Ontario's finance minister says more help is coming for businesses affected by the weekslong protest against COVID-19 measures in Ottawa.

Pandemic recovery, housing and affordability will be top of mind for as the legislature resumes sitting Tuesday for the last few weeks of the session ahead of a June election.

The new year marks a new fundraising reality for Ontario's political parties, which now have to get by without funding from their top donors - corporations and unions - as they try to fill their coffers ahead of next year's election.