This program helps build a more prosperous Northern Ontario and strong, vibrant and sustainable northern communities. The Ministry leads and assists in the delivery of a range of targeted initiatives aimed at stimulating economic growth, creating jobs, promoting trade and investment, improving infrastructure and providing a better quality of life for northerners. Ministry programs such as the Export Assistance for Mining and Forestry initiative work to attract trade and investment opportunities to help northern businesses develop and expand domestic and international markets. The Ministry also supports economic diversification through enhanced programs of the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation including the new Entrepreneur Program, one of seven programs to support the public and private sector grow and diversify the northern economy. Other initiatives to stimulate economic growth and job creation include the Northern Community Investment Readiness program and the Northern Industrial Electricity Rate Program. The Ministry co-leads the development and implementation of the government's Growth Plan for Northern Ontario, coordinates provincial economic development initiatives in the North, and markets Northern Ontario's strengths and opportunities to the world. Strategic investments in infrastructure such as the Northern Highways Program and telecommunications and information technology are improving the North's linkages to the rest of Ontario, Canada and beyond.
The program's network of offices provides northerners with access to government economic development programs and services. By engaging northerners in government initiatives including policy and planning activities, this program also ensures northerners have a say in the development of government programs and services that affect them.
| VOTE -ITEM # |
STANDARD ACCOUNT BY ITEM AND SUB-ITEMS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OPERATING EXPENSE | ||||
| 2202-1 | Northern Economic Development | |||
| Salaries and wages | 9,682,500 | |||
| Employee benefits | 1,320,000 | |||
| Transportation and communication | 516,200 | |||
| Services | 8,912,000 | |||
| Supplies and equipment | 243,100 | |||
| Transfer payments | ||||
| Community Services | 625,000 | |||
| Economic Development | 3,039,000 | |||
| Summer Jobs Service | 3,360,000 | |||
| Ontario Northland Transportation Commission | 32,100,000 | |||
| Owen Sound Transportation Company | 800,000 | |||
| GO North Investor Program | 500,000 | |||
| Northern Ontario Heritage Fund | 34,500,000 | |||
| Northern Ontario Municipal Associations | 100,000 | |||
| Small Business Enterprise Centres | 450,000 | |||
| Northern Industrial Electricity Rate Program | 148,830,000 | |||
| Aboriginal Economic Development | 4,575,000 | 228,879,000 | ||
| Subtotal | 249,552,800 | |||
| Less: Recoveries | 10,246,400 | |||
| Total Operating Expense to be Voted | 239,306,400 | |||
| Statutory Appropriations | ||||
| Other transactions | ||||
| Statutory | Bad Debt Expense, the Financial Administration Act | 1,000 | ||
| Total Operating Expense for Northern Development Program | 239,307,400 | |||
| OPERATING ASSETS | ||||
| 2202-3 | Northern Development Operating Assets | |||
| Deposits and prepaid expenses | 1,000 | |||
| Loans and Investments | 400,000 | |||
| Total Operating Assets to be Voted | 401,000 | |||
| Total Operating Assets for Northern Development Program | 401,000 | |||
| CAPITAL EXPENSE | ||||
| 2202-2 | Northern Economic Development | |||
| Services | 25,102,000 | |||
| Transfer payments | ||||
| Winter Roads | 4,725,000 | |||
| Ontario Northland Transportation Commission | 21,625,000 | |||
| Owen Sound Transportation Company | 2,047,000 | |||
| Northern Ontario Heritage Fund | 65,500,000 | |||
| Railway Infrastructure Renewal | 5,508,300 | 99,405,300 | ||
| Other transactions | ||||
| Resource Access Roads | 2,851,000 | |||
| Total Capital Expense to be Voted | 127,358,300 | |||
| Statutory Appropriations | ||||
| Other transactions | ||||
| Statutory | Amortization - The Financial Administration Act | 193,537,900 | ||
| Total Capital Expense for Northern Development Program | 320,896,200 | |||
| CAPITAL ASSETS | ||||
| 2202-4 | Northern Development Capital Assets | |||
| Land and marine fleet | 55,000 | |||
| Transportation infrastructure - asset costs | 663,881,300 | |||
| Total Capital Assets to be Voted | 663,936,300 | |||
| Total Capital Assets for Northern Development Program | 663,936,300 |
