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Dave Smith

  • MPP
  • Member of Provincial Parliament
  • Peterborough—Kawartha
  • Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
  • Ontario
  • Unit E 864 Chemong Rd. Peterborough, ON K9H 5Z8 dave.smithco@pc.ola.org
  • tel: 705-742-3777
  • fax: 705-742-1822
  • Dave.Smith@pc.ola.org

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  • Mar/28/23 9:30:00 a.m.
  • Re: Bill 85 

Obviously, the member didn’t actually listen to everything I said, because I did talk about all the things that we were doing to support everyone in Ontario.

The reduction in cost for electricity of $6.5 billion affects every single person, whether they are on Ontario Works, ODSP, or whether they are working someplace, whether they are retired. It makes no difference; it affects every single person in this province in a positive way.

We’ve increased funding to ODSP by 5% and tied it now to inflation so that they’ll never find themselves in a position where they’re falling further behind. This is the first time any government in Ontario has done this—tied it to inflation to make sure that they do not fall behind.

Madam Speaker, this is a fantastic budget, and the opposition needs to stand up and vote in favour of it, because it helps everyone in this province.

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