Ontario Election Campaign Focuses on Housing, Social Support Promises

Party leaders emphasize affordability, homelessness, and disability support while leaving funding details unclear.

The Ontario NDP has pledged to end homeless encampments by creating 60,000 supportive housing units and shifting shelter costs to the province, though no cost details were provided.
The Ontario Liberals have promised to double Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) payments and tie future increases to inflation, with implementation over two years.
Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford has highlighted his party's previous $75.5 million funding for municipalities to address encampments and pledged to retable a bill to strengthen enforcement on public drug use and trespassing.
The NDP and Liberals criticized the Progressive Conservatives' record on homelessness, citing a 51% increase in homelessness since 2016 and calling for more robust action.
The snap election is scheduled for February 27, with leaders making campaign stops across the province to promote their platforms on affordability and housing issues.