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KERNAGHAN: London cannot keep waiting for homelessness support
LONDON — Ontario NDP MPP Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre) pressed the Ford government in Question Period today to match new federal homelessness funding and support frontline organizations working to keep people safe and...
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RAKOCEVIC: Metrolinx, Ford government fail Scarborough again
QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Public Transit Minister Tom Rakocevic (Humber River—Black Creek) blasted Metrolinx and the Ford government for covering up growing delays on Scarborough’s long-awaited subway extension, which has now been delayed until 2033 with no explanation as to...
ONDP: Biggest insolvency jump in Canada shows Ontario is in trouble
QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Finance and Treasury Board, Jessica Bell; and Shadow Minister for Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, Catherine Fife, say the rise in bankruptcies and insolvencies across Ontario is another clear warning sign that people in this province are falling behind...
VAUGEOIS: Injured workers deserve stability and dignity
QUEEN’S PARK - NDP Shadow Minister for Seniors and Accessibility, with responsibility for WSIB and Injured Workers, MPP Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay – Superior North) stood in the Legislature to speak on the dangers of Bill 105:
“This government is trying to dress up Bill 105 as support for injured workers,...
GLOVER: Carney must stop Ford’s reckless waterfront takeover
QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP MPP Chris Glover (Spadina—Fort York) joined concerned parents and community members at Little Norway Park this morning, calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to stop Doug Ford’s disastrous takeover of the Toronto Waterfront:
“Billy Bishop is Canada’s...
Ford leaving students behind with cuts to special education and mental health supports
QUEEN’S PARK – Following the Minister of Education’s recent core education funding announcement which revealed more cuts, the NDP Shadow Minister of Education MPP Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West – Nepean) released the following statement.
“This funding announcement is yet another cut...
GRETZKY: Families left waiting months as failures mount at FRO
QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Children, Community, and Social Services, Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West) says the new Auditor General report shows how badly Ontario families are being let down by the Family Responsibility Office under the Ford government’s...
NDP: It’s time to end the fraud in commercial truck driver training and licensing and bring it under the Ministry of Transportation
QUEEN’S PARK –The Auditor General’s report affirms the widespread failures in Ontario’s truck driver training and licensing system that Northern NDP MPPs have been calling to the Ford government’s attention for years:
“Warnings from road safety advocates and pleas from new drivers...
NDP: Ford is failing children and families with his cuts to special education
QUEEN’S PARK — Following today’s Auditor General report on special education, Ontario NDP Shadow Education Minister Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West—Nepean), and Shadow Minister for the Ontario Autism Program Alexa Gilmour (Parkdale—High Park) say that Doug Ford’s underfunding is failing students, education...
Stiles says special audits show Ford government’s failure to protect Ontarians, calls for urgent action to end fraud in commercial truck driver training and licensing
QUEEN’S PARK — Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition, says Ontario families are paying the steep price of a government that has fallen out of touch with their responsibility to serve the people following a series of new Auditor General...
Gélinas: Calling Captain Canada! Protect Northern Labs
QUEEN’S PARK – NDP Shadow Minister for Health MPP France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) updated the legislature on LifeLabs’ closure of its Sudbury testing facility.
“Today, LifeLabs in Sudbury ends local testing. Over the last few weeks, more samples have already been transported to Toronto...
NDP MPP Lisa Gretzky brings forward bill to help Ontarians access care
QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP MPP Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West) has introduced a new bill aimed to help those who are forced to travel long distances just to get the specialist care they need that is not available in their local communities.
The ACCESS (Assistance for Care, Commuting and...