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STILES: Metrolinx misled Ontarians about GO Trains in “poor” condition
QUEEN'S PARK — Official Opposition Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles says that Ontarians have had enough of Metrolinx’s secrecy, after reporting by the Trillium revealed that the current state of its GO Train fleet is...
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STILES: Ford launches brand new excuses to justify democratic backsliding
QUEEN’S PARK — Marit Stiles, Leader of the Ontario NDP and Official Opposition is calling out Doug Ford's latest excuses for his sweeping Freedom of Information (FOI) changes:
“These are ridiculous excuses,” said Stiles. “The Premier isn’t worried about China, he is worried about what the people...
Reckless and ideological: Ford’s latest cuts to SCS will make our communities unsafe
QUEEN’S PARK – Dr. Robin Lennox, Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Addictions with responsibility for Primary Care, issued the following statement after reports the Ford government is ending provincial funding for supervised consumption sites on June 13, including Moss Park and Fred Victor in...
Latest job numbers show youth unemployment is approaching a boiling point in Ontario
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...
STILES: Ford is changing the rules to hide the truth from Ontario
QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition Leader Marit Stiles is blasting Doug Ford’s move to exempt himself, and his cabinet ministers’ offices from Freedom of Information (FOI)...
“What will it take for Ford to wake up?” London MPPs react to Fanshawe program cuts
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...
Ontario NDP Launches Paid Summer Internship Program
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...
Gélinas: Time to end experiment with for-profit blood brokers
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...
GLOVER: Ford eyes Toronto’s waterfront while Ontario’s health care and education systems crumble
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...
Pasma: Classrooms need real and sustainable funding, not band-aid solutions
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...
“Another attack on the environment,” Tabuns rips Ford’s decision to gut conservation authorities
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...
More ads, less health care under Ford leadership
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...