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NEWS RELEASE MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EMPLOYMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE ************************* Province Seeking Input on Moving Ontario Forward Plan Communities, businesses and residents in North Eastern Ontario will have the opportunity to e

NEWS RELEASE

MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EMPLOYMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE

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Province Seeking Input on Moving Ontario Forward Plan

Communities, businesses and residents in North Eastern Ontario will have the opportunity to ensure the region's infrastructure needs and priorities are heard as part of the development of the province's long-term plan to build roads, bridges, transit, hospitals and schools.


Feedback provided will inform the province when determining how to allocate the remaining $11.5 billion of a $15 billion investment outside the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area as part of Moving Ontario Forward, Ontario's long-term plan to build critical infrastructure in communities across the province.

This funding is part of the largest infrastructure investment in Ontario's history -- more than $130 billion over 10 years.

The government's plan to build Ontario up is supported by a number of initiatives, including broadening the ownership of Hydro One -- an approach that raises billions for infrastructure.

Roundtable consultation meetings will be held in the following communities:

Timmins                       July 14
Sudbury                       July 15
Sault Ste. Marie           July 16

Ontarians can also provide feedback online or in writing by September 18, 2015.

Moving Ontario Forward is part of the government's plan to build Ontario up.

The four-part plan includes investing in people's talents and skills, making the largest investment in public infrastructure in Ontario's history, creating a dynamic, innovative environment where business thrives, and building a secure retirement savings plan.

"Communities in northern Ontario have unique infrastructure needs, and our government understands that critical investments directly impact our prosperity and competitiveness. Through our government's ‎consultation process for Moving Ontario Forward, we hope to identify priority infrastructure projects, so that we can work together to stimulate our economy and create jobs across northern Ontario," said Michael Gravelle, Minister of Northern Development and Mines, MPP Thunder Bay-Superior North.

QUICK FACTS

  • Modernizing infrastructure will support more than 110,000 jobs a year on average in construction and related industries.
  • A Conference Board of Canada report estimated that Ontario’s public infrastructure investment would add more than $1,000 to the average annual income of Ontarians in 2014 and lower the unemployment rate by about one percentage point.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Read the discussion guide, Moving Ontario Forward – Outside the GTHA

Learn more about the consultation process and how you can take part

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