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The provincial election in Ontario is Thursday, June 2.

Before casting your vote, explore these highlights from The Globe's breakdown of what you need to know about the PC, NDP, Liberal and Green's platforms. ⬇ #onpoli

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🏡 Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives on housing:

• The PCs have committed to adding 1.5 million new homes in the province over the next 10 years.

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⚕️ Doug Ford's PCs on health care:

• As government, the party introduced A Plan to Stay Open with a focus on building more health care infrastructure and expanding the work force to ensure Ontario is better prepared for future emergencies.

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🚍 Doug Ford's PCs on transportation:

• $25.1-billion over 10 years to build roadway infrastructure including the contentious Highway 413.

• Continue work on planned transit projects by spending $61.6-billion over 10 years for public transit.

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🏡 Andrea Horwath's NDP on housing:

• Establish an organization to finance and build at least 250,000 affordable and nonmarket rental homes over the next 10 years.

• End exclusionary zoning to increase the supply of affordable housing.

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⚕️ Andrea Horwath's NDP on health care:

• Hiring 30,000 nurses and 10,000 personal support workers in an effort to address staffing shortages and lengthy waiting times.

• Accelerate the rollout of universal pharmacare and dental-care programs.

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🚍 Andrea Horwath's NDP on transportation:

• Scrap Highway 413.

• Increase funding for municipal public-transit services to 50 per cent of net operating costs.

• Implement a two-hour, flat-rate fare across transit services in the GTA.

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🏡 Steven Del Duca's Liberals on housing:

• Build 1.5 million new homes over the next decade.

• Reinstate rent control, create a new tax on vacant homes in urban areas and charge speculators who keep approved housing projects idle.

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⚕️ Steven Del Duca's Liberals on health care:

• Hire 100,000 new doctors, nurses and health care workers.

• Increase wages for health care workers, including a minimum $25 an hour for PSWs.

• Expand access to mental-health services.

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🚍 Steven Del Duca's Liberals on transportation:

• Promise to cut fares for every transit system across the province to $1 until January, 2024.

• Scrap Highway 413 and spend $10-billion for building schools and reducing the repair backlog.

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🏡 Mike Schreiner' Greens on housing:

• Build 160,000 affordable community rental homes in partnership with co-op and non-profit housing providers.

• Launch a Green Building Program to construct sustainable, energy-efficient developments.

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⚕️ Mike Schreiner' Greens on health care:

• Introduce a plan on mental-health care through OHIP and increase spending from seven to 10 per cent of the province’s health budget.

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🚍 Mike Schreiner' Greens on transportation:

• Cut transit fares in half for at least three months as part of a plan to triple public-transit use by 2030.

• Create dedicated truck lanes on Highway 407 and triple the # of bus lanes in the province.

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Read more about the party leaders, their platforms, campaign staff and more below ⬇
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