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LENNOX: Hamilton needs health care workers, not just announcements
HAMILTON — Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Primary Care Dr. Robin Lennox (Hamilton Centre) says that Doug Ford and Health Minister Sylvia Jones need to offer Hamilton more than just press conferences, and connect people to primary care by hiring more nurses and health care workers:
"As a physician who trained...
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STILES: The rot starts at the top
QUEEN'S PARK –– Official Opposition Leader Marit Stiles is calling out Doug Ford's doublespeak on his MPPs' party with taxpayer dollars, after Global News reporting revealed that the Conservative caucus had the Premier's blessing to bill the taxpayer for luxury Toronto hotel...
Stiles files Integrity Commissioner complaint against Brampton East MPP for improper spending
QUEEN'S PARK – Leader of the Official Opposition, Marit Stiles, has filed a complaint with the Office of the Integrity Commissioner, calling for an investigation into the Hardeep Grewal, PC MPP for Brampton East, for potentially using tax dollars to enrich a business owned by an immediate family...
MPP Lennox demands action on Hamilton’s black soot and air quality as complaints rise to almost 500
HAMILTON — MPP Dr. Robin Lennox (Hamilton Centre) is demanding Minister McCarthy explain why his ministry is continuing to stonewall Hamiltonians about the black soot falling onto the community. MPP Lennox’s request to urgently meet with Minister McCarthy about the issue continues to be ignored over ten days...
STILES: Stan Cho can't stop spending the people's money on his lavish lifestyle
QUEEN'S PARK — Official Opposition Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles is continuing to call for accountability from MPP Stan Cho, after reporting by Global News revealed that Doug Ford's now-former Tourism Minister expensed nearly $100,000 in expensive dinners, baseball games, and limousine rentals to his...
STILES: Minister Cho's resignation offers no explanation for his hotel expenses
QUEEN'S PARK — Following the news that Doug Ford's Tourism Minister Stan Cho resigned from his cabinet post in light of his hotel expenses scandal, Official Opposition Leader Marit Stiles has issued the following statement:
"Let's be clear: MPP Cho's resignation does not explain the $16,000 in...
Ontario NDP call on Carney government to stop Ford's Billy Bishop expansion
TORONTO — Ontario NDP MPPs Kristyn Wong-Tam (Toronto Centre), Chris Glover (Spadina—Fort York), and Alexa Gilmour (Parkdale—High Park) joined federal NDP Transport Critic Heather McPherson, and Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) President Dr. Samantha Green in continuing to call for...
As wildfires spread across the north, it’s time for the Premier and Prime Minister to act with urgency
NORTHERN ONTARIO — Ontario NDP Deputy Leader Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong), MPPs Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay—Superior North), and Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk—James Bay) are expressing their support for the Chiefs of Ontario’s recent statement calling for the Governments of Ontario and Canada to remove...
Ontario NDP launches RespectForTaxpayers.ca to highlight PC MPPs’ taxpayer-funded luxury hotel stays
TORONTO — The Ontario NDP launched RespectForTaxpayers.ca to highlight the blatant misuse of tax dollars by PC MPPs who billed the people of Ontario a total of $121,000 for downtown Toronto hotel stays despite living in the GTA.
This follows media reporting about...
Living the suite life: Ford’s GTA MPPs bill taxpayers north of $120,000 for luxury hotel stays in downtown Toronto
QUEEN’S PARK — Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition NDP, is calling on Doug Ford’s GTA MPPs to pay back tens of thousands of dollars spent on luxury hotel stays in downtown Toronto. Media reports from Global News, The Trillium, and the Ontario NDP’s own findings show more than $120,000 in hotel...
MPP Lise Vaugeois calls on Ford to renew long term contracts for helicopters to tackle wildfires
THUNDER BAY – Ontario NDP MPP Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay – Superior North), is calling on the Ford government to provide a status update on the emergency response and evacuations for the Thunder Bay wildfires:
“What we know is that long term contract with helicopter service was not renewed this year,”...
MPP Pasma welcomes DRAO activation in Ottawa after devastating floods
OTTAWA – After more than a week of demanding aid to Ottawa West-Nepean and neighbouring communities following the July 1st storm, the Ford government has finally announced the activation of the Disaster Recovery Assistance for Ontarians (DRAO). NDP MPP Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West – Nepean) released the following...