QUEEN’S PARK – Shadow Minister for Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, Catherine Fife (Waterloo); and Shadow Minister for Finance and Treasury Board, Jessica Bell (University–Rosedale), issued the following statement after new labour force data showed Ontario’s unemployment rate rose to 7.6 per...

LONDON – Ontario NDP MPPs Teresa Armstrong (London—Fanshawe); Shadow Minister for Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security, Peggy Sattler (London West); and Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre), say the latest round of program cuts at Fanshawe College shows how severely the Ford government has...

TORONTO – The Ontario NDP is accepting applications for its 14-week Summer Youth Leadership Internship Program that gives young Ontarians aged 18 to 25 hands-on experience with organizing, campaigning, and working with communities across the province.

The program runs from May 10 to August 14, 2026 and...

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP Shadow Minister for Health MPP France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) is calling on Premier Doug Ford to cancel the licenses for Grifols plasma collection facilities in Ontario.

Yesterday, CBC News reported that two people have died after selling their plasma at Grifols’ for-profit Winnipeg...

QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP MPP Chris Glover (Spadina—Fort York) says Doug Ford’s plan to seize Billy Bishop Airport from the City of Toronto could undermine decades of work on Toronto’s waterfront.

“Doug Ford has a record of colossal failures,” said Glover. “The Eglinton Crosstown LRT opened...

OTTAWA — Following the Ontario government’s announcement of a new Classroom Supplies Fund for elementary homeroom teachers, NDP Shadow Minister for Education MPP Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West – Nepean) released the following statement:

“Teachers should never have to pay out of pocket for basic classroom...

QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Environment, Conservation, and Parks Peter Tabuns (Toronto—Danforth) says the Ford government going ahead with plans to shrink the province’s conservation authorities paves the way for destructive sprawl and environmental disasters.

“Conservation...

NICKEL BELT and HAMILTON CENTRE – After the Premier suggested that the government may launch more advertising campaigns, this time to promote its health care record, NDP Shadow Minister for Mental Health, Addiction and Primary Care MPP Dr. Robin Lennox (Hamilton Centre) and NDP Shadow Minister for Health MPP France...

QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP MPPs Tom Rakocevic (Humber River—Black Creek), John Vanthof (Timiskaming—Cochrane), and Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre) say it’s time for the Ford government to stand up for consumers, and pass Bill 91, Right to Repair Act,...

QUEEN’S PARK –– On International Women’s Day, the Ontario NDP is renewing its call for pay equity and fairness for midwives across the province who provide essential health care to families. MPP Dr. Robin Lennox (Hamilton Centre) and MPP France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) have released the following joint...

QUEEN’S PARK –– As the Ford government just announced taking over the Peel District School Board and York Catholic District School Board, Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Education Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West–Nepean) says the latest appointments show the government once again putting politics ahead of...