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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...
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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...
Ontario NDP launches Budget Report Card to test Ford’s priorities ahead of Budget 2026
QUEEN’S PARK –– Marit Stiles, Leader of the Ontario NDP, and Shadow Finance Minister Jessica Bell (University––Rosedale) are launching a budget report card to test Doug Ford’s priorities ahead of Budget...
STILES: Metrolinx misled Ontarians about GO Trains in “poor” condition
QUEEN'S PARK — Official Opposition Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles says that Ontarians have had enough of Metrolinx’s secrecy, after reporting by the Trillium revealed that the current state of its GO Train fleet is...
STILES: Ford launches brand new excuses to justify democratic backsliding
QUEEN’S PARK — Marit Stiles, Leader of the Ontario NDP and Official Opposition is calling out Doug Ford's latest excuses for his sweeping Freedom of Information (FOI) changes:
“These are ridiculous excuses,” said Stiles. “The Premier isn’t worried about China, he is worried about what the people...
Reckless and ideological: Ford’s latest cuts to SCS will make our communities unsafe
QUEEN’S PARK – Dr. Robin Lennox, Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Addictions with responsibility for Primary Care, issued the following statement after reports the Ford government is ending provincial funding for supervised consumption sites on June 13, including Moss Park and Fred Victor in...
Latest job numbers show youth unemployment is approaching a boiling point in Ontario
QUEEN’S PARK – Shadow Minister for Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, Catherine Fife (Waterloo); and Shadow Minister for Finance and Treasury Board, Jessica Bell (University–Rosedale), issued the following statement after new labour force data showed Ontario’s unemployment rate rose to 7.6 per...
STILES: Ford is changing the rules to hide the truth from Ontario
QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition Leader Marit Stiles is blasting Doug Ford’s move to exempt himself, and his cabinet ministers’ offices from Freedom of Information (FOI)...
“What will it take for Ford to wake up?” London MPPs react to Fanshawe program cuts
LONDON – Ontario NDP MPPs Teresa Armstrong (London—Fanshawe); Shadow Minister for Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security, Peggy Sattler (London West); and Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre), say the latest round of program cuts at Fanshawe College shows how severely the Ford government has...