Chris Young/Canadian Press Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Finance Minister Vic Fedeli attend Question Period at Queen's Park in Toronto on Oct. 30, 2018.

Chris Young/Canadian Press Former Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne visits a daycare in Toronto on May 18, 2018. Her government had budgeted billions of dollars to create free child care for kids, from the age of two-and-a-half until kindergarten.

During the campaign, Ford said he would replace the proposed program with a tax credit that would refund parents for 75 per cent of their child care costs. Parents could use the credit until their kids turn 15. Drug and dental care reimbursement By the summer of 2019, Liberals said they'd reimburse anyone without coverage for up to 80 per cent of their medication and dental costs. Singles would be eligible for $400 a year and couples $600 a year, plus parents could get $50 for each child. Wynne's government said they'd spend $800 million in the first two years to make this happen. Ford's promise on this front is much cheaper: he said his government would provide free dental care for low-income seniors, at a cost of $98 million a year. Gender-based violence Hundreds of millions of extra dollars were allocated to programs for sexual assault victims and people fleeing domestic violence under the Liberal plan. The 2018 budget pledged $242 million to create 1,000 more shelter spaces for women and children, 600 more spots in transitional housing, and to provide counselling to 2,000 more people.

Chris Young/Canadian Press Ontario Minister Lisa Macleod talks with reporters at the Ontario legislature in Toronto on Aug. 2, 2018.