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Decentralized Democracy

Ontario Assembly

43rd Parl. 1st Sess.
December 7, 2022 09:00AM
  • Dec/7/22 9:40:00 a.m.
  • Re: Bill 39 

I want to ask the members opposite, because they keep going on and on and on about what we shouldn’t be doing, yet I never hear anything but—well, we’ll hear a story from some so-called social engineering expert who has all the answers about how we’re going to fix our housing problems. But every time this government has tried to do something—and the one thing that all the experts agree on is that we are not building enough homes to satisfy the needs of the current population, including the projected growth.

When are we actually going to hear a plan from the leaderless, or leaderless contest, NDP? When are we going to hear a plan about how we’re actually going to meet the goal of building 1.5 million homes over the next 10 years?

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  • Dec/7/22 10:50:00 a.m.

Speaker, my question is to the Premier. The verdict is in on this government’s so-called housing plan, and it’s damning. Mayors, councils, experts and community groups are all united against this so-called plan.

Bills 23 and 39 are undemocratic. They will financially devastate municipalities. They’re harmful to the environment, and they won’t build the homes that people need. Will this government finally listen to Ontarians, and repeal Bill 23 and withdraw Bill 39 before it’s too late?

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  • Dec/7/22 10:50:00 a.m.

The Leader of the Opposition talked about democracy. Here’s a party that has, essentially, an acclamation for their leader. They’ve got a Castro-esque ballot that’s going to be available in March with one name on the ballot—

We’re going to continue to stand up for young families. We’re going to continue to be there for newcomers to Ontario and we’re going to continue to stand up for seniors who want a safe—

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We also realized that with the federal government’s new immigration targets, we’re going to have an extra 500,000 people coming to our country—60% of them are going to come to the GTA. We need to ensure that we’ve got a plan in place and looking at areas like this one that former Mayor Ryan aptly articulated as a site that’s been talked about for over 20 years. The conversation around this property preceded the creation of the greenbelt.

I can tell you something, we’re going to continue to put policies in place that get shovels in the ground to build those 1.5 million—

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