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Ford’s college cuts are hurting Northern Ontario students and communities
SUDBURY and NICKEL BELT – Shadow Minister for Labour & Shadow Minister for Energy and Mines MPP Jamie West (Sudbury) and MPP France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) are calling on the Ford government to stop the cuts and invest in public colleges as OPSEU college support staff push for a fair deal:
“College...
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Unsafe Classrooms the First Act of Ford’s Appointed Supervisor for the TDSB
TORONTO – Children and teachers are facing increasingly dangerous classroom conditions after a ministry-appointed supervisor, Rohit Gupta, decided to increase class sizes for several programs for students with disabilities. NDP MPPs Chandra Pasma (Ottawa–Nepean West) and Alexa Gilmour (Parkdale–High Park)...
NDP: Ford's college cuts are putting thousands of good jobs and the future of our province at risk
QUEEN’S PARK – NDP Shadow Minister for Colleges, Universities, Research, Excellence & Security, MPP Peggy Sattler (London West), is calling on the Ford government to stop the cuts and fund our public colleges as OPSEU college workers fight for a fair deal:
“Ontario’s public colleges power our...
NDP: Ontario families paying the price for Ford’s housing failures
QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Housing, Catherine McKenney (Ottawa Centre); and Shadow Minister for Finance and Treasury Board, Jessica Bell (University—Rosedale), issued the following statement in response to CMHC’s report showing Toronto is on pace for its lowest annual housing starts in 30...
Stiles: Premier Ford does not care about young people
QUEEN’S PARK – Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition, is calling on Premier Ford to step up to address Ontario’s rising unemployment and continued job losses, instead of blaming young people and workers for his...
Cutting parents out of schools hurts kids, survey confirms
QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Education Critic Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West–Nepean) and Shadow Minister with responsibility for the Ontario Autism Program Alexa Gilmour (Parkdale–High Park) respond to a new Ontario Autism Coalition survey confirming what families have been saying all along: cutting parents and...
Ontario now has more than 800,000 workers without a job
QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Finance & Shadow Minister for Treasury Board Jessica Bell (University-Rosedale) and Shadow Minister for Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, Catherine Fife (Waterloo) have made the following statement on today’s jobs numbers:
“Ontario lost...
NDP calls out Minister Calandra’s plans to cut communities out by collapsing 72 school boards into 4
Chandra Pasma, Official Opposition Shadow Minister for Education, made the following statement in response to news that the Minister of Education is looking at collapsing Ontario school boards into four provincial-level boards:
“Local...
Ontario NDP stands with nurses calling for safe staffing and a fair deal
QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Health, France Gélinas (Nickel Belt), and Shadow Minister for Labour, Jamie West (Sudbury), have released the following statement in response to the hospital-sector arbitration decision affecting more than 60,000 ONA...
NDP: Doug Ford is starving our colleges and universities—what happens next for Ontario’s workers?
QUEEN’S PARK – NDP Shadow Minister for Colleges, Universities, Research, Excellence & Security, MPP Peggy Sattler (London West) is calling on the Ford government to stand up for the next generation of Ontarians as students head back to college and university for the new semester:
“Students are headed...
NDP: Homes Ontario will get the province back on track
TORONTO AND OTTAWA - With housing construction stalled and layoffs mounting, the Ontario NDP is calling on the Ford government to stop dragging its feet while workers and families pay the price. The NDP is urging the adoption of Homes Ontario — a bold plan to build affordable homes, protect good jobs, and get the...
All in for workers: Marit Stiles and the Ontario NDP celebrate the power of workers
QUEEN’S PARK—Marit Stiles, Leader of the Ontario NDP and Jamie West, the Shadow Minister for Labour, are celebrating the power of workers this Labour Day and renewing the Ontario NDP’s commitment to fighting for good jobs and a future working people can afford.
“When workers stand together, they are...