Ignored in the Ontario budget again - keep sharing petition!


I asked what the 2026 Ontario budget actually does about homelessness — because that's what my petition is about.
The budget adds $53 million over three years for supportive housing — about 450 units. That's real, but it's small next to the need.
It does not raise Ontario Works rates, and it does not add new rent-supplement funding.
And the Financial Accountability Office (September 10, 2026) projects provincial homelessness-program spending will fall from $948 million in 2026-27 to $708 million by 2028-29 as time-limited funding expires.
That's why the petition still matters: Ontario Works needs to be re-based to today's rents and food prices, the income rules need fixing, and housing-benefit funding needs to be restored and increased — not left to fall.