NDP Deputy Leader Sara Singh released the following statement in response to Premier Doug Ford’s announcement that reduced social gathering limits, on private gatherings only, will be extended province-wide:

“Hundreds more people are getting sick by the day. People, including seniors and feverish little...

QUEEN'S PARK — "On erev Rosh Hashanah, I want to extend my best wishes for a sweet and healthy Jewish new year to all in Ontario who are celebrating.

Celebration of Rosh Hashanah will be different this year, with many limited to gathering with family, friends and community online. The strength, kindness...

OTTAWA — NDP MPP for Ottawa Centre, Joel Harden, released the following statement following an announcement on Friday from Dr. Vera Etches, Ottawa’s medical officer of health, that the city is now experiencing its second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Thank you to Dr. Vera Etches and Ottawa Public Health...

NDP critic for Pay Equity, Peggy Sattler (London West) made the following statement on International Equal Pay Day, 2020:

LONDON — "As we mark International Equal Pay Day in Ontario, we recognize the thousands of women who have lost jobs or wages during the pandemic, facing unprecedented...

HAMILTON — With spiking case counts, and huge lines at over-capacity testing centres, Ontarians can’t wait any longer for Doug Ford to get his act together and put forward a COVID-19 management plan for the second wave, said Leader of the Official Opposition Andrea Horwath.

“Parents are lining up with...

QUEEN’S PARK – MPP Catherine Fife (Waterloo), the Official Opposition NDP critic for Economic Growth and Job Creation, has responded to the Ford government’s decision to re-introduce a temporary ban on commercial evictions:

“The Ford government’s temporary ban on commercial evictions...

Brampton North MPP says now the Ford government must quickly deliver help MPPs are calling for

QUEEN’S PARK — Kevin Yarde, NDP MPP for Brampton North, released the following statement on the unanimous passage of his motion calling for immediate provincial assistance for Peel in its fight against...

Ford restricts gatherings while allowing huge class sizes

QUEEN’S PARK — Amid rising COVID-19 numbers and 62 schools with cases of the virus, the NDP MPPs have voted in favour of capping class sizes at 15, and Ford’s Conservatives blocked that from happening by voting no on a motion by NDP Leader Andrea...

QUEEN’S PARK — NDP MPP Jessica Bell (University—Rosedale) announced a bill today that would crack down on landlords who use the excuse of renovations — otherwise known as renovictions — or the guise of a relative moving in as an excuse to evict a tenant and hike rent on the unit. Bell’s bill would give...

QUEEN'S PARK – NDP Education critic Marit Stiles made the following statement in response to the layoff of 30 library technicians from the York Catholic District School Board:

"My thoughts are with the students who will lose 30 supportive adults in their schools, and the 30 library...

SUDBURY — NDP MPPs France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) and Jamie West (Sudbury) said Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath’s motion today to cap all class sizes at no more than 15 is especially critical for Sudbury. That’s because the Wynne and Del Duca Liberals shuttered several of Sudbury’s schools while in...

QUEEN’S PARK – Doug Ford needs to start providing the funding school boards in Northwestern Ontario have been calling for instead of short-changing the safe reopening of schools, said NDP MPP Judith Monteith-Farrell during question period Thursday.

“Ellen Chambers, the chair of the Lakehead District...