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Ontario Greens unveil platform, pledge to build two million homes, cut taxes

  • Liam Casey and Jordan Omstead

  • Canadian Press

  • February 12, 2025

<p>A composite image made from four file photographs show, from left to right, Ontario Liberal Party Leader Bonnie Crombie in Mississauga, Ont., Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025; Ontario Progressive Conservative Party Leader Doug Ford in Toronto, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025; Leader of the Ontario NDP Marit Stiles in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025; and Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner in Kitchener, Ont., Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette, Chris Young, Kenneth Armstrong</p>

TORONTO -- Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner says his party will commit to building two million homes, cut taxes for low- and middle-income earners and create a "foodbelt" to protect farmland should they win the upcoming Ontario election.

The Greens unveiled a fully costed platform today, the first main political party to do so as the halfway point of the campaign nears.

The party would also provide free heat pumps to households earning under $100,000 and zero-interest loans for those with larger incomes to get their own.

Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie pledged this morning to end hallway health care, in part by paying nurses and personal support workers more and ensuring wage parity across the entire system.

Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford remains in Washington, D.C., in his capacity as Ontario premier, as he attempts to head off looming American tariffs, while NDP Leader Marit Stiles has no public events today.

Ford has justified calling the snap election set for Feb. 27 by saying he needs an even bigger mandate to deal with four years of U.S. President Donald Trump.

-- With files from Sharif Hassan.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 12, 2025.