Ontario Greens unveil costed election platform, with promise to build 2M new homes [Video]

The Ontario Greens became the first major political party to release a costed platform of election promises on Wednesday, with Leader Mike Schreiner emphasizing a theme of “restoring fairness” in the province.

“Let’s be clear, things have gotten much harder over the last seven years with Doug Ford as premier,” Schreiner told a room of Green candidates and supporters in Toronto. “It doesn’t have to be like this.”

Schreiner said the province’s housing crisis and the related increase in costs of living are the top issues during the snap election campaign.

The Greens have committed to building two million new homes in the next 10 years. The plan includes:

• Legalizing fourplexes and four-storey buildings as of right across Ontario, and sixplexes in cities with more than 500,000 people.
• Legalizing buildings of six to 11 stories along major transit routes and main streets.
• Eliminating development charges on new homes under 2,000 …