Excerpts from the platform:
We will:
- Build a comprehensive poverty reduction strategy around the Ontario Child Benefit. We will work with partners to develop indicators and targets to measure and address child poverty. Our first steps will be to support dental services for low-income Ontario families
- Building on our first term successes in education and Best Start, we will appoint an Early Learning Advisor to advise the Premier on developing and funding a full-day pre-school program
Excerpts from the costing summary:
The Ontario Liberal Party will increase investments in social services and children's programs by $1.3 billion by 2011-2012. This will include completing the Ontario Child Benefit to $1,100 per child, progress towards a new full-day pre-school program, dental services for low-income Ontarians, and other social service and housing investments.
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Table 6: Key platform initiatives with annual funding in 2011-12 over 2007-08
- Early Learning and Full Day Preschool: $300 million