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Ontario’s most vulnerable children cannot wait any longer for answers
QUEEN’S PARK -- Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Children, Community and Social Services, Lisa Gretzky; and Shadow Minister for Women’s Social and Economic Opportunity and Shadow Minister for Citizenship and Multiculturalism, Alexa Gilmour, are calling out the Ford government for once again delaying the release of...
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SATTLER: Workers are being robbed of their paycheques
LONDON — Ontario NDP MPP Peggy Sattler (London West) pressed the Ford government in Question Period today on Ontario’s growing wage theft crisis, after a London worker was left unpaid for nearly 150 hours of...
NDP: More cuts at Fanshawe show colleges are in a major crisis
LONDON – Ontario NDP MPP Teresa Armstrong (London—Fanshawe), Shadow Minister for Colleges and Universities, Peggy Sattler (London West) and MPP Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre) say the latest round of cuts at Fanshawe College shows the harsh reality of an Ontario college system that is still being pushed...
McKenney wins protection for tenants during dangerous summer heat
QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPP Catherine McKenney (Ottawa Centre) is welcoming new provincial rules that will allow tenants to install window air conditioning units without unnecessary restrictions, calling it an important step toward protecting renters during extreme summer heat.
“Allowing tenants to install...
BURCH: Local democracy should not be rewritten at midnight
NIAGARA – Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Municipal Affairs, Jeff Burch, says the Ford government is once again pulling a cheap shot on Ontarians by using late-night sittings to force through major changes to local democracy while most people are asleep.
“People should be asking themselves why this...
NDP MPPs stand with Black Ontarians to call for Health Equity
QUEEN’S PARK – This morning, NDP Shadow Minister for Health MPP France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) and MPPs Dr. Robin Lennox (Hamilton Centre), Tom Rakocevic (Humber River-Black Creek), and Kristyn Wong-Tam (Toronto Centre) joined founder and Executive Director of the Black Women’s Institute for Health (BWIH) Kearie...
MPP Bell calls on Ford to freeze rent for two years
QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Finance Minister Jessica Bell (University—Rosedale) introduced a motion today, calling on Doug Ford to implement a two-year rent freeze for the province’s 1.7 million rent-controlled homes, beginning in 2027:
“Ontarians are hurting,” said Bell. “Renters are...
PASMA: Kids need supports, not advisors with six-figure salaries
QUEEN’S PARK — Following news that OCDSB supervisor Bob Plamondon is cutting 182 teachers, education workers, and principals, while his Director of Education posts a six-figure job posting for a new advisor, NDP Shadow Minister for Education and MPP for Ottawa West—Nepean Chandra Pasma made the following...
NDP: Ford needs to keep his hands off local conservation authorities
QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Environment, Conservation, and Parks Peter Tabuns (Toronto Danforth); and Shadow Minister for Municipal Affairs Jeff Burch (Niagara Centre) are calling on the Ford government to scrap their planned amalgamation of the province’s regional conservation...
MPP Fife calls for Lydia’s Law, warns survivors cannot be silenced again
WATERLOO — Ontario NDP MPP Catherine Fife is renewing her call for Lydia’s Law following the Sloka verdict, urging the government to act on long-overdue reforms to support and bring justice to survivors of sexual...
Ford is failing to keep Ontario kids safe
QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Children, Community, and Social Services Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West); and MPP Alexa Gilmour (Parkdale—High Park) say that regardless of the verdict in the Milton trial surrounding the death of a 12-year-old boy, the Ford government must take urgent action to...
MPP Wong-Tam calls on Ford to mark April as Nepali Heritage Month
QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP MPP Kristyn Wong-Tam (Toronto Centre) is calling on the Ford government to permanently recognize the month of April as Nepali Heritage Month in Ontario. Last week, alongside MPPs Alexa Gilmour (Parkdale—High Park) and Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay—Superior North), MPP Wong-Tam tabled...