I want to thank my colleagues for their presentation today.

I want to ask a question talking about our evolution on this since this party came into power in 2018. Prior to 2018, under the Wynne government, we were downgraded from stable to negative by Moody’s credit rating. In 2019, we were upgraded, as a result of the work of this government, from negative to stable. Most recently, after this budget was tabled, we were upgraded from stable to positive. I’d like one of the two colleagues, if they could, to please speak to this and talk about the implications for the residents of Ontario as a result of this upgrade.

It’s hard to sit here and listen to the member for Niagara West. I’ve got to wonder what planet he’s living on—for stats.

I will tell you that in Windsor, we are facing an opioid crisis; we are facing a homelessness crisis.

And I know in Niagara—per capita, Niagara is in the top five regions reporting opioid-related deaths, and there is an increase in homelessness.

I suggest that the member from Niagara West take a walk through St. Catharines, perhaps, or some other areas in Niagara to see the reality, because while you’re talking about Moody’s—to the people who are dying on the streets, to the first responders responding to those calls and the families losing people, Moody’s means nothing. The fact that you are not spending to actually address the opioid crisis or the homelessness crisis is what matters to people in this province.

So maybe the member for Niagara West could actually acknowledge, first off—instead of talking about culture, talk about the people who are actually struggling in this province as a result of the lack of spending and policies that specifically target these people in the province.