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Catherine Fife

  • MPP
  • Member of Provincial Parliament
  • Waterloo
  • New Democratic Party of Ontario
  • Ontario
  • Suite 220 100 Regina St. S Waterloo, ON N2J 4P9
  • tel: 519-725-3477
  • fax: 519-725-3667
  • CFife-QP@ndp.on.ca

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Affordability is the number one issue right now that we are all facing in Ontario. There’s no doubt about it. I think the one good thing that I did say earlier about the fall economic statement—perhaps it was last Thursday—was the removal of the HST for the purpose-built rentals.

That said, the government of the day understands that you’re not in the business of building affordable housing. The housing that is being built right now across this province is unaffordable housing. So we have proposed a program to build non-market housing. The government of the day must get back into the business of funding truly attainable and affordable—and I know you don’t want to do it, but there’s no way that the developers out there on the greenbelt are going to do it for you.

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