> It’s a credible plan to bring Ontario out of the housing crisis and get building, so that rents can fall, Ontarians can move out and move around more freely, and not spend all their income on housing.
This is simply totally false. These are good policies, but the private market will always reduce supply if it looks like rents/prices are falling. It is simply _not possible_ for the private market to deliver long-term affordability - if you think it will, you need to be able to explain why landowners would voluntarily destroy the value of their asset (hint: they won't). These policies will, at best, slow the rate of housing inflation. That's not nothing, but it's a continent away from "a credible plan to bring Ontario out of housing crisis". There is a 0% chance it will do that, it's completely impossible.
This was a good read, Evan. I wish I’d learned half of what you explained about Crombie’s policies from a barrage of media interviews and ads on the web.
Conservatives have been telling us all how great they are ad nauseam. My hope is that people are tired of the ever present BS (I know I am), because it doesn’t match their lived experience, but my fear is that people are all too willing to believe often repeated misinformation.
I have another suggestion for the primary care crisis: open more publicly funded nurse practitioner led clinics. These clinics engage a small number of family docs who consult whenever they’re needed, but the NPs lead — so the docs are effectively managing a much smaller caseload. There are only about 25 of these primary care clinics — yet Ontario has more qualified NPs than any other province. Our NP is wonderful, she takes time with us (she’s paid a salary from the province), she is a phenomenal advocate, and she provides the best care we’ve ever had — bar none. So yes, we definitely need to recruit more docs, but there are other ways we can connect people with care besides allowing more for-profit organizations like Maple to set up shop.
There is a NP clinic in Dorset Ontario and couldnt agree more. Nurse Practioners run clinics would be an excellent idea everywhere especially rural Ontario. I too was going to vote NDP as always in Waterloo as we do have an excellent MPP in Catherine Fife. However this article has me pondering such a vote. So little time!
I really like Catherine Fife! That’d be a difficult choice to make, since incumbents usually have an edge.
I’m just down the road in Kitchener South - Hespeler, represented currently by Conservative Jess Dixon, who doesn’t engage with anyone unless there’s money or a photo opportunity in it for her. I would love to see Jess lose her seat, but the Liberal and NDP candidates are relatively unknown, so my guess is she’ll hang on. This riding usually splits the progressive vote, sadly.
I came here to say just this. Their website should have their platform, but it doesn’t. I don’t know who is running for them in my riding, and they don’t have anything on the website about that, either.
Evan, generally, I disagree with quite a bit of what you post, but on this: "Bonnie Crombie is the best choice for Ontario at this election, and it’s not even close. ... [Doug Ford constitutes] a government with the ethics of Tony Soprano and the competence of Randy Carlyle", you are blindingly correct.
Crombie is the only possible choice for people who care about making life in Ontario even just a little bit better than it is now. Her housing policies are the most interesting part of her platform so far for my household, and if implemented as stated, will make a substantial difference to Ontario's housing crisis.
The simple reason why Mob Ford won is because the media colluded with him and the corrupt developers created the Proud Ontario marketing scheme to undermine the Liberals. Imagine where we would be today if Kathleen Wynne was still premier: better healthcare, investment in education, infrastructure not tied to the mob or foreign entities, and building the province up?
There is no viable Canada without a healthy Ontario. It would be near the top-20 economies worldwide as an independent nation; bigger than all but 21 other nations and above every Nordic country and most of Europe (i.e., only proving what lacklustre performance we've had for decades). Instead, we get a bumbling college dropout, who talks like he is a brain damaged Austrian economist.
The majority know he and his minions are crooks. Doug in a red Dress is also a crook and maybe worse. Has she ever said anything about that racist skinbag McCallion? Or about her crooked family and their ties to Mob Ford? Yeah... but hope and change from the liberals who supported Drunk Ana for TO mayor and before that John "loose geriatric zipper" Tory, the Mayor of Rogers-town. Zero credibility. Expect privatization of healthcare to continue and nothing to be fixed, because we don't have the money!
If you want real change, then it has to be a different party. IMO that is only the Greens, who have a cogent environmental framework, housing plan, and investment profile to rebuild healthcare, education, and the college/university sector.
I agree with everything thats in the plan (rent control irks me a bit though). However, I'm more dissapointed about what's not included.
Not a single mention of legalizing fourplexes or permitting dense development in more areas like around transit stations. Removing DCs is certainly going to help with supply, but if you don't actually legalize dense development then you're leaving alot of supply on the table.
It would be a good idea if they look at some ridings and decide it is not worth finding a new, unknown candidate. I was called yesterday to see if I was interested, but it’s not for me, and it would be a lost cause, especially if there are three unknowns battling the incumbent Jill Dunlop. Better to save the money for a riding with some potential. Of course, if the progressives could work together to have just one candidate between them in these situations, that could help, but that’s a pipe dream and will never happen.
> It’s a credible plan to bring Ontario out of the housing crisis and get building, so that rents can fall, Ontarians can move out and move around more freely, and not spend all their income on housing.
This is simply totally false. These are good policies, but the private market will always reduce supply if it looks like rents/prices are falling. It is simply _not possible_ for the private market to deliver long-term affordability - if you think it will, you need to be able to explain why landowners would voluntarily destroy the value of their asset (hint: they won't). These policies will, at best, slow the rate of housing inflation. That's not nothing, but it's a continent away from "a credible plan to bring Ontario out of housing crisis". There is a 0% chance it will do that, it's completely impossible.
You've got to stop pushing that false narrative.
This was a good read, Evan. I wish I’d learned half of what you explained about Crombie’s policies from a barrage of media interviews and ads on the web.
Conservatives have been telling us all how great they are ad nauseam. My hope is that people are tired of the ever present BS (I know I am), because it doesn’t match their lived experience, but my fear is that people are all too willing to believe often repeated misinformation.
I have another suggestion for the primary care crisis: open more publicly funded nurse practitioner led clinics. These clinics engage a small number of family docs who consult whenever they’re needed, but the NPs lead — so the docs are effectively managing a much smaller caseload. There are only about 25 of these primary care clinics — yet Ontario has more qualified NPs than any other province. Our NP is wonderful, she takes time with us (she’s paid a salary from the province), she is a phenomenal advocate, and she provides the best care we’ve ever had — bar none. So yes, we definitely need to recruit more docs, but there are other ways we can connect people with care besides allowing more for-profit organizations like Maple to set up shop.
There is a NP clinic in Dorset Ontario and couldnt agree more. Nurse Practioners run clinics would be an excellent idea everywhere especially rural Ontario. I too was going to vote NDP as always in Waterloo as we do have an excellent MPP in Catherine Fife. However this article has me pondering such a vote. So little time!
I really like Catherine Fife! That’d be a difficult choice to make, since incumbents usually have an edge.
I’m just down the road in Kitchener South - Hespeler, represented currently by Conservative Jess Dixon, who doesn’t engage with anyone unless there’s money or a photo opportunity in it for her. I would love to see Jess lose her seat, but the Liberal and NDP candidates are relatively unknown, so my guess is she’ll hang on. This riding usually splits the progressive vote, sadly.
That I will agree, dough nut Doug is a looser, way in over his head.
I'm still trying to get over Dougie's booze bill to the province, the Greenbelt scandal, his crappy license plates, etc, etc.
FOLKS, it's RED all the way for me!
I wish the Liberals were as good at communicating their ideas as you are!
I came here to say just this. Their website should have their platform, but it doesn’t. I don’t know who is running for them in my riding, and they don’t have anything on the website about that, either.
Evan, generally, I disagree with quite a bit of what you post, but on this: "Bonnie Crombie is the best choice for Ontario at this election, and it’s not even close. ... [Doug Ford constitutes] a government with the ethics of Tony Soprano and the competence of Randy Carlyle", you are blindingly correct.
Crombie is the only possible choice for people who care about making life in Ontario even just a little bit better than it is now. Her housing policies are the most interesting part of her platform so far for my household, and if implemented as stated, will make a substantial difference to Ontario's housing crisis.
The simple reason why Mob Ford won is because the media colluded with him and the corrupt developers created the Proud Ontario marketing scheme to undermine the Liberals. Imagine where we would be today if Kathleen Wynne was still premier: better healthcare, investment in education, infrastructure not tied to the mob or foreign entities, and building the province up?
There is no viable Canada without a healthy Ontario. It would be near the top-20 economies worldwide as an independent nation; bigger than all but 21 other nations and above every Nordic country and most of Europe (i.e., only proving what lacklustre performance we've had for decades). Instead, we get a bumbling college dropout, who talks like he is a brain damaged Austrian economist.
The majority know he and his minions are crooks. Doug in a red Dress is also a crook and maybe worse. Has she ever said anything about that racist skinbag McCallion? Or about her crooked family and their ties to Mob Ford? Yeah... but hope and change from the liberals who supported Drunk Ana for TO mayor and before that John "loose geriatric zipper" Tory, the Mayor of Rogers-town. Zero credibility. Expect privatization of healthcare to continue and nothing to be fixed, because we don't have the money!
If you want real change, then it has to be a different party. IMO that is only the Greens, who have a cogent environmental framework, housing plan, and investment profile to rebuild healthcare, education, and the college/university sector.
I agree with everything thats in the plan (rent control irks me a bit though). However, I'm more dissapointed about what's not included.
Not a single mention of legalizing fourplexes or permitting dense development in more areas like around transit stations. Removing DCs is certainly going to help with supply, but if you don't actually legalize dense development then you're leaving alot of supply on the table.
The lesser of 3 evils....
Ha they didn't run a candidate in my riding last time and still dont have one here now.
It would be a good idea if they look at some ridings and decide it is not worth finding a new, unknown candidate. I was called yesterday to see if I was interested, but it’s not for me, and it would be a lost cause, especially if there are three unknowns battling the incumbent Jill Dunlop. Better to save the money for a riding with some potential. Of course, if the progressives could work together to have just one candidate between them in these situations, that could help, but that’s a pipe dream and will never happen.