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Nearly year-long waits for student psychological assessments leave London families behind
LONDON - London families are being forced to wait months, in some cases nearly a full school year, for children to receive the psychological assessments they need to succeed in class, according to new figures from the Thames Valley District School...
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Stiles stands with Simao family in calling on Ford for more special education resources in classrooms
QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition NDP Leader Marit Stiles (Davenport), Shadow Minister for the Ontario Autism Program Alexa Gilmour (Parkdale—High Park), and MPP Robin Lennox (Hamilton Centre) joined the Ontario Autism Coalition today, calling on the Ford government to finally provide proper funding for...
London MPPs call for certainty as local auto plant closure leaves 136 workers in limbo
LONDON — Autoneum has announced it will close its London auto parts plant by the end of 2026. Ontario NDP MPPs Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre), Teresa Armstrong (London—Fanshawe), and Peggy Sattler (London West), say the decision is yet another sign that workers are paying the price for Doug Ford’s...
Pasma Slams New School Support Offices for Replacing Real Advocacy With Dead-End Bureaucracy
OTTAWA – As the new Student and Family Support Offices came into effect this morning in five supervised school boards, it confirmed what critics have been saying all along: these changes implemented by Education Minister Paul Calandra simply replace meaningful support with layers of bureaucracy. NDP Shadow Minister...
Stiles calls for a New Deal for Municipalities at ROMA 2026
TORONTO — Official Opposition Leader Marit Stiles addressed the 2026 Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) conference today, calling for a new deal to ensure certainty and prosperity for rural municipalities across the province. Stiles called on the Ford government to pay their fair share for provincial...
Laurentian faculty and students bear the cost of Ford's cuts
SUDBURY – This morning, the Laurentian University Faculty Association has gone on strike following years of underfunding to Ontario’s post-secondary sector. NDP Shadow Minister for Labour Jamie West (Sudbury) and Shadow Minister for Colleges and Universities Peggy Sattler (London West) released this joint...
Stiles rips Ford, Carney for selling out Ontario’s auto workers
QUEEN’S PARK — Doug Ford’s failure to protect Ontario’s auto sector delivered a crushing blow today, with the Premier nowhere to be found as Prime Minister Mark Carney slashed tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. Official Opposition Leader Marit Stiles has released the following statement, in response:
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Northern Ontario homelessness crisis spirals under Ford Conservatives
SUDBURY – Ontario NDP MPP Jamie West (Sudbury) has issued the following statement after harrowing reports of worsening homelessness in Northern Ontario were released:
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Ford government backs away from NICU expansion as Hamilton families lose care and jobs
HAMILTON — This week St. Joseph’s Hospital announced that their planned neonatal ICU expansion has been cancelled amidst drastic budget cuts from the provincial government. Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Addictions with responsibility for Primary Care Dr. Robin Lennox says the provincial...
Government Neglect of Forestry Continues to Erode Northern Ontario
IGNACE – NDP MPP Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay – Superior North) and MPP Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk – James Bay) released the following joint statement following reports of the indefinite shutdown of the Ignace sawmill, leaving another group of forestry workers without jobs, and further eroding the fabric of our...
Homelessness in Ontario rises to more than 85,000 under the Ford government
QUEEN’S PARK – As new data shows, more than 85,000 people in the province, including over 20,000 children and youth, are without a home. Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles, and Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Housing Catherine McKenney say the Ford government has no real plan to stop the crisis from getting...
Marit Stiles' Ontario NDP closes 2025 with more donors than Doug Ford's Conservatives and the Ontario Liberals combined — for the second year running
TORONTO – Marit Stiles' Ontario New Democratic Party raised a record-breaking $7.9 million in 2025 from 106,000 contributions, cementing its position as the party with the largest donor base in Ontario.
For the second consecutive year, the Ontario NDP has more individual donors than Doug Ford's...