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MPP Gilmour introduces plan to uplift women in the workforce, end gender-based violence
QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Women’s Social and Economic Opportunity Alexa Gilmour (Parkdale—High Park) is introducing her Women in the Workforce plan; a motion aimed at ensuring economic security for Ontario women, and ending gender-based violence.
“Ontario is facing a jobs...
Financial watchdog report shows ongoing job losses amid Doug Ford’s jobs disaster
QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Finance Jessica Bell (University-Rosedale), and Shadow Minister for Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade Catherine Fife (Waterloo), say the FAO’s new economic monitor shows what Ontario already knows - workers are being left behind while the Ford government...
Government shamefully sat on LTC staffing data while residents suffered
QUEEN’S PARK – Shadow Minister for Long-Term Care, MPP Wayne Gates (Niagara Falls), says new FOI data lays out a brutal truth that families and frontline workers have been trying to get this government to face for years. Some long-term care homes are so understaffed that residents are going without basic care,...
NDP MPPs reintroduce Chad’s Law to strengthen road safety and protect northern Ontarians on the province’s highways
QUEEN’S PARK – Northern NDP MPP Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk – James Bay) is reintroducing Chad’s Law, a law named after a resident in northern Ontario who narrowly survived a severe collision caused by a commercial truck crossing a double yellow line. Chad’s Law would make this dangerous maneuver illegal and...
London MPPs condemn white nationalist demonstration in the city
LONDON – London MPPs Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre), Peggy Sattler (London West), and Teresa Armstrong (London–Fanshawe), have released the following statement on reports of a white nationalist demonstration held on the Wortley Road overpass this...
Gretzky: Ombudsman report shows years of government neglect harmed vulnerable adults
QUEEN’S PARK — The Ontario Ombudsman’s new report reveals the devastating impact of the Ford government’s failure to support adults with developmental disabilities. Shadow Minister for Children, Community and Social Services Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West) says the findings confirm what she and countless families...
Ontario NDP files ethics complaint against scandal-ridden Labour Minister David Piccini
QUEEN’S PARK – Marit Stiles, Leader of the Ontario NDP, has filed an ethics complaint against Minister David Piccini in relation to the ongoing controversy surrounding the Skills Development Fund (SDF) program.
Stiles’ call for an ethics probe comes after weeks of questions directed at Premier Ford and...
Verdict of Constance Lake Blastomycosis Inquest: NDP MPPs Call for Urgent Action to Address Systemic Barriers to Indigenous Health Care
QUEEN’S PARK - Jurors have affirmed what Constance Lake First Nation (CLFN) leadership has been raising for decades, issuing 79 recommendations to confront the systemic failures that allowed blastomycosis spores to thrive and denied community members timely, culturally safe health care. NDP MPPs Guy Bourgouin...
Stiles, NDP bring motion to repeal Bill 60 and ensure fairness at the LTB
QUEEN’S PARK — Marit Stiles, Leader of Ontario’s Official Opposition, has introduced an opposition motion calling on Doug Ford to protect Ontario’s renters. The Opposition Day motion calls for fairness in the Landlord Tenant Board to stop unfair evictions and above-guideline rent hikes. It also calls on the...
Bill 60 Passes: Ontario’s Housing Crisis Just Got Worse
QUEEN’S PARK – After the fears of millions of Ontarians were realized by Ford and his conservatives through the passing of Bill 60, a bill that makes it easier to evict tenants and lets corporate landlords hike rents even higher, NDP Shadow Minister for housing MPP Catherine McKenney (Ottawa Centre) released the...
Gretzky: Ford makes life more unaffordable while costs continue to soar
WINDSOR — A slight decrease in grocery costs still leaves Windsor-Essex residents no closer to an affordable life, experts say.
Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Children,...
Withholding EQAO results: If Math Gets Weaker, Government Failures Get Easier to Hide
OTTAWA — After ramming through Bill 33, Ford’s minister of Education is continuing to hoard and centralize power over Ontario schools by now choosing to withhold the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) results from educators and parents. NDP Shadow Minister for Education Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West...
