The Ontario government has confirmed that the provincial throne speech will take place on Aug. 9, signalling the start of a rare summer session.
, which the PCs leaned on as their campaign platform during last month’s election, will be largely the same as what was introduced this spring, with some changes, including an increase in Ontario Disability Support Program funding, according to Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy.The throne speech comes at the beginning of any new legislative session and lays out the government’s goals and plans to achieve them.
Dowdeswell acts as the monarch’s representative in Ontario and will deliver the speech to the MPPs in attendance, many of whom will be attending the chamber for the first time as newly-elected legislators. The tone of this address will likely be much different from the one delivered in October of last year, where the government said avoiding future COVID-19 lockdowns was the "ultimate goal.”
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