TIMMINS AND KITCHENER – The Ford government must reverse it’s decision to cut community oversight of Ontario jails, said Gilles Bisson, NDP critic for Community Safety and Correctional Services, and Laura Mae Lindo, NDP Anti-Racism critic.

“Doug Ford and the Conservatives are disbanding the boards in a...

YORK SOUTH—WESTON — NDP MPP Faisal Hassan made the following statement in response to gun violence near Black Creek and Trethewey drives Sunday night:

"Overnight, gun violence erupted in our city with a series of shootings. I want to offer my sympathies to everyone impacted by the traumatic...

WINDSOR — Windsor-Essex NDP MPPs are supporting calls from the Windsor-Essex Muslim community, the National Council of Canadian Muslims and NDP Leader Andrea Horwath for all levels of government to come together for a National Action Summit on Islamophobia.

Percy Hatfield (Windsor-Tecumseh), Lisa Gretzky...

QUEEN’S PARK — Doug Ford’s plan to overrule the courts to silence his critics hurts workers and families who deserve to have their voices heard, said Andrea Horwath, leader of the Official Opposition, who met with some of the people hurt by Ford’s law on Friday.

“Ford is desperately trying to cling to...

YORK SOUTH-WESTON - NDP MPP Faisal Hassan echoed Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath's call to Doug Ford and Justin Trudeau to listen to the National Council of Canadian Muslims and convene all levels of government for a National Action Summit on Islamophobia.

Hassan said Canada and Ontario must take real...

QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath has written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier Doug Ford urging them to work together to convene the National Action Summit on Islamophobia called for by the National Council of Canadian Muslims and supported by the NDP. **Letter...

LONDON — London’s NDP MPPs are supporting calls from the London Muslim community, the National Council of Canadian Muslims and NDP Leader Andrea Horwath for all levels of government – federal, provincial, territorial, municipal – across the country to come together for a National Action Summit on...

QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition leader Andrea Horwath responded to the Ford government's vaccine rollout announcement Thursday, saying Ontario needs to get second doses to everyone in a hotspot now, and consider expert advice to bump up AstraZeneca second doses, in order to stop the spread of variants and...

QUEEN’S PARK — On Thursday, and even more so in the days ahead, the Official Opposition will attempt to delay Doug Ford’s desperate attempt to silence his critics by asking the government to first debate the things that really matter to people, instead.

Doug Ford and his government have recalled the...

Horwath says Ontario now is the time to shore up health and education – not cut it

QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath released the following statement in response to a new Financial Accountability Office report that reveals Doug Ford is planning $17.8 billion in cuts to get to...

SUDBURY –MPP Jamie West held a virtual public forum to mark two years since he called for more action on the opioid crisis in Sudbury and Northern Ontario.

West was joined at the “Two Years Too Many” virtual event by local advocates and health professionals who renewed calls on the Ford government to stop...

TORONTO — Following the government’s long-delayed announcement Wednesday about destreaming Grade 9 math, NDP Education critic Marit Stiles called on the government to fund the new program properly and extend it to additional subjects and grades.

She issued the following statement:

“On behalf of the...