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Lisa MacLeod

  • MPP
  • Member of Provincial Parliament
  • Nepean
  • Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
  • Ontario
  • Unit 222/3 250B Greenbank Rd. Nepean, ON K2H 8X4 Lisa.Macleodco@pc.ola.org
  • tel: 613-823-2116
  • fax: 613-823-8284
  • Lisa.Macleodco@pc.ola.org

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Your constituent who was a PSW—I applaud them for doing the work. I know during the pandemic it was quite difficult. I have a cousin who is a PSW, and my gosh, they just stood up there every single day and did the work that they were required to do. I find it very disheartening that at a time where she has a bit more flexibility in not working in such dangerous conditions, that she feels that—she’s not unsafe, but that she is insecure because she doesn’t have a place that she can afford.

I’ve got to admit here, and I think we all do, that the prices, whether it’s home ownership or rental, have skyrocketed. But the answer to that is not more red tape, and with respect, I think we’ll have a philosophical disagreement here. The answer to that is more supply, and that’s what this legislation is attempting to do. It’s not going to be done overnight, but we do need to increase the supply of housing and renter facilities across the entire province, apartment buildings across the province, in order to meet that demand. That’s the only way it’s going to come down.

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