{"id":59860,"date":"2023-03-24T06:26:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T10:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=59860"},"modified":"2023-03-24T06:26:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T10:26:37","slug":"stiles-fords-budget-fails-to-meet-the-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/24\/stiles-fords-budget-fails-to-meet-the-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Stiles: Ford\u2019s budget fails to meet the moment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Official Opposition NDP Leader, Marit Stiles took Ford\u2019s Conservatives to task on a budget that fails to meet the moment. Stiles has a vision of an Ontario with more opportunity and prosperity for everyone \u2013 not just for Ford’s well-connected insiders.<\/p>\n

\u201cFord\u2019s Conservatives want you to think that this is the new normal \u2013 that this is as good as it gets. But things are not normal in Ontario right now,\u201d said Stiles. \u201cFord\u2019s budget fails to meet the moment, and shows he isn\u2019t interested in making the investments we need in public health care, affordable housing, or education \u2013 all the things that make Ontario a place where people want to live, work, learn, and grow.<\/p>\n

People are struggling \u2013 they’re not able to keep up with the rising costs of groceries, rent, or gas and they feel they are losing control of their lives, livelihoods, and futures.<\/p>\n

This budget offers no relief for everyday Ontarians. Everyone in Ontario deserves a strong future. Everyone in Ontario deserves to have hope.<\/p>\n

Ford\u2019s Conservatives aren\u2019t creating the economic conditions for stronger, more caring communities.<\/p>\n

This budget is a failure of leadership \u2013 true leaders meet the moment. This one is out of touch.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

What would a budget that works for people look like? As a start:<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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  • A stronger, public health care system, with no surgery backlogs and endless wait times<\/li>\n
  • Mental health and addictions care that\u2019s available when people need it<\/li>\n
  • 10 permanent guaranteed paid sick days for all workers<\/li>\n
  • Real solutions to the housing crisis, with affordable homes near transit and strong services instead of expensive sprawl<\/li>\n
  • Fair wages for all workers<\/li>\n
  • A plan to recruit and keep health care workers in our hospitals \u2013 not suppress their wages and fight them in court<\/li>\n
  • Immediately double ODSP & OW \u2013 as a start \u2013 to make sure no one lives in legislated poverty<\/li>\n
  • Community-based hospice care to support our loved ones at the end of their lives<\/li>\n
  • A plan to protect the Greenbelt and its agricultural and ecologically significant lands<\/li>\n
  • A new deal for cities and towns to support services, build more housing, and end Ford\u2019s runaway property tax hikes<\/li>\n
  • Making it easier for workers to join a union with a return to card-check certification<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    \u201cFor people who are being priced out of their own community, this budget offers little hope,\u201d said MPP Catherine Fife (Waterloo), NDP Finance critic. \u201cFor nurses and teachers who are burnt out and looking for staffing reinforcements \u2013 this budget shows that none are coming. For people who need physical and mental health support to feel healthy and confident again after a brutal pandemic, this budget shows that their wellbeing is not a priority.<\/p>\n

    Budgets are about choices. Today, Ford is choosing not to support people in this province.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

    6 Key Problems with this Budget<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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    • Ford\u2019s Conservatives are shortchanging municipalities through massive cuts \u2013 meaning families will pay higher property taxes for poorer services.<\/li>\n
    • They\u2019re funneling public money into private health care facilities run by their insider friends. That means longer wait times. More ER closures. More nurses out of the sector.<\/li>\n
    • And it\u2019ll be even harder for Ontarians to find an affordable place to live. Their own budget shows the province moving in the wrong direction on housing, and that their dismantling of the Greenbelt isn\u2019t doing what they promised. The budget predicts fewer housing starts next year than this year, and they\u2019re nowhere near on track to meet their stated goal of 1.5 million homes in 10 years.<\/li>\n
    • No minimum wage increases \u2013 and with inflation at a 40-year high, people will take a pay cut. That includes:\n
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      • No wage increases for nurses, health care workers, child care and education workers<\/li>\n
      • No increases for people who rely on Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support Program and no mention at all of the Autism Program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • No funding for base investments in education supports \u2013 that means we should expect teachers to get laid off, inadequate infrastructure support, and no mental health support<\/li>\n
      • No rent control to protect people from renovictions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        In Ontario, we all deserve a government that will support us, make choices for us, and invest in systems and supports that make our lives better. Ford isn\u2019t doing his job. Marit Stiles and the NDP believe the people of Ontario deserve better and are working to build a better future for all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Official Opposition NDP Leader, Marit Stiles took Ford\u2019s Conservatives to task on a budget that fails to meet the moment. Stiles has a vision of an Ontario with more opportunity and prosperity for everyone \u2013 not just for Ford’s well-connected insiders. \u201cFord\u2019s Conservatives want you to think that this is the new normal \u2013 that …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[216],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editorials"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-28 20:15:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59860"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59861,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59860\/revisions\/59861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}