🧵I just voted NO to #Bill23, but unfortunately, despite widespread opposition, the government voted to pass expensive sprawl, higher property taxes and environmental destruction. #onpoli /1
#Bill23 will not address the housing crisis, and will do more harm than good. The @OntarioGreens housing plan and the govt's own task force put forward solutions that won't lead to expensive sprawl. The govt refuses—so I tabled the legislation for them. #onpoli /2
My motion and bills – Bills 44 and 45 – provide the solutions that will allow us to build 1.5 million homes without overriding democracy, paving over the Greenbelt, or building million-dollar mansions that people can't afford. #onpoli /3
I'll continue to push for solutions that put people before speculators, that will actually address the housing affordability crisis without worsening the climate crisis, and that a whole generation of young people deserve. #onpoli /4
I hope you'll join me in fighting back. People Power Works. Let's protect the farmland that feeds us, the nature that protects and the places we love. gpo.ca/greenbelt#onpoli /5
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In case they need reminding, I’ve compiled a list of all the times Doug Ford and his housing minister Steve Clark said they wouldn’t touch the #Greenbelt (caution: long 🧵 ahead):
FORD, May 2018: Unequivocally we won’t touch the Greenbelt.
FORD, April 2018: I give you my commitment that anything that we look at on the Greenbelt will be replaced.
I met with a family doc in Guelph this morning. Her story is a system on the brink of collapse. She is referring seriously ill patients to specialists & they are waiting months as their conditions get worse. She’s forced to provide mental healthcare she’s not trained to provide.
The cost of living is skyrocketing, inflation rates are going up. So why aren’t social-assistance rates too?
@OntarioGreens continue to call on the Premier to double the rates for #ODSP 1/4
#PWD have been asking for help during COVID, struggling to survive on a maximum of $1,169 a month — all while the price of food and housing is going through the roof.
Over the past year, the cost of shelter has gone up 4.8%, and food is up 3.9%. #onpoli 2/4
We know persons #PWD have borne a disproportionate burden of the pandemic.
Ontarians shouldn’t have to choose between paying their rent or putting food on the table. The situation is dire. #ODSPoverty 3/4