QUEEN’S PARK – Waterloo MPP and Official Opposition NDP Critic for Finance and Treasury Board, Catherine Fife tabled a bill in the Ontario legislature Tuesday that seeks to diversify government procurement and ensure that the province’s economic recovery from COVID-19 is more equitable and inclusive.

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QUEEN’S PARK – NDP Leader Andrea Horwath and MPP Joel Harden (Ottawa Centre), the NDP’s critic for Accessibility and Persons with Disabilities, said that as ICUs struggle to provide care for a rising number of people in critical condition, the provincial government must hold open consultations on the triage...

QUEEN’S PARK – Doug Ford needs to take immediate action and provide Laurentian with the funds it needs to stop the layoffs of over 100 faculty members and the closure of nearly 70 programs, said NDP MPPs Jamie West (Sudbury) and France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) during question period Tuesday.

“Premier Doug...

NDP MPP says peoples' lives at stake, no time to waste

YORK SOUTH—WESTON — NDP MPP Faisal Hassan asked Premier Doug Ford to urgently bring a permanent vaccine centre to his riding of York South—Weston, a vulnerable COVID-19 hot spot home to many essential workers and low-income residents.

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QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPP Jennie Stevens (St. Catharines) is urging MPPs to pass her private member’s bill, Intimate Partner Violence Disclosure Act

“Intimate partner violence is a horrific, dangerous reality for too many people, and the isolation and stress of COVID-19 has made it so much worse. We can do...

QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling for teachers, education workers and child care workers to get their vaccines now — a critical step if Ontario hopes to keep child care centres open, and to re-open schools safely.

Horwath’s call comes after Doug Ford ordered schools...

QUEEN’S PARK — The Ford government has once again refused to support essential workers — this time by defeating a bill that would have provided workers better access to mental health benefits, says Hamilton Mountain MPP Monique Taylor.

“Essential workers across the province have been on the frontlines...

QUEEN’S PARK – Sudburians and people across Ontario will not sit by while Doug Ford uses the CCAA process to cut Laurentian programs, faculty and staff, said NDP MPPs Jamie West (Sudbury), France Gélinas (Nickel Belt), and the NDP’s critics for Francophone Affairs, Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk-James Bay) and...

QUEEN’S PARK — Despite repeated warnings from experts and the NDP that schools would need additional resources and attention to remain open safely, the Ford government has refused to acknowledge the risks in schools.

Here are five times Premier Doug Ford and Education Minister Lecce said that schools are...

OSHAWA – Small businesses in Oshawa and the Durham region are struggling to stay open while the Ford government delays urgently needed financial support, said Oshawa NDP MPP Jennifer French in the following open letter calling the province to release the promised funds through the Ontario Small Business Support...

NDP calls for investments to finally make this schools shutdown the last

QUEEN’S PARK — Doug Ford marched Ontario straight into yet another all-schools shutdown by refusing to spend the money needed to make schools safe, said Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath.

“Doug Ford marched us right...

QUEEN’S PARK – Doug Ford should listen to mayors from across Northern Ontario who are calling on him to stop his cuts to the number of public health units in the province, said Ontario’s Northern NDP MPPs.

NDP MPPs Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk-James Bay), Jamie West (Sudbury), France Gélinas (Nickel...