QUEEN’S PARK – On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, NDP Shadow Minister for Seniors & Accessibility/WSIB & Injured Workers, MPP Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay – Superior North), rose in the Legislature to make the following statement:

“We heard from the Ontario Ombudsman this week...

QUEEN’S PARK — Yesterday’s Auditor General report revealed rampant Environmental Bill of Rights violations by the Ford government.

Shadow Minster for Environment, Conservation, and Parks Peter Tabuns (Toronto—Danforth) says it’s to be expected from a Premier with no respect for Ontarians, or for the...

QUEEN’S PARK – Following shocking revelations that came from the Auditor General’s report on inaccurate physician billings, NDP health critic MPP France Gélinas released the following statement:

“The Ford government has intentionally stifled modernization meant to support physicians and strengthen...

HAMILTON – Ontario NDP MPPs Sandy Shaw (Hamilton West–Ancaster–Dundas) and Robin Lennox (Hamilton Centre) are responding to news that St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton will cut 62 positions as the hospital struggles with significant financial...

QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Addictions with responsibility for Primary Care, MPP Robin Lennox (Hamilton Centre) and NDP Shadow Minister for Health, France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) are responding to the Auditor General’s findings about access to primary care and questionable...

QUEEN’S PARK — In response to the news that Algoma Steel is laying off 1,000 workers — nearly half of its Sault Ste. Marie operations — Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles has issued the following statement:

“1,000 workers just had the rug pulled out from under them, right before the holidays. This is...

QUEEN’S PARK — Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition, is calling out the Ford government for spending more tax dollars than any other government ever on advertising in the lead up to the snap election.

In her annual report, the Auditor General flagged the rising price-tag of government advertising...

QUEEN’S PARK — Despite continued allusions by the Ford government that the opening of the Eglinton-Crosstown LRT is near, there has still been no concrete opening date announced by the Conservatives.

Shadow Minister for Public Transit Doly Begum (Scarborough Southwest) questioned the government at Queen’s...

QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Children, Community and Social Services, Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West); and Shadow Minister for Women’s Social and Economic Opportunity and Shadow Minister for Citizenship and Multiculturalism, Alexa Gilmour (Parkdale—High Park); issued the following statement in...

QUEEN’S PARK – MPP Kristyn Wong-Tam, 2SLGBTQI+ Issues critic, released the following statement to mark World AIDS Day:

This World AIDS Day’s theme is “Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response”. For decades, I have stood in solidarity with those living with HIV/AIDS, and those who fight to...

QUEEN’S PARK — Following the Minister of Education’s announcement that he is seizing control over another school board and sweeping aside the right of parents in Near North to have a say in decisions affecting their children, NDP shadow minister for education MPP Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West – Nepean) released...