SummarySpren for "Question Period"
- • Doug Ford, the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidate, refers to the current government as the "carbon-tax king" for proposing one of the highest carbon taxes in the world.
• Ford accuses the current government of gouging the people with high taxes.
- • Miss Monique Taylor, a candidate from the New Democratic Party of Ontario, has been described as being brought to life by Grimms' fairy tales.
• Interjections have been used to emphasize certain points in the text.
- • The use of food banks in Niagara Falls has increased by 71% due to affordability challenges.
• The Premier is being criticized for spending $650 million on a private spa instead of addressing the affordability crisis.
- • The Speaker (Hon. Ted Arnott) asked a supplementary question.
• The next question is up for discussion.
- • The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario is investing in information technology, robotics, and sensors to drive innovation in agriculture.
• The party is introducing Bill 155 to modernize the Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario Act and support farmers and processors in staying on the forefront of technology.
- • There were at least two overdoses in broad daylight last week at the corner of Church and Wellesley, just three city blocks from the building where the question is being asked.
• The wait-lists for basic recovery beds are at least one year long, and the community is concerned that someone struggling with addiction may not be able to get help in a timely manner.
- • Sudbury's supervised consumption site has been waiting for provincial funding for two years and four months, and will run out of municipal funding in less than a month, risking the closure of the site and more opioid overdose deaths in the area.
• The number of crosses for people who have died by overdose in Sudbury has increased from one to nearly 250 in the past three years, highlighting the urgent need for action from the Premier to fund the supervised consumption site and prevent more deaths.