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Matthew Rae

  • MPP
  • Member of Provincial Parliament
  • Perth—Wellington
  • Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
  • Ontario
  • Unit 2 55 Lorne Ave. E Stratford, ON N5A 6S4
  • tel: 519-272-0660
  • fax: 519-272-106
  • Matthew.Rae@pc.ola.org

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  • Apr/18/23 4:30:00 p.m.
  • Re: Bill 97 

Thank you to my colleague from Beaches–East York. I will put it on the record: my favourite Liberal in the House—no offence to the Speaker. Back row, we’ve got to stick together.

My question, though, to the member from Beaches–East York: She was talking about development on main streets. Obviously, coming from rural Ontario—and I won’t ask what happened in your hometown and why you didn’t want to go back. But in the provincial policy statement proposal, it includes “all types of residential intensification, including the conversion of existing commercial and institutional buildings for residential use.” So this is like commercial use and having apartments above stores on our main streets in rural Ontario. This is important densification, as the member alluded to. So will the member support our initiatives to have this gentle densification in rural Ontario and across Ontario?

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