Provincial Press Release

As part of its plan to protect Ontario’s economy and accelerate growth, the Ontario government is cementing the province’s role as a secure, reliable global supplier of responsibly sourced critical minerals. Today, at the annual Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention, Minister Stephen Lecce announced the government is releasing Fortifying Ontario’s Economy: A Plan to Accelerate Responsible Resource Development, a forward-looking vision to boldly overhaul and modernize Ontario’s Critical Minerals Strategy.

Today, the Ontario government released a plan to accelerate the completion of construction on the all-seasons roads to the Ring of Fire five years ahead of schedule, with construction planned to start in June 2026 and roads beginning to open in November 2030.

The Ontario government has unveiled the final design and awarded the contract to build and maintain the new Ontario Science Centre, a major milestone in the province’s plan to transform Ontario Place into a year-round, world-class, family-friendly destination.

The Ontario government is strengthening dementia care at long-term care homes, by announcing the first 17 homes participating in the new Improving Dementia Care Program (IDCP) and increasing access to behavioural specialized units (BSUs). The government is investing $9 million over three years in the IDCP to better support residents living with dementia and is part of the government’s plan to protect Ontario’s long-term care system by making targeted investments that ensure residents get the quality of care and quality of life they need and deserve.

The Ontario government has officially broken ground on the elevated guideway and four new stations for the Ontario Line subway, marking a major milestone in the province’s plan to protect Ontario by creating jobs, cutting commute times across the Greater Toronto Area and bringing nearly 230,000 more people within walking distance of public transit.

The Ontario government is continuing to deliver on its commitment to protect Ontario’s health-care system by investing $30 million to expand the province’s primary care health-care workforce. This new funding will upskill over 1,400 registered nurses for primary care, create 170 primary care nurse practitioner education seats and add up to 150 physician assistant education seats as part of the government’s $2.1 billion Primary Care Action Plan to connect everyone in Ontario to primary care by 2029.

The Ontario government is marking the official opening of the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT) in Toronto, a major milestone in the province’s plan to protect Ontario by building transit, relieving gridlock and cutting travel times.

As part of its plan to protect Ontario and build a stronger, more self-reliant economy, the government is taking a major step to power northern Ontario and unlock the vast economic potential of Ring of Fire by declaring the Greenstone Transmission Line a priority project and designating Hydro One to develop and construct it. 

Today, Minister Stephen Lecce announced a significant milestone in the government’s plan to protect Ontario with the completion of construction on the refurbishment of the Darlington Unit 4 nuclear reactor.

The Ontario government is delivering on its plan to protect Ontario’s long-term care system by investing nearly $100 million to support staffing at long-term care homes across York Region, including $3.2 million for the Newmarket Health Centre municipal home. These investments are part of the government’s record $1.92 billion annual funding to support the significant increase in staffing in the province’s long-term care homes across the province.