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Ford’s cuts leaves northern Ontario patients without medical transportation
QUEEN’S PARK – Following a clear failure by Ford and his Conservatives to coordinate and take responsibility for health care services in Northern Ontario, NDP MPP Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay – Superior North), and NDP Shadow Minister for Health Care MPP France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) have released the following...
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NDP tables Putting Fans First Act, calls on Ford to end predatory resale pricing
QUEEN’S PARK — The Ontario NDP is calling on Doug Ford to follow up with more than just words on ticket resale price gouging, introducing the Putting Fans First Act, 2026. The act would ban the resale of tickets for more than their original face...
Northern Highways need real action, not same recycled promises by Ford government
QUEEN’S PARK — Following two weeks of the NDP Northern Tour: Our Roads, Our Safety, which travelled across northern Ontario along Highways 11 and 17, and included NDP Leader Marit Stiles and MPPs John Vanthof (Timiskaming—Cochrane), Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk—James Bay), Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong), Lise...
Algoma Steel layoffs are the real consequences to Ford’s inaction
QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles released the following statement in response to the effected layoffs at Algoma Steel:
“Nearly a thousand workers lost their livelihoods today. These layoffs will be devastating for the Soo community,” said Stiles. “The Premier knew for months that these...
NDP continues to demand government accountability on Northern Highways as Legislature Resumes
QUEEN’S PARK – As the Legislature resumes today, Ontario New Democrats are continuing their fight for safer northern highways after two weeks on the ground listening to families, workers, and first responders. NDP MPP Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk – James Bay) stood in the house to call on the government for...
GLOVER: Ford is trying everything to distract from his phone records
QUEEN’S PARK — With Doug Ford eyeing Billy Bishop Airport for his latest use of Bill 5, Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Democratic Reform Chris Glover (Spadina—Fort York) says the Premier is again trampling on the rights of Ontarians to hide his phone records:
“Doug Ford is going to great lengths to...
STILES: Ford Conservatives vote to keep students in crushing debt
QUEEN’S PARK — Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition NDP forced a vote to reverse Doug Ford’s OSAP cuts:
“We gave Doug Ford a chance to do the right thing,” said Stiles. “Instead, the Premier made a deliberate choice to hand our province's next generation a lifetime debt sentence.
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Ford’s corporate bailouts fail to make housing more affordable
OTTAWA CENTRE — Following reports on a proposed GTA rental housing initiative, NDP Shadow Minister for Housing, MPP Catherine McKenney (Ottawa Centre) released the following statement, raising concerns about affordability, transparency, and the use of public funds to support private developers instead of building...
Ford’s approach to primary care: missing the deadline, making patients pay
QUEEN’S PARK – As reports confirm Ontario will in fact miss the April 1 federal deadline to ensure medically necessary nurse practitioner services are publicly funded, Dr. Robin Lennox, Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Addictions with responsibility for Primary Care, and MPP France Gélinas, Shadow Minister...
NDP: Ford putting fans first is long overdue
QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Attorney General Kristyn Wong-Tam (Toronto Centre), and Shadow Minister for Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement Tom Rakocevic (Humber River—Black Creek) say Doug Ford finally taking aim at ticket resellers would be welcome...
NDP: Rebuilding of Highway 49 is long overdue
QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Transportation and Infrastructure Jennifer French (Oshawa) welcomes the Ford government’s long overdue rebuild of Prince Edward County Road 49:
“People in the community have long been concerned about safety on County Road 49,” said French. “After...
“It’s time to put patients over profits,” NDP MPPs call on Ford to reverse Sudbury LifeLabs closures.
SUDBURY – As LifeLabs medical laboratory located in Sudbury is set to close this spring, NDP Shadow Minister of Labour, MPP Jamie West (Sudbury) and Shadow Minister for Health MPP France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) are calling out Ford and his government to stop jeopardizing northern communities by putting profits over...