A few weeks ago, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing introduced legislation that deals directly with the issue of affordable housing.

And our government, during the election, committed to building 1.5 million homes in the next 10 years. That’s something that we are in fact doing with the legislation we have proposed. This is actually great news for my riding—because one of the biggest issues was that the city of Ottawa refused to allow the village of Greely to expand. The village of Greely is so important, in fact, that I have been advocating for this, and we finally got the approval, because our government is here to listen to the people.

We will continue focusing on building homes, because the more homes we have, the more affordable it is for Ontarians to live in them.

Our government is delivering on the promise to help manage rising costs for low-income people with disabilities. We announced an increase to ODSP core allowances and the maximum monthly amount announced for the assistance for government plans.

We’re making significant changes that would allow a person with a disability on ODSP to keep more of the money they earn, by increasing the monthly earnings exemption from $200 to $1,000 per month. For each dollar earned above $1,000, the person with a disability would keep 25 cents of income support.

These changes are practical results—and the practical result is that approximately 25,000 individuals currently in the workforce will be able to keep more of their earnings, and it could encourage as many as 25,000 more people to join the workforce.