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Gretzky: Ford makes life more unaffordable while costs continue to soar
WINDSOR — A slight decrease in grocery costs still leaves Windsor-Essex residents no closer to an affordable life, experts say.
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Withholding EQAO results: If Math Gets Weaker, Government Failures Get Easier to Hide
OTTAWA — After ramming through Bill 33, Ford’s minister of Education is continuing to hoard and centralize power over Ontario schools by now choosing to withhold the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) results from educators and parents. NDP Shadow Minister for Education Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West...
SATTLER: Ontarians are overwhelmingly worried about the province’s future due to cuts to colleges and opportunities
LONDON – Shadow Minister for College, Universities, Research Excellence, and Security, MPP Peggy Sattler (London West) released the following statement in response to new research from Abacus Data and Colleges...
“What took you so long?”: NDP responds to Ford’s proposed Buy Ontario rules
QUEEN'S PARK — In response to the Ford government’s new Buy Ontario bill released today, Shadow Minister for Economic Development Catherine Fife (Kitchener—Waterloo) and Shadow Minister for Finance Jessica Bell (University—Rosedale) have issued the following statement:
“Doug Ford’s jobs disaster...
Ontario NDP blast Ford government for ramming through harmful Bill 33
QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Education Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West–Nepean) and Shadow Minister for Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security Peggy Sattler (London West) say the government’s passage of Bill 33 is an unprecedented attack on Ontario’s schools, colleges, and...
NDP: Time for Ford to take the threat of urban wildfires seriously
QUEEN’S PARK — Shadow Minister for Environment, Conservation, and Parks Peter Tabuns (Toronto—Danforth) is calling on Doug Ford to address the increasing risk of urban wildfires.
MPP Tabuns is introducing the Protecting Ontario from Urban Wildfires Act, 2025; a bill that would require the Conservatives to...
PASMA: Ford rams through his attack on our schools
QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Education Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West – Nepean) is continuing to call out the Ford government’s attack on Ontario’s schools with Bill 33. They have fast-tracked this Bill, bypassed committees, and shut down debates. This afternoon, the Bill will be called for a...
Gélinas: Ontario families deserve accountability as MedsCheck concerns grow
QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP Health Critic France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) issued the following statement in response to new data showing Shoppers Drug Mart billed more than $81 million for MedsChecks in two years:
“The MedsCheck program was created to help people manage their medications safely, prevent...
NDP: Ford government plays politics with intimate partner violence survivors
QUEEN’S PARK — The Ford government voted on the conclusion of the Standing Committee on Justice Policy’s intimate partner violence (IPV) study yesterday, doing so without considering the input of survivors and the public.
The Conservatives also refused an NDP amendment designating intimate partner...
Ford’s broken OINP betrays thousands more of Ontario’s skilled workers
QUEEN’S PARK — The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) Skilled Trades Stream abruptly suspended its application process on Friday, resulting in an estimated 2,600 skilled applicants — and their employers — callously being informed by email that their applications would be returned.
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NDP: Ford’s new home care plan piles pressure on a system already hanging by a thread
QUEEN'S PARK - A recent announcement of a new home care program launching in Ontario, NDP health critic MPP France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) released the following statement:
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Glover: Ford seizing control of Exhibition Place
QUEEN’S PARK — A provision buried in the Ford government's Fall Economic Statement (Bill 68) allows the government to seize the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) lands owned by the City of...