Ontario NDP pledges to end encampments as Liberals vow to double disability payments
- Ontario's NDP and Liberal leaders are addressing housing and affordability, promising to end homeless encampments and provide more financial support for people with disabilities.
- Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie plans to double payments under the Ontario Disability Support Program, which currently maxes out at $1,368 per month for a single person.
- NDP Leader Marit Stiles aims to create 60,000 new supportive housing units and have the province pay for shelter costs instead of municipalities.
- Stiles criticized the current government's handling of encampments, stating, 'After seven years of Doug Ford, encampments are the new normal.
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Ontario NDP pledge to end encampments, Liberals vow to double disability payments
Ontario's NDP and Liberal leaders focused on housing and affordability issues Wednesday, with promises to end homeless encampments and provide more financial support for people with disabilities.

Ontario NDP pledges to end encampments as Liberals vow to double disability payments
Ontario's NDP and Liberal leaders are focusing on housing and affordability issues on the campaign trail today, with promises to address homelessness and provide more financial support for people with disabilities.
(Updated) Encampments, disability payments, highway tolls: Ontario parties talk affordability
Ontario's main political parties pivoted to affordability measures Wednesday, as the threat of U.S. tariffs took a back seat on the campaign trail. The NDP and Liberal leaders focused on housing and affordability issues, with promises to end homeless encampments and provide more financial support for people with disabilities. The Progressive Conservatives pledged to make an ongoing tax cut for gasoline and diesel fuel permanent and also remove …
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