The province has protocols in place to offer guidance for families and physicians to deal with assisted dying until the federal government passes legislation to replace the law struck down last year.

Most of the money will come from a cap−and−trade program for industrial polluters that the Liberal government expects will raise $1.9 billion a year.

The plan, scheduled to be released on Wednesday, calls for government spending of $5.9 billion to $8.3 billion on climate change initiatives over the next five years.

"I intend to fight not for me, but for the NDP ... to fight for principles rather than for a position," DiNovo told a handful of supporters at a United Church in her Toronto riding.

The Liberal government also promised to contribute $104.5 million annually — after the initial three years — to the First Nations Health Action Plan

Under cap and trade, industries are given specific pollution limits, but can sell their emission allowances to other companies if they come in below their limit, or buy credits if they exceed it.

The Globe and Mail says it obtained a copy of the Climate Change Action Plan debated by the Ontario cabinet last week, which calls on the province to start phasing out natural gas for heating.