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RAKOCEVIC: More costly executives won’t fix Metrolinx
QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Public Transit Minister Tom Rakocevic (Humber River—Black Creek) says Metrolinx’s focus on hiring more high-paid executives shows that both the organization and the Ford government aren’t serious about quality public...
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Minister of Education holds students to higher standards than the Premier
OTTAWA – Following new mandatory attendance requirements imposed by the Minister of Education, NDP Shadow Minister for Education, Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West – Nepean) released the following statement:
“Ontario students deserve policies that help them succeed, not one-size-fits-all rules imposed without...
PASMA: $60 million that should have gone to students, not multinational investors
OTTAWA – Following the Minister of Education’s announcement of a $60 million investment to roll out a new digital learning platform, NDP Shadow Minister for Education, Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West – Nepean) release the following statement:
“Our classrooms are overcrowded, and the Minister’s answer is...
NDP calls on Ford to lower grocery costs by expanding the Ontario Food Terminal
HAMILTON — Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition Ontario NDP, is calling on Doug Ford to finally act on lowering grocery costs by expanding the Ontario Food Terminal.
Stiles joined MPPs Sandy Shaw (Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas) and Dr. Robin Lennox (Hamilton Centre) at a local grocery store in...
Stiles and Mamakwa call out the Premier for careless words about corrections in Thunder Bay
QUEEN’S PARK – Leader of the Official Opposition, Marit Stiles, and Deputy Leader Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong) have issued a statement in response to the Premier’s flippant comments on the new Thunder Bay Correctional...
NDP MPPs stand with the Ontario Health Coalition amidst American companies sending Ontario lab test to the U.S.
HAMILTON and NICKEL BELT – NDP Shadow Minister for Mental Health, Addictions, and Primary Care, Dr. Robin Lennox (Hamilton Centre), and Shadow Minister of Health, France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) are standing with the Ontario Health Coalition who wrote a public letter to the Minister of Health amidst the decision of...
NDP: London students left in uncertainty thanks to Ford’s cuts
LONDON — Ontario NDP MPPs Peggy Sattler (London West), Teresa Armstrong (London—Fanshawe), and Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre) have issued the following statement, as the Thames Valley District School Board (TVDSB) is forced to cut classes thanks to the Ford government’s crushing underfunding of...
Pasma slams school board budget changes as power grab
OTTAWA — NDP Shadow Minister for Education Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West—Nepean) released the following statement after a new process under the Minister of Education’s new Education Act gave uncontested power to unelected CEOs:
“Once again,...
Northern NDP MPPs call for collaboration and consultation to strengthen Canada’s First Nation water legislation
SIOUX LOOKOUT - Deputy Leader Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong) and MPP Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk – James Bay) are urging the Prime Minister to change course on the new long-awaited new legislation tabled yesterday, Bill C-37, An Act respecting water, source water, drinking water, wastewater and related infrastructure on...
Ford MPPs lose their appeal to work less this summer, NDP votes to continue committee work
QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP MPPs Wayne Gates (Niagara Falls) and Alexa Gilmour (Parkdale – High Park) are calling out the Ford government’s attempts to cut corners and cancel meetings for the Standing Committee on Government Agencies (SCGA):
“Every single PC MPP should be embarrassed for trying to cut...
NDP calls for audit into Ford government giving $1 billion to private administrators of public services
TORONTO — Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Finance and Treasury Board Jessica Bell (University—Rosedale) has written to Auditor General Shelley Spence, requesting an audit into three private companies that have received more than $1 billion in taxpayer dollars from the Ford government to administer funding to...
“Will the Solicitor General please stand up?” — NDP calls for accountability
QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Solicitor General Jennie Stevens (St. Catharines), and Shadow Attorney General Kristyn Wong-Tam (Toronto Centre) are continuing to call for accountability from Solicitor General Michael Kerzner, as Ontario’s jails remain in an untenable state.
Reporting by Global News...