NDP Finance Critic Michael Prue used today’s Question Period to press the McGuinty government to change the Assessment Act to protect low-income seniors.

Prue’s change would end the present practice of taxing so-called “Granny Flats” (modular homes). Granny Flats are self-contained small units that are placed on lots usually belonging to adult children of senior citizens.

February 22, 2008

Honourable George Smitherman
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
80 Grosvenor St, 10th Flr, Hepburn Block
Toronto, ON M7A 2C4

Minister Smitherman,

Ontario’s long-term care system is under strain and deserves your attention. It is deplorable that the Ontario Federation of Labour had to resort to filing a complaint with the Ontario Human Rights Commission due to your government’s inaction.