First Ford budget released. What did he miss and what did he get right.

Some people are very happy with the new Ford budget and others are left shocked. First of all Alcohol. You are now aloud to drink in public places and serve as early as 9am. You’re also aloud to buy alcohol in corner stores and grocery stores. I would not mind this for a bill, but the timing seems off. With education and health care issues pressing right now he chooses to resort to Alcohol. It is a good idea, but the timing is off. Another minimal change is to have a new license plates that say “A place to grow”. This is from the old slogan “yours to discover”. They also changed the official trillium logo of Ontario from the “three men in a hot tub, to a new look”. I like these changes but not the timing of them considering that there are more important things right now. The budget also introduced us to a child-care rebate for families with disabled children and children up to 16 years of age. In some cases the rebate can reach $6,000. For healthcare, 3.8 million dollars is focused on mental health, addiction and housing. This is a necessary part of the budget that is needed considering the ongoing opioid crisis that has claimed so many lives. There was also a dental program for low income seniors. However, ending hallway healthcare was missed in this budget, I was surprised to see that there was not a lot on this. There is also no new taxes that are introduced in this new budget which is something that is needed after another Liberal tax. There was also a 3.8 billion dollar reduction in corporate income taxes. In this budget the Conservatives are trying to save small businesses, which is the Conservative way. There was also another section on transportation adding or extending 4 lines of the TTC. This helps the environment by getting cars off the road. This budget also brought us the education cuts that have made people very upset about their children’s quality of education. I really liked how much money the government put into affordable housing and addiction. This is something that really effects families. Same with the child rebate program. Some things I didn’t like is the alcohol in the budget and the lack of ending hallway healthcare and investing in long term care beds.