Thank you to the member from London North Centre. I want to read in part a letter that was sent to the Premier from the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, AMO. It’s signed by some of the front-line service providers in our community: the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police, Ontario Association of Paramedic Chiefs among others.

It says, “Dear Premier Ford,

“Homelessness is a crisis in every part of Ontario.” They ask that the Premier “acknowledge that homelessness in Ontario is a social, economic and health crisis” and they ask the Premier to “commit to ending homelessness in Ontario” and “work with a broad range of municipal, community, health, Indigenous and economic partners.” They end by saying, “You have the opportunity and the resources to end homelessness in Ontario. We are here to help you succeed.”

Can you explain why you think, when they developed this budget, they ignored this letter from the Association of Municipalities of Ontario?