Doly and the ONDP are committed to ensuring that food security and poverty eradication become vital priorities for the Ontario government.
In order to maintain this commitment, we plan to do the following:
- Work with the Ministry of Community and Social Services to create a food curriculum that would help families get the food they need
- Continue to work with the Feed Scarborough initiative to ensure that community members have access to healthy and adequate meals
- Advocate for a provincial school lunch program, so that no student has to study on an empty stomach
- Establish a living minimum wage of $20 an hour to ensure families have enough to get by
No one should have to worry about how or when they will get their next meal and no child should grow up in poverty.
Do you agree?
Public transportation is a necessity for many of our communities in Scarborough who need to go to work, school, or run daily errands. Many commuters are also front line workers, who work in the healthcare settings, grocery stores, and other essential services. It is only fair that we have access to transportation that is frequent, reliable, and safe.
It is clear that Scarborough transit systems have been faced with decades of negligence.
Doly will continue to fight for more investment in operating funding, committing to the Canadian content requirement of transit vehicles to help economic growth in our Province and create more jobs.
Doly and the NDP have a plan to:
- Electrify all municipal transit fleets by 2040
- Increase provincial transit funding to municipalities
- Work with the city to ensure routes have more frequent stops in local neighbourhoods
- Ensure accessibility funding for subway stations
We need safe, effective and reliable public transit that works for Scarborough.
Do you agree?