Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, Minister.
Minister, yesterday we had the Bank of Canada governor come to committee. With that, we discussed many things including some of the information contained in the monetary policy report and with reference to the recent Ontario budget brought down by the Conservative Party of Ontario, which the Bank of Canada is now forecasting will negatively impact economic growth, not only in Ontario, obviously, but throughout Canada by 0.2% this year and flowing into 2020.
We've seen the cuts that the Conservatives in Ontario are undertaking to autism programs. This morning a $50-million program to help parents with day care costs was cut. They are not moving forward on infrastructure.
With regard to budgeting, it is important that we reassure our residents—and my residents back home in Vaughan—Woodbridge, specifically—that we as a government will continue to invest in those services that we provide and in those benefits for Canadians working hard, day in day out, to ensure a better future for not only my kids but all kids across Canada.