On Thursday, September 24, the Ontario legislature will debate Bill 198, a private member’s bill tabled by NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo that would allow municipalities in Ontario to tackle the Housing crisis currently plaguing Ontario.

Dans son premier discours prononcé devant l’Association des municipalités de l’Ontario, Andrea Horwath, la chef du Nouveau Parti démocratique de l’Ontario, a vertement critiqué le plan économique des libéraux de Dalton McGuinty. En vertu de ce plan malavisé, les familles ontariennes payeront plus de taxes de vente et le trésor public sera privé des fonds pour réaliser les investissements qui sont critiques pour les municipalités.

In her first address to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath blasted the McGuinty Liberals' wrongheaded economic plan that will raise sales taxes on Ontario families and leave the treasury with less money for critical investments in municipalities.

NDP Housing Critic Cheri DiNovo said today that the government’s failure to meet its existing affordable housing commitments does not inspire trust and confidence in the newly launched Affordable Housing consultations.

Beaches-East York MPP and NDP Finance Critic Michael Prue has committed his party’s support to a group of condominium owners in their bid to draw attention to how the dreaded HST will impact them.

With more property taxpayers facing layoffs and municipal social service costs rising as a result, the McGuinty government must accelerate its planned upload of provincially-mandated social assistance programs, says NDP Leader Howard Hampton.