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Decentralized Democracy

Ontario Assembly

43rd Parl. 1st Sess.
March 28, 2024 09:00AM
  • Mar/28/24 10:50:00 a.m.

To be clear, Ontario has hit 60% of the target. It is, of course, a 10-year target; we are entering year 6. The federal government changed the goalposts on this one and decided that the 60% is actually 28%. We’ve also hit 170% of our rehabilitation/renovation progress.

As the member knows, housing of this type is done through our service managers and our municipal partners. Our municipal partners have also written to the federal government to come firmly onside with our position that not only are we meeting our targets and not only can we meet our targets over the next four and a half years, but we have exceeded our targets in other areas.

So I would ask the member opposite if she would—instead of standing with the federal Liberals, who are going to reduce funding by $357 million—stand with us and with 444 municipalities across the province who are saying they have met their targets and will—

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