I would like to introduce Clare Flynn from St. Catharines’s Brock University. Clare has been helping out in my QP office for the past couple of weeks.

Also, I have some very honoured guests that I’d like to introduce to the House today: Melodi, and Shawn Bennett, the founder of the Valhalla Project. The Valhalla Project works to assist in training service dogs for first responders and military service members that suffer from PTSD.

I also want to welcome to this House a special guest star today, my good friend Siren. Welcome to your House.

My question is to the Premier. A recent CMHC rental report found that new rental supply is not translating to lower rents. In fact, households on Russell Avenue in St. Catharines are being gouged with a 17% rent increase. This is because this Conservative government has cut rent control on new builds. These are young families. These are professionals with good incomes.

Question to the Premier: Can you explain why your housing plan is leading to a transfer of profits from young families in Niagara to outside developers? Will you take these double-digit rent increases seriously by implementing real rent control today to put families first?