Ontario NDP pitches sweeping municipal reform amid growing homelessness [Video]

The Ontario NDP is promising to meet the growing calls for change from municipalities if it wins the next election, pledging any government it leads would take responsibility for costs associated with things like housing, health care and transit.

Demands for change from towns and cities across Ontario have been increasing all year, with a visible rise in homeless encampments held up by local leaders as evidence the current formula is failing.

After the City of Toronto was handed a so-called new deal by the Ford government at the end of last year, with a package later announced for Ottawa, other mayors have said all municipalities need the current approach to be re-evaluated.

On Monday, the Ontario NDP — who form the Official Opposition at Queen’s Park — are set to unveil their plan to meet that request, if they form government after the next election.

The party will use an opposition day motion …