I listened with interest to the talk about what’s needed in housing and how this government plans to get there.

In the region of Durham, we have a lot of housing need, but what is needed varies. In fact, the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions came to my riding and did a tour of downtown Oshawa with me. I appreciate his coming and taking a look, but what we all realized is that we don’t have what is needed in terms of transitional housing, supportive housing. CMHA Durham said they have units but they don’t have subsidy.

We don’t just need the talking points about new housing that isn’t going to affect people in desperate need right now. And when the regions are doing fantastic work but without what they need in terms of a partnership from this government—we’re talking about regional government now. What are you going to do to be better partners?