Today the page captain, I believe, is Bella. Her parents, Bill and Daisy, are in the gallery somewhere, and I just wanted to welcome them to Queen’s Park.

You can’t make this stuff up with these guys, right?

So we sent a letter to them. As you know, Mr. Speaker, we’ve undertaken 23 of the recommendations. We asked our municipal partners—who, by the way, are actually here today, speaking with us on how we can build homes faster across the province of Ontario—to identify the top five items that we could work together to move on so that we could get more homes built faster. Our municipal partners are excited about this opportunity. As I said, they’re here today working with a number of ministers to do just that.

We’re going to continue doing all that we can to build homes faster. In fact, we have a new fund that’s in place for our municipal partners called the Building Faster Fund—what that is is working with our municipal partners. I think you voted against the Building Faster Fund, like you voted against building transit faster, like you voted against building more hospitals, like you voted against building transit and transportation. But we’re going to work with them. We’re going to get homes built for the people of—

No, Mr. Speaker, I will not reverse the expansion of the urban boundaries. The urban boundary expansion, of course, was done in Hamilton. The planners in Hamilton identified that they did not have enough space to meet future demands in their community—

As you know, the official plans also contemplate intensification within the existing urban boundaries before additional boundaries can even be contemplated. The municipalities remain in control of when that additional territory would be used, if it would be used.

The good news for the people of Hamilton is that, despite the objections of the opposition, this government has put policies in place that will see thousands of additional people moving into that community to be included in the economic growth we’re seeing in Hamilton.

As I said a number of times, we wanted to build homes as fast as we possibly can. We made a public policy process that was not supported by the people of the province of Ontario, and that is why we decided to move very quickly to return those lands.

But we will not be swayed in our desire to ensure that we build 1.5 million homes for the people of the province of Ontario.

We’re in the process of disentangling ourselves from the mess that was left behind by the previous Liberal government.

At the same time, we’re seeing housing starts at their highest level in over 15 years. We’re seeing purpose-built rentals at their highest level in over 15 years. So we’re on the right path of ensuring that we get kids and the next generation out of their parents’ basements and into the homes that they deserve.

I encourage the member to take that very same question back to the next Liberal leadership debate—turn to your left or turn to your right, whatever she is sitting on, and ask her that very same question.

What we’re doing is untangling the mess that was left.

He has the nerve to talk about affordability when, yesterday, the Liberals and NDP teamed up to ensure that the carbon tax stays on groceries. That is the legacy of the Liberals and the NDP. We put more money back in people’s pockets; they take it away.

The good news for tenants across the province of Ontario is that we have the highest starts with respect to purpose-built rentals that we have seen in over 15 years.

One of the real reasons we’ve had such challenges in the rental market is because people just were not getting into building.

Most people who have rental apartments, frankly, are the moms and pops out there who make investments, whether for their futures—and they bring on new allocations. I know that was something my parents did. They wanted to come here. They worked very hard. They sacrificed a lot. They bought little stores in East York with two apartments on top, and that is how they planned for their retirement.

We have to do our best to support landlords. We have to do our best to support tenants. But the best thing we can do is to bring more supply on. We have rent control across the province of Ontario, which is going nowhere. At the same time, we’re building more supply so that we can bring down the costs, because—it’s a simple fact—when there is more to choose from, those rents will come down.

Most of the landlords across this province are people just like my parents were. Do you know what my parents did? They worked very, very hard seven days a week, and they bought two small properties with apartments on top. Do you know what we did when we were kids? We didn’t go away for March break. We went to those apartments and painted; we fixed them up. That is what we did. My parents weren’t greedy landlords, just as the 80% of landlords who are out there, who do the exact same things that my parents did, are not greedy.

That is the difference between them and us—we don’t think that hard-working people who make investments are greedy. We thank them for the investments that were made. But what we do do is ensure that we hold everybody responsible—both tenants and landlords.

We’re working together to bring more supply online. I know that the Attorney General also increased resources at the landlord and tenant tribunal. Do you know why? Because we can do more for all people in Ontario.

I rise on standing order 59 to thank colleagues for another productive week on behalf of the people of the province of Ontario, and to wish all members a very happy Thanksgiving.

On Monday, October 16, there will be a debate on opposition day number 2 and on Bill 135, the Convenient Care at Home Act.

On Tuesday, October 17, in the morning and afternoon we will be debating Bill 135, the Convenient Care at Home Act, and in the evening, private members’ business standing in the name of the member for Bruce–Grey–Owen Sound.

On Wednesday, October 18: in the morning, Bill 135; in the afternoon, Bill 135, the Convenient Care at Home Act; and in the evening, private member’s motion number 63, standing in the name of the member for Perth–Wellington.

On Thursday, October 19, in the morning and in the afternoon session, we will be debating a bill that will be introduced early on in that week, and in the evening, the member for Chatham-Kent–Leamington’s private member’s motion number 64.