QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Education Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West – Nepean) is continuing to call out the Ford government’s attack on Ontario’s schools with Bill 33. They have fast-tracked this Bill, bypassed committees, and shut down debates. This afternoon, the Bill will be called for a...

QUEEN’S PARK — The Ford government voted on the conclusion of the Standing Committee on Justice Policy’s intimate partner violence (IPV) study yesterday, doing so without considering the input of survivors and the public.

The Conservatives also refused an NDP amendment designating intimate partner...

QUEEN’S PARK — The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) Skilled Trades Stream abruptly suspended its application process on Friday, resulting in an estimated 2,600 skilled applicants — and their employers — callously being informed by email that their applications would be returned.

Ontario NDP...

QUEEN’S PARK — A provision buried in the Ford government's Fall Economic Statement (Bill 68) allows the government to seize the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) lands owned by the City of...

OTTAWA - Following the minister of education’s news release highlighting the launching of new “Student and Family Support Offices” at every school board, NDP shadow minister for education MPP Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West – Nepean) released the following statement:

“Clearly, the Minister of Education...

QUEEN’S PARK – Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition, has issued an open letter to the Premier calling for the Minister of Labour, David Piccini, to be fired.

Stiles is renewing her calls following a bombshell report from The Trillium about the Minister’s hand-picked SDF recipient being referred...

QUEEN’S PARK — Doug Ford may have his eyes firmly set on tunneling under Highway 401, but both the Premier and Metrolinx have been mum on what could be predictable, yet major viability concerns with this latest vanity project.

Internal documents obtained by the Ontario NDP through a Freedom of Information...

QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP MPP Teresa Armstrong (London—Fanshawe), Shadow Minister with responsibility for Child Care and Pensions, is calling on Doug Ford to keep his promise to families and deliver on $10-a-day child care.

“Families were promised $10-a-day child care,” said Armstrong. “Instead,...

QUEEN’S PARK — Enbridge Gas Inc. is again appealing to the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) for rate increases, continuing their pattern of increasing its payout to investors at the expense of Ontarians.

Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Public and Business Service Delivery Tom Rakocevic (Humber River—Black...

QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles; and Shadow Minister for Finance and Treasury Board, MPP Jessica Bell are calling out Ford’s lacklustre Fall Economic Statement for failing to deliver a real plan that families across Ontario urgently need as the cost of living rises, the job crisis worsens, and...