QUEEN’S PARK – Following the government’s announcement to cut HST for every home buyer effective April this year until March next year, NDP Shadow Minister for Housing Catherine McKenney (Ottawa Centre) released the following statement:
“Housing is a basic necessity, and we should be looking at every tool to lower costs,” said Catherine McKenney. “But we have to be honest about what this does and who it helps. We have seen time and again that tax cuts alone do not guarantee affordability.
“If this government is serious about solving the housing crisis and building a truly sustainable economy, it cannot continue to rely solely on the private market. We also need real investments in public, co-operative, and non-profit housing that prioritize people, not profit, and deliver homes Ontarians can actually afford, so that we are not relying on a single approach to deliver the homes people need.”
QUEEN’S PARK – Following reports of the Ottawa LRT being uploaded to Metrolinx, Ontario NDP MPP Catherine McKenney (Ottawa Centre) released the following statement:
OTTAWA — Ontario NDP MPP Catherine McKenney (Ottawa Centre) and Shadow Health Minister France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) have issued the following statement, as the Ottawa Hospital is set to cut 400 jobs —a direct result of the Ford government’s underfunding:
OTTAWA CENTRE — Following reports on a proposed GTA rental housing initiative, NDP Shadow Minister for Housing, MPP Catherine McKenney (Ottawa Centre) released the following statement, raising concerns about affordability, transparency, and the use of public funds to support private developers instead of building truly affordable housing.