Goldie Ghamari - November 19, 2019


Question period： 2019 Fall Economic Statement

Topics
balanced budget approach
Hosted by
Goldie Ghamari
Mentioned
Speaker Carleton
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Episode Stats


Length

3 minutes

Words per minute

154.69

Word count

508

Sentence count

43


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Learn English with Honourable Judy Deschaine, MPP for Carleton North-Carleton, MP for the riding of Carleton, asks the Minister of Finance to explain Ontario's plan to balance the Ontario budget by 2023.

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00:00:00.000 Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
00:00:06.700 My question is for the Minister of Finance.
00:00:09.280 Yesterday, we were thrilled to join the Minister and the Premier of Ontario in this House
00:00:14.020 for the 2019 Fall Economic Statement.
00:00:17.220 Mr. Speaker, our Government for the People was elected with a mandate to restore confidence
00:00:22.280 in Ontario's finances and put more money back in people's pockets.
00:00:26.880 The Minister's statement made one thing very clear.
00:00:30.020 Our plan is working.
00:00:31.740 We are bringing relief to families and businesses in my riding of Carleton and across Ontario.
00:00:37.160 And through you, Mr. Speaker, could the Minister please elaborate on yesterday's exciting
00:00:42.000 announcement and inform the House on our government's plan to finally bring our budget to balance?
00:00:48.000 Thank you.
00:00:49.000 Mr. Speaker, and thank you to the member from Ottawa, Carleton.
00:00:54.820 I know she does great work for her constituents.
00:00:59.460 Mr. Speaker, yesterday I was pleased to announce our plan to build Ontario together
00:01:04.700 and to speak, Mr. Speaker, to this House and the people of Ontario about the progress that this government is making.
00:01:10.260 Mr. Speaker, we were able to announce that we have made progress on the deficit that we inherited,
00:01:16.920 that we have moved the deficit from $10.3 billion to $9 billion next year.
00:01:21.340 Mr. Speaker, we were also able to announce that we are making $1.3 billion more of very important critical investments in the key services that our province requires.
00:01:33.640 Mr. Speaker, our government is focused on making sure that we balance the budget by 2023, that we also invest in key services, and that we make a difference for the people of Ontario, and that this province is the kind of home of prosperity that we know that it should be.
00:01:51.340 Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you to the Minister for his response.
00:01:56.520 It's great to see that our government is continuing on our prudent and balanced plan to build Ontario together.
00:02:03.200 And I can see that the vision put forward by our Premier when we were elected 16 months ago is becoming a reality.
00:02:09.880 Thanks to our responsible fiscal management and our government's focus on making positive change for the people of Carleton and Ontario, we are seeing results.
00:02:19.600 Could the minister please explain the approach our government is taking to solve the challenges
00:02:25.040 we inherited due to 15 years of Liberal waste management and neglect?
00:02:30.220 Mr. Speaker, we are taking a balanced and prudent approach.
00:02:39.360 We are balancing three sets of priorities.
00:02:42.100 We committed to put money back into people's pockets, and we have put $3 billion back into
00:02:47.740 the pockets of Ontarians.
00:02:49.580 Mr. Speaker, we promised that we would put Ontario on a sound footing, and Mr. Speaker,
00:02:54.620 we have reduced the deficit down to $9 billion towards balancing that budget in 2023.
00:03:00.900 And Mr. Speaker, we promised we would invest in critical public services like health care,
00:03:05.900 education and children.
00:03:07.620 And Mr. Speaker, we increased that investment yesterday by $1.3 billion.
00:03:12.880 This is the balanced, prudent approach we are taking.
00:03:15.280 This is the approach that Ontarians expect.