Aislinn’s Priorities
Aislinn’s five priorities for Kitchener Centre
As a school social worker and city councillor, Aislinn has spent years speaking with the people of Kitchener, listening and learning about the challenges they’re facing – rising prices, the housing crisis, access to healthcare, education and childcare – issues that affect everyone.
As the MPP for Kitchener Centre, Aislinn will be a strong, independent voice, always putting her community first while fighting for these priorities that will help create a more liveable and affordable Kitchener.
Housing
Remove barriers to the construction of starter homes and permanently affordable rentals within existing neighbourhoods so people can access homes they can afford in the communities they love without paving over farmland and green spaces.
Protect tenants by strengthening rules and penalties for renovictions and bad faith evictions, implementing vacancy control to limit rent increases between tenancies and reinstating year-over-year rent controls on all units to keep apartments affordable.
Childcare
Adopt a two-pronged strategy to give parents better access to reliable, affordable care for their kids: funding for converting under-utilized municipal and not-for-profit buildings into day-care centres; and better wages and conditions for childcare workers.
Healthcare
Increase funding for not-for-profits providing mental health, well-being and prevention care to cut wait lists and give everyone access to quality local primary care with a made- in-Kitchener doctor recruitment program.
Education
Put students first with real caps on class sizes, a province-wide school lunch program and increased funding to ensure that students with special needs and their families have access to the supports they need at school and at home.
Transit
Implement all-day two-way GO service and give municipalities new revenue tools to pay for improved and expanded local and regional transit, including free travel for young people, seniors and people with disabilities.
