tax credit in Ontario linked to food purchased from stores indicators from the Ontario Consumer Price Index (O-CPI) and phased in similarly to the Ontario Childcare Access and Relief from Expenses (CARE) Tax Credit requires a structured approach that balances inflation responsiveness, income sensitivity, and administrative feasibility.

The NDP’s Monthly Grocery Rebate would be delivered to Ontarians on a monthly basis. The baseline credit/benefit is tied to the cost of a basket of essential food items, how much each family spent on the basket of essential food items annually before Ford became Premier, and how much that price has increased since. The amount is increased given changes to the price of the basket of essential food items in grocery stores. The rebate is non-taxable and recipients are identified based on 2024 tax filings.

This design ensures the credit adapts to rising food costs while targeting low-to-moderate-income families. By borrowing some successful elements from Ontario’s existing refundable credits (e.g., the CARE Tax Credit’s phase-in structure and the Trillium Benefit’s inflation adjustments), it balances equity, efficiency, and simplicity.

Eligibility Criteria

Residency: Recipients must be Ontario residents as of December 31 of the tax year.

Income Threshold: Introduce a phased-in structure where the credit amount decreases as household income rises.

• Full credit for family households with adjusted net income ≤ $65,000; full credit for individuals with adjusted net income ≤$50,000.

• Partial credit phased out by 3.5% of family household income exceeding $65,000, and reaching zero at $100,000 (final phase-out credit = 51%)

• Partial credit phased out by 3.5% of individual income exceeding $50,000, and reaching zero at $65,000 (final phase-out credit = 51%)

Base Credit: Provides $40 per adult in each household.

Family Size Adjustments: Provide additional amounts per dependent (eg $20 base credit per child under 18) to reflect higher food costs for larger households."

— ontariondp.ca, retrieved 2025-02-20

"We will create an office for a provincial Consumer Watchdog that will be a one stop shop for consumer complaints. A core challenge of consumer protection in Ontario that enforcement requires the individual to pursue legal action, or the Government of Ontario to impose a fine on those who violate it. You shouldn't need a lawyer to stop corporations from gouging you with deceptive pricing. The Consumer Watchdog would hold the power to investigate businesses or other entities on consumer protection laws or practices. They could release public reports similar to the Auditor General or the Ombudsman of Ontario, and to level fines or other penalties against businesses found to be in violation of consumer protection legislation." — ontariondp.ca, retrieved 2025-02-20

"We will establish a Corporate Crime and Competition Bureau to enforce competition laws and prevent coordinated price hikes among Ontario grocers. The Bureau would focus on actively monitoring large corporations and conspiracies that would otherwise be nearly impossible to detect at the consumer level." — ontariondp.ca, retrieved 2025-02-20

"Feed students. Kids can’t learn on an empty stomach. Families are facing record high grocery bills, and inflation from tariffs could drive up costs even further. We’ll create a universal School Food Program so that every child in Ontario is set up to succeed. Ontario already feeds some kids in school, we’ll expand it for all and use fresh food prepared and grown right here in Ontario to do it. We can help kids focus on their teacher, not their hunger, and give families some financial relief." — ontariondp.ca, retrieved 2025-02-20

"We will bring transparency to grocery prices by forcing big retailers to display signage when they raise prices on basic grocery items more than two per cent in a week (by weight, to protect against shrinkflation), and we’ll crack down on price fixing and other unfair practices by establishing a new consumer watchdog to keep food prices fair." — On Your Side, retrieved 2025-02-22

"Permanently cutting the provincial tax on gas by 5.7 cents per litre and on diesel by 5.3 cents, for total savings of 10.7 cents per litre of gas when combined with the PCs’ cancellation of the Liberal cap-and-trade carbon tax. Since the gas tax cuts were first introduced, the Ontario PCs have saved the average driver more than $400." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Undertake a comprehensive review of provincial auto insurance practices and premiums, which have become the most expensive in Canada, in order to bring costs down for consumers, improve accident care and better protect owners from auto theft." — Getting the Basics Right: A Plan to Do More For You, retrieved 2025-02-22

To reduce fuel and transportation costs, we’ll invest in expanding public transit networks, making them more accessible, affordable, and environmentally friendly. We’ll subsidize fares for low-income individuals and introduce electric vehicle incentives to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. We’ll fund this by reallocating subsidies currently given to the oil and gas industry, redirecting those funds into green infrastructure. This will create more jobs in sustainable transportation and clean energy sectors, reducing costs while building a greener future.

"Implement a dedicated tuition waiver to attract students into post-secondary education programs to earn degrees in careers experiencing shortages" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

"Immediately reverse the Ford government’s cuts to OSAP by converting loans to grants for low and middle income students and eliminating interest charges on student debt" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

We’ll eliminate tuition fees for public post-secondary education and make sure students have access to affordable housing and support services. To pay for this, we’ll increase funding for universities and colleges while introducing a progressive tax on large corporations. We’ll also provide interest-free student loans, with repayment tied to income, so graduates aren’t burdened with crippling debt. This approach will ensure every Ontarian has the opportunity to access higher education without the financial strain, creating a more skilled and prosperous workforce.

"Permanently double the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) benefits and index it to inflation so that Ontario’s most vulnerable are not left behind." — Getting the Basics Right: A Plan to Do More For You, retrieved 2025-02-22

"Include meaningful consultation with people who have lived experience with poverty and existing social assistance programs in the design of all programs and services aimed at client-centred approaches for reducing poverty" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

"Phase in a Basic Income, with the first step being to at least double the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) and Ontario Works (OW) rates and get rid of aggressive and unfair clawbacks, including clawbacks from the Canada Disability Benefit

1. Eliminate any unnecessary red tape, reporting requirements, and other barriers typically faced by those needing financial support
2. Remove ODSP from the purview of Employment Ontario
3. Ensure shelter allowances reflect the shelter costs where people live"

— Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

"Prohibit “payday” lending that takes advantage of those facing financial hardship and work with credit unions to develop a low-cost, small loan alter- native to help people get out of debt." — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

To tackle poverty, we’ll raise the minimum wage to a livable standard and ensure it’s tied to inflation. We’ll increase funding for affordable housing projects, targeting areas with the highest need, and work with municipalities to streamline construction processes. A basic income program will be introduced to provide direct financial support to individuals living below the poverty line, ensuring a safety net for all. We’ll fund these initiatives by restructuring corporate tax policies and closing tax loopholes, ensuring the wealthiest contribute their fair share. This will create a fairer economy where everyone can thrive.

"We will double social assistance rates for ODSP and OW to get people out of deep poverty and boost the Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit program to help more people move out of shelters into homes, freeing up shelter beds in the process." — On Your Side, retrieved 2025-02-22

"A re-elected PC government would upload the Ottawa LRT, subject to due diligence, and integrate its operations under Metrolinx. This integration would create new opportunities to reduce costs and improve services through greater economies of scale and expertise in managing large projects, particularly as the LRT project completes Stage 2 and begins Stage 3 expansion." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Working in partnership with the federal government, CPKC and CN to ensure continued and reliable freight rail access throughout the region, a re-elected PC government would seek to build a freight rail bypass along the Highway 407 corridor in Peel Region that would take freight rail around the City of Toronto to reduce congestion and free up existing rail capacity for passenger train service." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"When fully realized, GO 2.0 would support the creation of multiple new lines, including a line running through mid-town Toronto, a line from Bolton to Union Station via Woodbridge and Etobicoke, as well as extensions and improvements to existing lines, including Richmond Hill." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Moving up the Sheppard East subway extension to connect the TTC’s Line 4 with the Scarborough Subway Extension at Sheppard Ave. East and McCowan Road." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Install charging plug ports, cup holders and improved Wi-Fi on all Metrolinx GO trains and Northlander trains to make travelling and commuting more convenient and enjoyable." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Extend the Hazel McCallion LRT by building the Mississauga loop and bringing the line into downtown Brampton, including tunnelling the Brampton portion of the transitway." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Hire an additional 300 special constables for TTC, OC Transpo, Metrolinx and other major transit service providers across the province." — Getting the Basics Right: A Plan to Do More For You, retrieved 2025-02-22

"Upload costs to the province that had previously been unfairly downloaded onto municipalities like community housing, shelters, and transit funding" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

We’ll expand and improve public transit systems to make them more affordable, accessible, and environmentally friendly. By investing in electric buses, cleaner energy sources, and new transit lines, we’ll reduce congestion and make commuting easier for everyone. We’ll fund this through redirecting subsidies currently going to fossil fuel industries and by implementing a small transit levy on high-income earners. This will ensure more people have access to reliable and sustainable public transit, reducing traffic, emissions, and overall transportation costs.

"We’ll cost share municipal transit operating funding 50-50 to improve reliability and affordability." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for Southwest Ontario & Niagara, retrieved 2025-02-20

"Commuters in Niagara will finally be able to ride on the long-planned and long-delayed expansions and improvements to the GO Lakeshore West rail line, including moving ahead on the Grimsby GO station and restoring reliable express GO service." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for Southwest Ontario & Niagara, retrieved 2025-02-20

We’ll increase seniors' benefits to ensure they can live with dignity and security. By boosting funding for programs like the Ontario Seniors’ Secretariat and expanding the Guaranteed Income Supplement, we’ll ensure seniors have access to affordable housing, healthcare, and social services. We’ll fund this by raising taxes on the wealthiest Ontarians and reallocating resources from non-essential spending. This will help lift seniors out of poverty and improve their quality of life.

"Introduce the More For You Tax Cut, delivering $1,150 in permanent financial relief for Ontario families. This includes permanently cutting taxes for Ontario workers on taxable income between $51,446 and $75,000 by 22%, from the current 9.15% to 7.15%; as well as eliminating sales tax (HST) on home heating and hydro bills." — Getting the Basics Right: A Plan to Do More For You, retrieved 2025-02-22

"Reduce and/or eliminate personal income tax for low-income workers by indexing the Low-Income Workers Tax Credit." — Getting the Basics Right: A Plan to Do More For You, retrieved 2025-02-22

"Cut taxes for low and middle income earners under $65,000 and households making under $100,000, saving people up to $1,700 per year" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

We’ll implement progressive tax measures, ensuring the wealthiest pay their fair share while providing targeted rebates for low- and middle-income families. This includes expanding the Ontario Child Benefit, offering rebates for energy-efficient home improvements, and creating a tax credit for families who invest in local, sustainable food and products. We’ll also introduce a carbon tax that reinvests in green infrastructure and clean energy projects, while providing rebates to offset costs for lower-income households. By closing tax loopholes and reducing corporate tax breaks, we’ll ensure more funds are directed to public services, making sure Ontarians have access to affordable healthcare, education, and housing.

"We will freeze income taxes for the 98.2% of Ontarians making under $220,000 a year." — On Your Side, retrieved 2025-02-22

"To help pay for services we all rely on, we will implement a provincial Luxury Residences Tax on purchasing homes over $3 million, bringing in an expected 33 million dollars a year in new revenue." — On Your Side, retrieved 2025-02-22

"We will conduct a tax fairness review to assess whether the current tax structure is equitable and meets the needs of our growing province." — On Your Side, retrieved 2025-02-22

"Mandating shared services between local hydro utilities to support critical investments in infrastructure and save ratepayers money." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Stop giving hydro rebate cheques to the wealthiest Ontarians and redirect that money to help low- and middle-income earners pay their bills" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

"Provide a free heat pump for house- holds with incomes under $100,000 and zero interest loans for households over $100,000" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

We’ll reduce utility costs by investing in renewable energy, improving energy efficiency, and creating a publicly-owned energy grid. We’ll eliminate unfair pricing practices, expand support for low-income households, and implement a sliding scale for utility rates based on income. Funding will come from reducing corporate subsidies and redirecting profits from the public energy grid back into infrastructure improvements and rate reductions, ensuring Ontarians can access affordable utilities while building a sustainable, green future.

"We will reduce energy costs for struggling households, especially those in rural and Northern Ontario, with on-bill rate relief for lower-income households that heat with gas, oil or other fuels — to bridge them to conversion to more affordable electric heating. This program will operate similarly to the existing Ontario Electricity Support Program. We will provide monthly financial support to help cover your heating costs, as well as access to emergency financial assistance if you are at risk of being cut off by your fuel distributor." — On Your Side, retrieved 2025-02-22

"We will also enhance Ontario’s SaveONEnergy Energy Affordability program to provide retrofit support to renters and low-income households, ensuring fair access to Ontario’s energy savings programs." — On Your Side, retrieved 2025-02-22

"We will provide free or discounted electric heat pumps to Ontario households, with access to easy interest- free financing. Heat pump rebates of up to $19,500 will be available depending on household income, with an additional $5,000 available for households that heat with propane, heating oil, or coal." — On Your Side, retrieved 2025-02-22