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BELL: Budget 2026 shows Ford is only looking out for himself
QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Finance Minister Jessica Bell (University—Rosedale) ripped Doug Ford during today’s Question Period, after his government tabled a budget that has the Premier’s interests in mind, but not those of everyday Ontarians.
“The Ford government’s budget is more about...
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LENNOX: Ontarians should not be paying out-of-pocket for primary care
QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPP Dr. Robin Lennox (Hamilton Centre), Shadow Minister for Primary Care, stood up in the house today to urge the Premier and his Minister of Health to support nurse practitioners and expand access to primary care by the April 1st deadline:
“Ontario can expand access to primary care by...
Ford and Calandra’s hand-picked school supervisors make more cuts to our classrooms
QUEEN’S PARK – NDP Shadow Minister of Education MPP Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West – Nepean) stood in the legislature today to press the government on the recent program cuts to language programs in schools, after the Toronto Catholic District School Board supervisor announced cuts and unilateral scheduling...
GILMOUR: Ontario Autism Program needs solutions, not sound bites
QUEEN’S PARK — NDP Shadow Minister for the Ontario Autism Program (OAP) Alexa Gilmour (Parkdale—High Park) is calling on the Ford government to urgently address the waitlist backlog for core autism funding, with more than 67,000 Ontario children waiting for the help they need.
“The average wait time...
NDP MPPs introduce Anti-Scab Legislation
QUEEN’S PARK— NDP MPPs France Gélinas (Nickel Belt), Wayne Gates (Niagara) and Jamie West (Sudbury) are re-introducing the Anti-Scab Labour Act, 2026 in the Ontario Legislature.
“Scab labour hurts people, families, and communities,” said MPP Gélinas. “The use of scab labour leads to longer strikes...
SATTLER: Ford’s budget brings more bad news for post-secondary students, workers
QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Colleges and Universities Peggy Sattler (London West) says the Ford government’s 2026 budget came with more bad news for the province’s post-secondary education students and workers.
“Thursday’s budget revealed the truth behind Doug Ford’s so-called...
NDP: Ford gets an F for failing Northern Ontarians
QUEEN’S PARK – Northern Ontario NDP MPPs are giving Doug Ford’s 2026 Budget an F for failing Ontario. The 2026 Budget ignores the real needs of Northern communities, from health care and highways to forestry and jobs, while making cuts that will cost families across the North.
“This Budget does nothing...
Vaugeois: Schreiber wastewater project a major step for Northwestern Ontario
SCHREIBER – NDP MPP Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay – Superior North) has released the following statement after the town of Schreiber is receiving a new wastewater treatment plant:
“After years of pushing for upgrades, it’s great to see this project moving forward. This kind of investment in core...
NDP: Ford gets an F for failing Ontarians
QUEEN’S PARK – Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition NDP and Shadow Finance Minister Jessica Bell (University – Rosedale) are giving Doug Ford’s 2026 Budget an F for failing Ontario.
Stiles and Bell released their 2026 Budget Report Card, grading Ford’s latest budget on five key tests:
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Minister of Health’s inaction leaves Ontarians paying out of pocket for essential health care
QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPPs Dr. Robin Lennox, Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Addictions with responsibility for Primary Care, and MPP France Gélinas, Shadow Minister for Health are calling out the Minister of Health for dodging questions on nurse practitioners' funding.
“It is unacceptable that...
“Systemic discrimination and neglect,” Mamakwa responds to another tragic loss of a child to a house fire in a northern First Nation
SIOUX LOOKOUT – Deputy Leader and Kiiwetinoong MPP Sol Mamakwa has released a statement in response to the news of a house fire in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) that took the life of the three-year-old grandson of Chief Donny Morris and seriously injured two adults.
“I want to start by sending my...
"Protect our lab services, and protect the North,” NDP MPPs Gélinas and West raise concerns about LifeLabs closures at Queen’s Park
QUEEN’S PARK – This morning in the legislature, NDP Shadow Minister of Labour, Energy and Mines MPP Jamie West (Sudbury), and NDP Shadow Minister of Health MPP France Gélinas (Nickel Belt), both questioned Premier Doug Ford and Minister of Health Sylvia Jones on the closure of local lab services in Sudbury.
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