The budget process is underway across Ontario. Since January, delegations presented before the Minister of Finance and before the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs. The Government has set up an online consultation tool to gather even more input on how to deliver on the announced priorities. You can have your say through written submission, by phone, by fax, on the online forum and through social media. We have published some useful documents to help you prepare, and we are sharing submissions other organizations have made. Be informed and be involved!
Written Submissions
To the Honourable Charles Sousa, Minister of Finance, the deadline is February 13, 2015.
Submissions can be sent by:
Mail: c/o Budget Secretariat, Frost Building North, 3rd floor, 95 Grosvenor Street, Toronto ON M7A 1Z1
Email: submissions@ontario.ca
Fax: 416-325-0969
If you have any questions, please call toll-free: 1-866-989-9002.
Online consultation
Twitter @ONgov and conversation hashtag #BudgetTalks
To the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, the deadline was 5 pm on Friday January 30.
Useful Resources
Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review 2014
Ontario Government: Budget Basics
Infographics: Who does what in the Ontario Government?
TVO 101 Civics: Ontario Political Process Explained
Submissions 2015
Poverty Free Kitchener-Waterloo
Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario
Hamilton Community Legal Clinic
Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction
Income Security Advocacy Centre
Ontario Association of Municipalities
Ontario Municipal Social Services Association
Ontario Society of Professional Engineers
Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses
Ontario Forest Industries Association
Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations
Council of Ontario Universities
For more information or to talk about issues you feel strongly about, get in touch with: Aleksandra@waterlooregion.org
Submissions 2014
Poverty Free KW submission to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs - January 2014
Poverty Free KW submission to the Minister of Finance - January 2014

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