Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Motion 4 Ms. Stiles (Davenport)

Whereas Cabinet Ministers are responsible for billions of taxpayer dollars and make important decisions that impact people's everyday lives; and

Whereas Ontarians have watched the Government consistently make policy and funding decisions that benefit their donors at the public's expense; and

Whereas the fundraising activities of this Government's Ministers, and their apparent coordination with their Party, is a continuation of the cash-for-access culture from the former Liberal Government; and

Whereas this has led Ontarians to believe that they must make political donations to Ministers in order to be heard and to get things done; and

Whereas it is not acceptable for Ministers of the Crown to raise large sums of money from stakeholders with active files within their Ministries;

Therefore, in the opinion of the House, the Government must close loopholes and strengthen the rules in the Members' Integrity Act, 1994 to prohibit Ministers from accepting personal benefits connected directly or indirectly to their duties and to end cash-for-access in Ontario.

Motion 3 Ms. Stiles (Davenport)

Whereas successive Ontario governments have downloaded approximately $4 billion in annual costs to municipalities for provincial programs; and

Whereas municipalities rely on property taxes to pay for these downloaded costs, which has resulted in property tax increases across the province; and

Whereas, despite these tax increases, many municipalities have had to make significant cuts to essential services, like public health, housing, public safety, transit, infrastructure and road maintenance; and

Whereas the province needs a sustainable public infrastructure strategy to support growth, improve transit options, and ensure climate-resilience; and

Whereas the government's neglect of affordable housing and mental health and addictions programs has resulted in a homelessness crisis;

Therefore, in the opinion of the House, the Government of Ontario must reach a new deal with Ontario's municipalities, which includes re-uploading provincial responsibility for public health, housing, highways, and infrastructure.

Motion 2 Ms. Stiles (Davenport)

Whereas everyone has the right to an affordable home; and

Whereas the private market alone has not been able to build the affordable housing Ontario needs; and 

Whereas any solution to the housing affordability crisis must include public, non-profit and co-op housing options; and

Whereas the Government can fast track building approvals and provide funding, low-interest loans and public land to spur housing construction in the private, public and non-profit sectors; and 

Whereas successive Liberal and Conservative Governments abandoned the publicly supported building programs which has provided affordable housing to Ontarians for decades, leaving a significant gap in supply; and

Whereas public building programs provide good unionized jobs for Ontario's tradespeople;

Therefore, in the opinion of this House, the Ontario Government should establish a new public agency, Homes Ontario, to finance and oversee the construction of affordable and non-market homes.

Motion 1 Ms. Stiles (Davenport)

Whereas mental healthcare is healthcare;

Therefore, in the opinion of the House, the Ontario Government must deliver mental healthcare at no cost to individuals as part of Ontario's universal healthcare plan.

Motion 5 Ms. Stiles (Davenport)

Whereas the Government has cut education funding by $1500 per child since 2018; and

Whereas this underfunding is preventing our children from getting the learning and mental health supports they need; and

Whereas this results in a challenging and unsafe learning environment; and

Whereas this has a disproportionate impact on our most vulnerable students; and

Whereas the burden is falling to parents to find and pay for the supplemental mental health and education supports that their children need;

Therefore, in the opinion of this House, the Government of Ontario should substantially increase funding for public education in Ontario so that every child receives the high-quality education they deserve, regardless of their family's income.

Motion 4 Ms. Stiles (Davenport)

Whereas everyone has the right to an affordable home; and

Whereas any solution to the housing affordability crisis must include public, non-profit and co-op housing options; and

Whereas successive Liberal and Conservative provincial governments have failed to adequately invest in non-market housing; and

Whereas the Government has failed to legalize fourplexes as-of-right, restore rent control, and implement vacancy decontrol to make housing more affordable; and

Whereas the Ontario Government is at risk of losing billions of dollars in federal funding due to its failure to deliver an adequate supply of new affordable homes;

Therefore, in the opinion of this House, the Ontario Government should get back to building by swiftly and substantially increasing the supply of affordable non-market homes in Ontario.

Motion 3 Ms. Stiles (Davenport)

Whereas in 2017 the Auditor General found that the Liberal Government spent $17.4 million on partisan ads with the primary goal of fostering a better impression of the governing party; and

Whereas this is the result of loopholes created under the Liberal Government that watered down advertising rules and weakened the Auditor General's oversight of government advertising; and

Whereas the Auditor General found that in 2023 the current Government used the same loopholes to spend $24.89 million on partisan ad campaigns, including $20 million to promote the Ministry of Health; and

Whereas the current Minister of Health introduced a bill in 2018 entitled "End the Public Funding of Partisan Government Advertising Act" and that Bill has been reintroduced by a Member of the Official Opposition;

Therefore, the Legislative Assembly calls on the Ontario Government to pass the Official Opposition's Bill 176, End the Public Funding of Partisan Government Advertising Act, 2024 to close the loopholes and ensure that taxpayer dollars are not spent on ads intended to foster a positive impression of the Government.

Motion 2 Ms. Stiles (Davenport)

Whereas 2.2 million Ontarians currently do not have a family physician and are not connected to primary care, which puts their health at imminent risk; and

Whereas access to primary health care keeps people out of emergency rooms; and

Whereas primary health care providers need sustainable resources in order to maintain capacity to deliver primary care, mental health care, chronic disease management, community supports, and innovative services that help end hallway health care; and

Whereas hiring additional staff support could free up Ontario's primary care providers to take on an estimated additional 2 million patients;

Therefore, the Legislative Assembly calls on the Ontario Government to urgently implement a strategy to increase the number of staff support for primary care providers so they can spend their time treating patients instead of doing paperwork.

Motion 1 Ms. Stiles (Davenport)

Whereas Highway 407 is underutilized because it has some of the highest tolls in North America; and

Whereas eliminating tolls for transport trucks on Highway 407 would remove as many as 21,000 trucks per day from Highway 401 and other highways; and

Whereas diverting transport trucks from Highway 401 and other highways would significantly reduce traffic, reduce emissions, and improve safety; and

Whereas eliminating tolls for transport trucks on Highway 407 would improve Ontario's supply chain for food and other goods; and

Whereas the Government has forgiven a billion dollars in penalties for the 407 ETR which should have been used to lower tolls for Ontarians;

Therefore, the Legislative Assembly calls on the Government to remove tolls for transport trucks on Highway 407.

Motion 5 Ms. Stiles (Davenport)

Whereas Ontarians are experiencing a cost-of-living crisis driven by low wages and corporate greed; and

Whereas costs associated with the climate crisis are also increasing, including grocery and insurance prices, infrastructure damage, and natural disaster response; and

Whereas the Ontario Government has made the climate crisis worse and more expensive by eliminating funding to make homes more energy efficient, cancelling clean energy projects, and removing protections from farmlands;

Therefore, the Legislative Assembly calls on the Ontario Government, in partnership with the federal government, to subsidize the cost of heat pumps and other energy-saving retrofits for all Ontarians, in order to cut greenhouse gas emissions and reduce energy bills.

Motion 4 Ms. Stiles (Davenport)

Whereas Kitchener is one of Ontario's key economic hubs and is home to three world-class postsecondary institutions; and

Whereas a lack of reliable transit options impedes quality of life and growth opportunities for the region; and

Whereas the Official Opposition NDP has been advocating for two-way, all-day GO service between Kitchener and Toronto since 2012; and

Whereas the Government has failed to deliver a GO Transit strategy for Kitchener despite years of promises; and

Whereas the previous Liberal government also failed to deliver on their promise to implement all-day GO service to Kitchener;

Therefore, the Legislative Assembly calls on the Government to provide a firm funding commitment and a clear timeline for the delivery of frequent, all-day, two-way GO rail service along the full length of the vital Kitchener GO corridor.

Motion 3 Ms. Stiles (Davenport)

Whereas the Government is under criminal investigation by the RCMP for their removal of lands from the Greenbelt; and

Whereas the Auditor General is in the process of reviewing whether there has been mismanagement and abuse of Ministerial Zoning Orders; and

Whereas there are outstanding questions about an inappropriate relationship between a former Government Minister and a land speculator, and incorrect information provided to the Integrity Commissioner about this relationship; and

Whereas there are outstanding questions about whether there was preferential treatment given to a foreign company to build a private spa on public land at Ontario Place; and

Whereas there are outstanding questions about preferential treatment given to Government donors and personal friends of the Premier with respect to the building of Highway 413; and

Whereas there are outstanding questions about unqualified patronage appointments to public agencies, boards, and commissions; and

Whereas the Premier has admitted that he regularly uses his personal phone to conduct Government business and those communications might be relevant to these inquiries;

Therefore the Legislative Assembly calls on the Premier to cease his access to information appeal and disclose the contents of his personal phone and email accounts to the Information and Privacy Commissioner.

Motion 2 Ms. Stiles (Davenport)

Whereas Ontario Place is public property intended for the public benefit; and

Whereas there has been no meaningful public consultation on how Ontario Place should be developed; and

Whereas there is evidence to suggest that the bidding process gave an unfair advantage to specific companies and there was no Fairness Monitor in place to oversee the process; and

Whereas the Government has refused to release details of the reported 95-year lease for a private spa; and

Whereas the Government is spending at least $650 million of public money to provide private benefits for the spa; and

Whereas people are experiencing an affordability crisis and feeling the impacts of this Government's cuts to healthcare, education, and housing;

Therefore the Legislative Assembly calls on the Government to terminate the lease with Therme Canada and stop the transfer of public funds to private profits.

Motion 1 Ms. Stiles (Davenport)

Whereas the Auditor General and the Integrity Commissioner found that the Government's decision to remove lands from the Greenbelt gave preferential treatment to certain private interests; and

Whereas the reports of these independent officers call into question this Government's decision-making on other ongoing transactions, including Highway 413, urban boundary expansions, Ontario Place, healthcare privatization and stalled transit projects; and 

Whereas the witnesses who refused to cooperate with the Auditor General's investigation must be compelled to provide their evidence; and 

Whereas Members of this Government have previously advocated for the use of select committees to investigate misconduct, including the gas plant cancellations; 

Therefore the Legislative Assembly calls on the Government to appoint a Select Committee on Changes to the Greenbelt to ensure full transparency and accountability. 

Motion 4 Ms. Stiles (Davenport)

Whereas there is a cost of living crisis in Ontario; and

Whereas the cost of rent has increased to more than 50% of the take-home income for many Ontario households; and

Whereas the removal of all rent control from homes first occupied after 2018 has exposed tenants to unaffordable double-digit rent increases; and

Whereas the ability to increase rent between tenancies accelerates the rising cost of rent and incentivizes illegal evictions; and

Whereas housing is a human right;

Therefore, the Legislative Assembly calls on the government to implement rent control on all units, including between tenancies.

Motion 3 Ms. Stiles (Davenport)

Motion 2 Ms. Stiles (Davenport)

Motion 1 Ms. Stiles (Davenport)

Motion 3 Ms. Bell (University—Rosedale)

Motion 2 M^me Gélinas (Nickel Belt)

Motion 1 Mr. Tabuns (Toronto—Danforth)