AlexissQS is on a small stage in Niagara, answering questions about the ONPD plan and platform from people in the crowd

Random sir :

''Your opponent from the PCO attacked you and your party, stating that you are a party of radical, especially concerning the economy. The ideas we are hearing from you, the NDP, are so radical and so detached from reality that it is absolutely unacceptable for us to bide our time. An NDP Government will endanger the rights of business, the rights of ordinary Ontarians, and the general outlook of this great Province. ''

Thank you so much for this comment, I think it is very relevant for me, as well as all the other NPDO candidates to get the feel of the people we wish to represent by talking with you. Nevertheless, I believe that there are some ideas that need to be corrected, and I will do so in full transparency as it is a value that I hold dear.

First, it is important to mention that my party and I are not going to ruin the province financially, nor are we going to destroy the economy. On the contrary, our economic plan is well thought out, calculated and approved by many experts. It's easy for the opposition to hide behind tax cuts and middle class tax cuts to claim that we are going to ruin the economy, but the reality is that we are the only party that has a fully fledged economic platform, with numbers and budget forecasts that clearly show we are going to have growth that is far greater than our debt load. Any sensible person will not take seriously the words of a party that does not even bother to calculate its electoral promises. Enough with the blame game, now let's get down to business. We will make massive investments in key sectors of our economy, creating thousands of jobs across Ontario. This is especially true for our investments in the mining sector, which will help develop a sustainable economic sector, made up of paying jobs. To keep our jobs, wealth, and resources in our province, we will establish a crown corporation to bring the exploration, development, and operation of mines in the Ring of Fire under public ownership. This crown corporation will bring in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue during production. This is our way of ensuring that we create reliable jobs for the future, while cleaning up public spending.

Random sir #2

''When it comes to transportation, the riding you wish to represent is often absent from government plans, how will you ensure that we are not left behind?''

In terms of transportation, I truly believe that our platform is a blueprint for making the changes we need to address the challenges, both climate and transportation, that we face here and across Ontario.

As a government, we will reform Metrolinx to improve accountability and serve the entire province, including Niagara and Hamilton. We will provide $550 million in annual funding to Metrolinx to operate intercity bus service between major urban centers and to rural and remote areas throughout the province, not just in the GTHA. Specifically here, we want to extend light rail service from Hamilton to West Harbour GO, but also a two-way all-day GO service from Toronto to Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge, Bowmanville and Niagara.

Don't think that parties like the Conservative Party are going to improve the situation. Provincial funding for municipal transit agencies has been cut by the Harris Conservatives. As a government, we will immediately improve public transit service across the province by funding 50% of the operating costs of municipal transit systems, improving the transportation system across our riding and Ontario.

I do not believe that the solution for the future is to build highways that will eventually create more pollution and more traffic. We must invest in structuring public transit networks and in active transportation.

Random women #1 :

''Bonjour, en tant que franco ontarienne, j'ai toujours trouver que nous somme délaisser des politiques gouvernementale. Est-ce qu'un gouvernement ONDP y apporteras des solutions?''

En tant que franco-ontarien moi-même, je suis ravis d'obtenir cette question. Je crois effectivement que les gouvernements précédents ont délaisser les communautés francophone a travers l'Ontario. Les millieux culturels francophone se meurt, spécialement avec la pandémie. Les médias francophone disparaissent eux aussi. Les services en français, spécialement dans le millieu communautaire, souffre énormément également. Dans cette optique, nous souhaitons supporter de notre mieux les organisations offrant des services en français : Banques alimentaires, Organismes et tout autres organisations offrant des services en français auront un support supplémentaire du gouvernement afin d'encourager l'offre de service en français. Dans le but de préserver les médias francophone, nous adopterons un budget minimum de publicité a destination de ces médias. Cela permettra non seulement d'assurer une source fiable de revenus pour les médias de langue française de l'Ontario, mais aussi pour que les messages du gouvernement soit entendus par les francophones de l'Ontario. Enfin, nous souhaitons améliorer et agrandir le réseaux de lieux culturel francophone a travers l'Ontario et supporter les artiste présent dans ces millieux. Je crois sincèrement que notre plan est un plan qui permettra d'encourager la vitalité des communautés francophones.

Je crois qu'il ne faut pas oublier que d'autres groupes, tel que les autochtones, ont également été oublier des politiques gouvernementale pendant longtemps. C'est la raison pour laquelle nous nous engageons a reconnaître la Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation comme jour férié en Ontario. De plus, nous allons identifier les problèmes dans nos services publics, spécialement dans le système de santé, afin que les autochtones et les francophone de l'Ontario ai accès a des services de santé de qualité dans leur langue.