The member from Markham–Thornhill.

My question is for the member from Markham–Thornhill. Speaker, over the last four years, I think one of the things that has most struck me about my colleague from Markham–Thornhill is his absolute passion for people who are less fortunate in the province of Ontario. We share that passion. In fact, he leaned over to me and said to me a couple weeks ago, “I never knew that you were such a social justice warrior.” I’ve never thought of myself as that, but we share a passion for the less privileged in the province of Ontario. I really appreciate being able to work with him and the perspective that he brings to caucus when he talks about those issues in his riding.

Our government announced last year that it would increase the ODSP rate by 5%, and now with budget 2023, we have confirmed that ODSP will be indexed to inflation. I was wondering if the member from Markham–Thornhill would be able to highlight why this is such an important move. I know he has during his speech, but I was wondering if he could put further thoughts into that.