It gives me great pleasure to recognize today’s page captain Nate Rochwerg. Nate is from Hamilton. Joining him today are members of his family. We have his parents, Bram and Rachel Rochwerg; we have his grandparents, Ken and Shelley Rochwerg and Bonnie and Dave Loewith; and Nate’s three younger brothers, Leo, Henry and Jake, who I am sure, after today’s experience, will want to be page captains when they grow up as well.

Welcome to Queen’s Park.

In the middle of our housing crisis, rents continue to climb at alarming rates. In Hamilton, rents increased by 20% in just the last year.

Data from Ontario’s rental housing tribunal shows that corporate landlords are abusing the above-guideline-increase process to raise high rental rates even higher than provincial guidelines.

So my question is very simple: What is this government doing to protect tenants from the unfair rent increases, and what are you doing to make sure tenants stay housed?