But it does include tax credits and other measures meant to help parents, seniors and business owners. The government is also pledging up to $1 billion over the next five years to create 30,000 new child-care spaces. A new "driver care card" is also in the works, which the province hopes will serve to reduce insurance fraud. "The 2019 Ontario budget is all about putting people first," Finance Minister Vic Fedeli told reporters Thursday. Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath, left, addresses reporters alongside her finance critic Sandy Shaw, right, about the Ford government's first budget.

Source: CBC News April 11, 2019 20:13 UTC