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Ontario Assembly

43rd Parl. 1st Sess.
April 17, 2023 10:15AM
  • Apr/17/23 5:50:00 p.m.
  • Re: Bill 97 

I just want to talk real quickly, because one of the members over there talked and he said that seniors live in these big homes. Well, I’m going to tell you, in their riding, in my riding and in ridings right across the province of Ontario, we have seniors hurting today. They’re living in poverty. They’re living on the streets. It’s wrong.

Here, at 5:15 today, I got an email from somebody, Jennifer Leigh—I won’t say her last name.

“Hi Wayne,

“I’m hoping you can help me out, please. Okay? My name is on the list for Ontario housing. I have been since 2012. I’m on disability for my hearing. I’m floating from couch to couch to try to get back into the good graces of housing. Can you please”—in big letters—“help me?

“Thank you,

“Jennifer Leigh”

So my question is, why is there nothing in this bill to address the housing affordability crisis in our communities, to help people like Jennifer?

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