Motion 2 Ms. Stiles (Davenport)

Whereas the cost of basic groceries has increased by at least 30 per cent in the last five years under this government; and

Whereas surveillance pricing allows corporations to use secret algorithms to take personal data, browsing habits, purchase history, and location to charge different prices to different people for the same product or service; and

Whereas companies like Uber are already taking advantage of surveillance pricing to unfairly inflate fares, and companies like Walmart are lobbying governments to expand the use of surveillance pricing for groceries; and

Whereas the federal government is monitoring the rise of surveillance pricing because of its impact on anti-competitive behaviour, but has not taken any action; and

Whereas the NDP government of Manitoba is leading on consumer protection as the first province in Canada to take action against misuse of personalized data by banning surveillance pricing; and

Whereas Canadians overwhelmingly agree that surveillance pricing should be banned to prevent corporations from gouging consumers at the check out; and

Therefore, the Legislative Assembly calls on the Ford government to ban surveillance pricing practices that misuse personal data to unfairly inflate prices to ensure a fair and affordable price for groceries and other goods and services.

Motion 2 MPP Watt (Nepean)

Whereas in 2025, 473,000 Ontario students relied on OSAP, leveling the playing field, providing equal opportunity, and rewarding hard work in Ontario, regardless of wealth; and

Whereas the Premier has slashed OSAP grants from 85% of aid to 25%, leaving students with up to an additional $14,000 debt after they graduate a four-year degree; and

Whereas, in 2019, this government eliminated free tuition for lower income families, reduced middle-income eligibility, and canceled the six-month interest grace period, making pursuing higher education a matter of wealth instead of merit; and

Whereas Ontario charges the second highest interest rate on student loans in Canada, with six provinces and the federal government providing interest free loans; and

Whereas burdening students and families with debt lowers graduates' ability to contribute to the economy, and OECD studies have found that public investment in education returns 3 times the cost back to the public; and

Whereas these changes create barriers to Ontarians seeking further education, at a time when Ontario is already facing critical workforce shortages in key sectors, including healthcare, skilled trades, and education; and

Whereas these changes will force some students to abandon their dreams of pursuing post-secondary education completely, and require some parents to tell their children they cannot afford training or a degree; and

Whereas the Government of Ontario has already rejected calls to return the proportion of OSAP aid to 85% grants and remove all interest;

Therefore, in the opinion of this House, the Government of Ontario should fix OSAP ASAP by making tuition free for lower-income families, and giving graduates a 2-year grace period before repayment.

Motion 1 MPP Watt (Nepean)

Whereas in 2025, 473,000 Ontario students relied on OSAP, leveling the playing field, providing equal opportunity, and rewarding hard work in Ontario, regardless of wealth; and

Whereas the Premier has slashed OSAP grants from 85% of aid to 25%, leaving students with up to an additional $14,000 debt after they graduate a four-year degree; and

Whereas, in 2019, this government eliminated free tuition for lower income families, reduced middle-income eligibility, and canceled the six-month interest grace period, making pursuing higher education a matter of wealth instead of merit; and

Whereas Ontario charges the second highest interest rate on student loans in Canada, with six provinces and the federal government providing interest free loans; and

Whereas burdening students and families with debt lowers graduates' ability to contribute to the economy, and OECD studies have found that public investment in education returns 3 times the cost back to the public; and

Whereas these changes create barriers to Ontarians seeking further education, at a time when Ontario is already facing critical workforce shortages in key sectors, including healthcare, skilled trades, and education; and

Whereas these changes will force some students to abandon their dreams of pursuing post-secondary education completely, and require some parents to tell their children they cannot afford training or a degree;

Therefore, in the opinion of this House, the Government of Ontario should fix OSAP ASAP by restoring OSAP to its 2018 state, returning the proportion of OSAP aid to 85% grants and making tuition free for lower-income families, and by enhancing the program by removing all interest and giving graduates a 2-year grace period before repayment.

Motion 1 Ms. Stiles (Davenport)

Whereas the Ford government has proposed reducing the proportion of grants available from the Ontario Student Assistance Program from 85% to 25%; and

Whereas previous McGuinty and Wynne Liberal governments allowed Ontario tuition fees to become the highest in the country, while providing colleges and universities with the lowest per-student funding in Canada; and

Whereas one of the Ford government's first actions in 2019 was to cut approximately $700 million from OSAP; and

Whereas shifting OSAP from grants to loans will leave students buried in long-term debt and unable to build a future after graduation, or force students to reconsider attending college or university; and

Whereas young people in Ontario are facing a dual crisis of sky-high unemployment and rising unaffordability; and

Whereas one out of three Ontario families with student debt are living pay cheque to pay cheque; and

Whereas interest has been removed from Canada Student Loans, as well as provincial student loans from Newfoundland and Labrador, British Columbia, Manitoba and New Brunswick;

Therefore, the Legislative Assembly calls on the Ford government to immediately restore the maximum proportion of Ontario Student Assistance Program grants to 85%, and remove interest from all new and existing Ontario Student Assistance Program loans.

Motion 1 Mr. Fraser (Ottawa South)

Whereas violence in Ontario schools has risen by 77% under the current government, putting the safety of students and staff at risk; and

Whereas the government has cut per student funding, leading to larger class sizes, unmet special education needs, and an unaddressed children's mental health crisis; and

Whereas recent EQAO results show that half of Grade 6 students and 42% of Grade 9 students are not meeting the provincial math standard, highlighting the urgent need for more classroom supports; and

Whereas every student deserves a safe classroom and every educator deserves a safe workplace, which cannot be achieved without sufficient qualified adults to provide safety and support; and

Whereas $1 billion, made available on an as needed basis to schools across Ontario, could start addressing current staff shortages by providing at least two additional staff per school;

Therefore, in the opinion of this House, the Government of Ontario should immediately commit to increasing the Classroom Staffing Fund and the Learning Resources Fund, enabling school boards to hire at least 10,000 additional education workers, to restore safety for children and staff, and provide students with the mental health and learning supports they urgently need.

Motion 3 MPP McKenney (Ottawa Centre)

Whereas housing is a human right, and every Ontarian deserves a safe, secure and affordable place to call home; and

Whereas Ontario is losing thousands of affordable rentals every year due to acquisition by corporate landlords that displace tenants in order to raise rents; and

Whereas this unethical business model, and other unfair practices that threaten rental affordability and security of tenure for tenants, are incentivized by the lack of real rent control in Ontario; and

Whereas chronic delays and understaffing at the Landlord and Tenant Board have allowed bad-faith actors to exploit the system, undermine fairness and deny timely access to justice; and

Whereas the Ontario government refuses to invest in new, permanently affordable public, non-profit and co-op homes that provide a non-market alternative to private, for-profit housing; and

Whereas Bill 60 will increase rent gouging and unethical eviction in Ontario, worsening the housing and homelessness crisis;

Therefore, in the opinion of the House, the Government of Ontario must immediately protect rental affordability and security of tenure by reversing Bill 60, restoring real rent control, establishing vacancy control and ending bad-faith evictions.

Motion 2 Ms. Bowman (Don Valley West)

Whereas in September of 2025, youth unemployment was at 17.8%, the highest in Canada, and approached levels as high as during the COVID-19 pandemic, previously not seen for 33 years; and

Whereas the average wait for a young person to find a job has grown to three and a half months, the highest in 29 years; and

Whereas Ontario businesses, particularly small businesses, are struggling with the impact of U.S. tariffs, and need support to weather trade uncertainties; and

Whereas despite generationally low job opportunities, the Premier has recently made comments blaming over 220,000 young workers for not being able to find a job, telling them to look harder; and

Whereas wage subsidy programs like Canada Summer Jobs have resulted in hundreds of thousands of job opportunities, helping local businesses and opening careers to young Ontarians;

Therefore, in the opinion of the House, the Government of Ontario should establish a youth wage subsidy program to create jobs in Ontario, helping young Ontarians start their career, create networks, and develop lifelong skills while providing Ontario businesses with well-educated young workers.

Motion 1 Ms. Stiles (Davenport)

Whereas Ontario's unemployment is at its highest level in a decade; and

Whereas there is an ongoing trade war with the United States that continues to escalate; and

Whereas the Government of Ontario does not require the consideration of local job creation and local training opportunities when awarding public contracts; and

Whereas the Government of Ontario awarded a $140-million contract for supply and installation of glass and aluminum at the Trillium Health Partners Hospital project in Mississauga to a United States-owned company; and

Whereas the Government of Ontario continues to allow funding and contracts to go to foreign-owned companies for major publicly funded projects, including the Ottawa Hospital - Civic Campus Redevelopment, the E.C. Row Expressway and the Garden City Skyway;

Therefore, in the opinion of this House, the Government of Ontario must implement Ontario First procurement criteria that prioritizes contracts for Ontario and Canadian businesses that can offer local jobs for all public spending contracts issued by the Ontario government, ministries, agencies, municipalities, and other provincially funded institutions, as well as ban U.S. companies from receiving public contracts until the trade war is over.

Motion 1 Mr. Shamji (Don Valley East)

Whereas the Ontario Government has committed to building 1.5 million homes by 2031 and has repeatedly failed to meet its predetermined targets; and

Whereas Ontario is the only province in Canada where housing starts are declining, and drastic measures are needed to spur our housing market; and

Whereas 83% of new home sales are not first-time purchases, and an expanded rebate would help Ontario families grow, help seniors downsize, and help all Ontarians get closer to home ownership; and

Whereas Ontario construction jobs support thousands of Ontario families, and increasing housing construction will help those affected by tariff job losses, including in steel and softwood lumber;

Therefore, in the opinion of the House, the Government of Ontario should rebate the provincial portion of the HST to all homebuyers purchasing their primary residence, saving them up to $80,000 and stimulating an estimated 45,000 housing starts.

Motion 3 Ms. Stiles (Davenport)

Whereas hospital infrastructure is vital to protecting the health of the public and in strengthening Ontario in the face of economic uncertainty; and

Whereas the Government has identified priority nation-building infrastructure projects, but failed to include any healthcare infrastructure; and

Whereas there are significant hospital infrastructure projects which have experienced long delays and funding cuts under Liberal and Conservative governments; and

Whereas hospital infrastructure improvements create good union jobs for construction trades people; and

Whereas hospital expansions create good union jobs for health care workers;

Therefore, in the opinion of the House, the Government must designate critical hospital infrastructure as nation-building projects and fund them in the 2025 Budget, including specific commitments to new hospitals for Durham Region, Brantford, Kitchener-Waterloo and Brampton; re-opening the Minden Hospital; expanding the Windsor-Essex Regional Hospital, Queensway Carleton Hospital, Arnprior Regional Hospital and Hamilton Health Sciences; redeveloping the Weeneebayko General Hospital and Health Sciences North; renovating the Thessalon Hospital, Matthews Memorial Hospital, Manitoulin Health Centre and Red Lake Margaret Cochenour Memorial Hospital; and restoring 24/7 emergency services and urgent care to Welland Hospital, Douglas Memorial and Port Colborne.

Motion 2 Mr. Fraser (Ottawa South)

Motion 1 Ms. Stiles (Davenport)

Whereas Ontarians have a right to make informed decisions about how they spend the money they've earned; and

Whereas price-gouging and price-fixing by large corporate retailers has been widely reported in recent years, particularly on essential goods and during times of economic uncertainty; and

Whereas Ontarians are increasingly choosing to support Ontario-made and Canadian-made goods over American products in response to Donald Trump's tariffs and threats to our sovereignty;

Therefore, in the opinion of the House, the Government must implement consumer protection measures including requiring big box stores to clearly identify when they raise prices by more than two per cent within a two-week period, when a product has been imported from the United States, and when products are made in Ontario and in Canada.