NIAGARA — NDP MPPs Wayne Gates (Niagara Falls), Jennie Stevens (St. Catharines), and Jeff Burch (Niagara Centre), are demanding the Ford government immediately reverse its decision to reduce hours at urgent care centres in Fort Erie and Port Colborne this summer, following Premier Doug Ford’s insensitive response...

TORONTO – Ontario NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa is urging Premier Ford to focus on repealing Bill 5, leading his government through actual consultations, and listening to treaty rights holders instead of hurling insults at First...

OTTAWA – Following the announcement of budget cuts to special education at the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, Shadow Minister of Education MPP Chandra Pasma (Ottawa Nepean) has released the following statement:

“Nearly every single school board in the province is spending more on special education...

WINDSOR — Shadow Minister for Children, Community, and Social Services, Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West) is calling for urgent reform to Ontario’s social assistance programs after a recent report revealed that current ODSP rules penalize recipients for living with a partner or roommate, making life even harder during...

WINDSOR – Shadow Minister for Children, Community, and Social Services, Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West), is congratulating Chrysler Canada on celebrating 100 years in Windsor, marking a major milestone for a company that has helped shape the city’s identity and economic future.

“I want to extend a warm...

NORTHERN ONTARIO – Northern NDP MPPs Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay – Superior North) and Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk—James Bay) are calling on the Ford Government for better working conditions for water bomber pilots and wildland firefighters to address the recruitment and retention crisis.

“While forests...

TORONTO – NDP Shadow Minister for Education Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West – Nepean), and Shadow Minister for Women’s Social and Economic Opportunity with responsibility for the Ontario Autism Program Alexa Gilmour (Parkdale—High Park), issued the following joint statement in response to the proposal to expand...

TORONTO – Earlier today, the Premier brushed off questions about the Information and Privacy Commissioner’s findings about staff within his government using code words and personal e-mails to cover up the Greenbelt fiasco.

“People don’t give two hoots about this Greenbelt stuff. In my polling, this...

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP Shadow Minister for Finance Jessica Bell (University-Rosedale) and Shadow Minister for Housing Catherine McKenney (Ottawa Centre) wrote a letter to Financial Accountability Officer Jeffrey Novak, requesting a review of the Government’s work to spur the construction of private-market housing...

TORONTO — NDP Shadow Solicitor General Jennie Stevens (St. Catharines) and Shadow Attorney General Kristyn Wong-Tam (Toronto Centre) issued the following statement in response to five new lawsuits, including one class-action, against the Ford Government over the collective punishment of prisoners at Maplehurst...

TORONTO -- The Ontario New Democratic Party held its provincial council meeting over the weekend, to bring members together to review the past election campaign and to chart a course to victory in the next election.

Marit Stiles, Leader of the Ontario NDP, spoke to a packed room about what it will take to win...

QUEEN’S PARK – Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition NDP, has issued the following statement in response to the Information and Privacy Commissioner’s findings about the Ford government breaking their legal obligations to maintain government records while planning the Greenbelt land...