A historic day today as City of Kitchener, Habitat Waterloo Region & Gov’t of Canada announced the inaugural project for BUILD NOW: Waterloo Region with a $5.5 million land donation from the city to move forward with a purpose-built affordable home ownership project. Learn more here: bit.ly/4aODimR

“What’s happening in Wilmot could happen to any farm community in Ontario…” John Vanthof, MPP Timiskaming-Cochrane #onpoli

Last week Ontario NDP MPP MPP Catherine Fife introduced Bill 189, which includes calling on the Ontario Govt to review the Victim Quick Response Program and posted a petition to present to the government. Will you sign? #sexualassault #intimatepartnerviolence #VictimServices #onpoli

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Farmers should be in control of the land they own and be able to decide who they sell it to, NOT the government. #OntarioAgriculture #christianfarmersofontario #ontariofederationofagriculture #onpoli #Wilmot

“Victims, and families who support them, they are losing faith in the justice system”. In 2022, there were 1,326 cases of sexual assault withdrawn or stayed before trial. This is not justice. CREVAWC Luke's Place Sexual Assault Support Centre of WR

I just cast my ballot, it was quick and easy!
Your voting experience can be just as easy, vote at an advance poll today!
#ondp #onpoli #votendp #advancepolls

“Drive by smears without any evidence” is what Ford’s House Leader thinks of the latest in the Greenbelt Scandal.

Sarcasm, deflection and insults are clearly what passes for accountability with this Minister.

NEW: 'The Ford government’s story is unravelling,' says Marit Stiles of @TheTrilliumca's latest Greenbelt🍨.
The NDP leader adds that the Greenbelt removals 'had nothing to do with housing & everything to do with... rich guys making backroom deals to make themselves even richer.'

Ontario court delays are sparking calls for change. Tonight Steve Paikin speaks with Cait Alexander, whose ex-boyfriend's attempted murder charge was dropped because it didn’t reach trial fast enough. At 8/11pm with Stephanie DiGiuseppe (@heneinhutchison) & Kristyn Wong-Tam 🇨🇦 | Producer Constantina Varlokostas

The Ford government’s story is unravelling. Opening up the Greenbelt had nothing to do with housing and everything to do with a bunch of rich guys making backroom deals to make themselves even richer. 

Read for yourself.

thetrillium.ca/news/politics/…

Joint letter from National Farmers Union - Ontario Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario (CFFO) & Ontario Farmland Trust calls on Ford government to halt the acquisition of Wilmot farmland & fire the consultant that has been threatening farmers with expropriation nfuontario.ca/news/joint-let… #onpoli

“The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have been investigating the Ford government’s Greenbelt land swap since last October. No charges have been laid.” 👇 #onpoli RCMP

Ford government House Leader Paul Calandra just got up in the Legislature over the Keffiyeh ban and really said “I don’t need to take lessons from the Ontario NDP on marginalized people. I’m ITALIAN!”

#ONpoli

“We’re not just being mistreated as farmers and landowners, but the whole community is being left in the dark about what’s going on,” says Wilmot farmer, Stewart Snyder. This is very clearly Greenbelt 2.0 - and once again, the NDP will get to the bottom of it. #onpoli

Only Ford thinks it’s okay to spend 1.5 million to find “efficiencies”. No transparency, no accountability.
Nice work if you can get it but Peel residents get stuck with the tab. #onpoli

Epic photo of NDP MPPs on Question Period archives:

ola.org/en/legislative…

Pretty fitting Finance Critic Fife is in frame considering Ford has somehow tabled the largest budget in Ontario history - while simultaneously bankrupting public services

Where is the money going?

Boileau:
“We’re talking about homelessness and you can’t end homelessness without housing and without a housing stock,” “And with less money going into community housing, it leads to not only less stock that municipalities can create…” Exactly! #onpoli #Housing