Ontario NDP pledges to end encampments, as Liberals vow to double disability payments [Video]

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.

NDP Leader Marit Stiles listed several steps she would take to end encampments in communities across the province, calling their presence Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford’s “greatest failure.” But she would not say how much her plan would cost, saying only “that will all come” later.

The Association of Municipalities of Ontario has estimated that more than 80,000 people in the province were homeless last year and that $11 billion over 10 years would be required to end chronic homelessness.

Meanwhile, Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie vowed to double payments under the Ontario Disability Support Program, which currently maxes out …