This petition is entitled “Raise Social Assistance Rates,” and it’s addressed to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It talks about how social assistance rates, which include Ontario Works and ODSP, are well below the poverty line. The $733 for somebody on Ontario Works is simply not enough to survive in this province. The $1,300 for people with disabilities on ODSP is also not enough. You can barely rent a room for that amount of money, let alone take care of somebody or have somebody live with a disability.

They’ve written an open letter to the Premier and cabinet ministers. They have had this signed by thousands and thousands of Ontarians. They want to double the ODSP and Ontario Works rates. The Ontario Works rates—it has to be more than doubled, minimum. It also talks about how—

I fully endorse this petition, and I will affix my signature and pass it to page Farah to take to the table.