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Horwath releases open letter on paid sick days
NDP to seek unanimous consent to pass bill when legislature resumes
HAMILTON — Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath released an open letter today advising of the NDP’s intent to seek unanimous consent to pass NDP MPP Peggy Sattler’s bill to give Ontarians paid sick days as soon as the legislature...
NDP calls on Ford to vaccinate all long-term care residents by Friday
QUEEN’S PARK — With over 130,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine sitting in Ontario freezers as of Monday, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling for all long-term care residents to receive their first vaccine shot by Friday.
“We have to do far more than just wait for the vaccine in long-term care homes,” said...
Taylor: Worker letters show Grace Villa cannot return to private hands
HAMILTON – NDP MPP Monique Taylor and Sharleen Stewart, President of SEIU Healthcare, are calling on Doug Ford’s government to bar APANS Health Services from regaining management of Grace Villa, following dozens of letters from workers in the home outlining the negligence of management during the COVID-19...
NDP MPPs call on Ford for vaccination plan for Northern Ontario
SUDBURY - NDP MPPs France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) and Jamie West (Sudbury) wrote an open letter to Doug Ford calling on him to provide northerners with the government’s plan to roll out vaccines in the region, and to clarify his confusing stay-at-home...
NDP calls for heritage building reprieve to be extended
QUEEN’S PARK — Following days of activism, opposition and proposing alternatives, Toronto Centre’s NDP MPP Suze Morrison issued the following statement in response to news that the Ford government will pause its progress on demolishing the heritage Foundry buildings until Wednesday:
“I...
MPP Glover and student organizations call on Ford to extend deferral on OSAP debt repayments during pandemic
TORONTO - Ontario graduates desperately need financial relief to get through the pandemic, said NDP MPP Chris Glover (Spadina-Fort York), the NDP’s critic for Colleges and Universities.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has led to massive job losses and has greatly affected people’s income in Ontario,” said...
Transparency needed about diverted vaccine shipments: Horwath
HAMILTON – Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath released the following statement: “Disturbing new reports from the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit show that the Ford government diverted a shipment of Moderna vaccine that may have helped to prevent the deadly outbreak at Roberta Place. This follows...
Horwath urges Ford to take action to save seniors as Science Table shows lives on the line
NDP Leader calls for military reinforcements, more staff, more testing and faster vaccinations
HAMILTON — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling on Doug Ford to take immediate action to save seniors, whose lives are on the line according to a new Science Table report showing Ford’s...
NDP calls for more busses and streetcars, less crowding
Party releases video showing shocking overcrowding for essential workers
TORONTO — Ontario’s NDP has released a video showing just how overcrowded transit is in the GTA and launched a petition in a push to get Doug Ford to fund municipalities to put more buses, streetcars and trains on routes, and cap...
Horwath calls on Ford to speed up vaccinations in long-term care
Only half of LTC residents in Ontario vaccinated as UK variant threatens LTC homes
HAMILTON — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling on Doug Ford to speed up vaccinations in long-term care, saying it’s unacceptable to have only inoculated half of the seniors living in Ontario’s nursing...
NDP statement on SIU’s finding in Jamal Francique case
QUEEN’S PARK — The Official Opposition NDP’s Anti-Racism Critic and Black Caucus Chair Laura Mae Lindo, Community Safety and Correctional Services Critic Kevin Yarde and Attorney General Critic Gurratan Singh released the following statement in response to Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU)’s...
Cutting GO transit service could put our essential workers at risk
TORONTO — NDP MPP Jessica Bell (University—Rosedale), the Official Opposition NDP Transit critic, issued the following statement in response to Metrolinx’s move to cut GO and Union Pearson Express transit service:
“Our essential workers who can’t work from home, including health care...
