2016-2017 Budget Talks participation

Overview:

• 10,452
  registered participants
• 404
  ideas submitted
• 923
  total comments
• 19,229
  total votes
• 6,774
  people voted

The finalists

Thirteen ideas in total were selected for voting.

The top 3 ideas that received the most votes will be funded and implemented by the government.

Learn more about the ideas that received the most votes and will be funded in the 2017 Budget or browse all of the finalists selected for voting.

Idea status	Idea name	Votes	Focus area
Will receive funding	Reducing and preventing food waste	3,269	Fight Climate Change Through Conservation And A Low-Carbon Economy
Will receive funding	Improving digital services for libraries	2,764	Invest In Community Infrastructure Projects
Will receive funding	Accessing digitized health data	2,127	Make Health Care Easier To Access
Will not receive funding	Create indoor farms in northern Indigenous communities	1,970	Strengthen Reconciliation Between Indigenous And Non-Indigenous Peoples
Will not receive funding	Help Indigenous youth get teaching degrees and teach on reserves	1,895	Help Students Achieve Their Full Potential
Will not receive funding	Tree-planting program in primary schools	1,181	Fight Climate Change Through Conservation And A Low-Carbon Economy
Will not receive funding	An online service for families to find doctors and doctors to find new patients	1,176	Make Health Care Easier To Access
Will not receive funding	Speech-language pathologists in childcare centres	1,120	Increase Access To Child Care
Will not receive funding	Use community service hours to teach life-saving skills to high school students	1,024	Help Students Achieve Their Full Potential
Will not receive funding	Internship marketplace for small businesses and students	963	Support Ontario's Small Businesses
Will not receive funding	Cargo bikes to deliver goods and transport people	665	Fight Climate Change Through Conservation And A Low-Carbon Economy
Will not receive funding	Mobile app to gamify government and public interactions	624	Make Government Services Faster And Easier To Use
Will not receive funding	Online tool to help Ontario Works recipients access programs	451	Make Government Services Faster And Easier To Use

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Ideas, comments and votes by focus area

This year, participants submitted ideas and cast their vote to help us solve one of 8 focus areas.

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  Strengthen reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples

  24 ideas
  36 comments
  1,970 votes

• 
  Invest in community infrastructure projects

  60 ideas
  72 comments
  2,764 votes

• 
  Support Ontario's small businesses

  31 ideas
  59 comments
  963 votes

• 
  Make government services faster and easier to use

  57 ideas
  123 comments
  1,075 votes

• 
  Increase access to child care

  7 ideas
  15 comments
  1,120 votes

• 
  Make health care easier to access

  71 ideas
  97 comments
  3,303 votes

• 
  Help students achieve their full potential

  71 ideas
  370 comments
  2,919 votes

• 
  Fight climate change through conservation and a low carbon economy

  83 ideas
  151 comments
  5,115 votes