My question is to the Premier. Bill 23 does not create the safe, affordable homes that people need. Bill 23 will cost the city of London’s taxpayers $97 million while wealthy developers laugh all the way to the bank. AMO showed this bill will let private developers run away from a billion-dollar tab—a tab paid for by everyone else.

Will this government listen to the chorus of Ontarians and municipalities opposed to Bill 23 and stop squeezing the little guy?

I really want to applaud the member from University–Rosedale. I’m pretty sure that she knows the most about housing of anyone I’ve ever met in real life, and I appreciate her words on this. Some of the things that you heard at committee, we’re hearing across—those of us having the conversations with our municipalities are hearing that the development charges issue is a real thing. That reserve—it’s like this government is shaking everybody’s piggy bank and saying, “Ooh, you’ve got money in there. We’re going to spend your money, and make you spend it without asking what that reserve is for.” For these regional municipalities that have a lot of lower-tier municipalities with big plans and projects in the pipeline, that money is earmarked for something.

So I guess I’d like to ask you some of the specifics that you heard, because the government isn’t listening. The member opposite had asked his question. Can you please break it down for them again, so that they stop shaking and smashing other people’s piggy banks, instead of spending the money they should and collecting the development charges, so that municipalities can make the best decisions?

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