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Gates calls on Ford government to stop interfering in Niagara Parks bargaining
QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPP Wayne Gates (Niagara Falls) stood in the Legislature today to call on the Ford government and Treasury Board to stop blocking fair bargaining for Niagara Parks workers, warning that provincial interference should not be the reason bargaining fails:
“Niagara Parks workers are not...
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Ontario NDP sound the alarm as province forces closure of London’s House of Hope
QUEEN’S PARK - Ontario NDP MPPs Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre), MPP Peggy Sattler (London West) and MPP Teresa Armstrong (London – Fanshawe) are raising the alarm following confirmation that London Cares’ House of Hope supportive housing program will close at the end of November after the province...
NDP introduces motion to deliver grocery price relief to Ontario
SCARBOROUGH — Official Opposition Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles, MPP Tom Rakocevic, and Scarborough Southwest candidate Fatima Shaban held a press conference in Scarborough this morning; where they introduced a bill to scrap the HST on all food and drink, and prevent grocery monopolies from using lease agreements...
Doug Ford is protecting his government from Accountability, not Protecting Ontario
OSHAWA – After Doug Ford furthered his attack on the Freedom of Information process by freezing all existing applications and decisions across all ministries, the Leader of the Official Opposition, Marit Stiles, released the following...
NDP: $5 billion Billy Bishop plan doesn’t add up
QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP MPP Chris Glover (Spadina—Fort York) and Shadow Finance Minister Jessica Bell (University—Rosedale) say that committee hearings on Doug Ford’s plan to expand Billy Bishop Airport have shown the senseless nature of the Conservatives’ latest scheme:
“There is no business...
Gélinas: The Minister of Health should concern herself with fixing the healthcare system, not eroding it
NICKEL BELT – Following expert reports demonstrating that the rising deficits are causing increasing wait times in the Sudbury hospital, NDP Shadow Minister of Health MPP France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) released the following...
Ford’s education minister jets to London while Ontario classrooms face cuts
OTTAWA – After Doug Ford’s Minister of Education appeared on stage in London, UK, with Prince Edward, NDP Shadow Minister of Education MPP Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West – Nepean) released the following statement:
“In a time when students are in schools with no pencils, teachers are being fired, and...
STEVENS: Ford abandoning Niagara region in the middle of toxic drug crisis
ST. CATHERINES – Ontario NDP MPP Jennie Stevens, (St. Catharines), says the closure of Positive Living Niagara’s CTS is another devastating example of the Ford government turning their back on communities in the middle of an overdose crisis fuelled by a toxic drug...
Pasma slams Ford attack on English and francophone school trustee associations
OTTAWA – Ontario NDP Shadow Minister of Education MPP Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West – Nepean) released the following statement after Ford’s Minister of Education moved to eliminate funding for trustee association memberships and participation in professional development for both English and French-language school...
NDP calls on Ford government to recognize May as Buddhist Heritage Month
QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP MPPs Alexa Gilmour (Parkdale—High Park), Tom Rakocevic (Humber River—Black Creek), and Kristyn Wong-Tam (Toronto Centre) joined Buddhist community leaders as they called on the Ford government to recognize May as Buddhist Heritage Month in Ontario:
“This bill would recognize...
Higher fares, worse service: Ford government takeover puts public transit at risk
QUEEN’S PARK –– Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Public Transit Tom Rakocevic (Humber River––Black Creek) warns that transit riders are in danger of higher fares and reduced quality of service, thanks to the Ford government's takeover of Ontario's public transit systems via Bill...
KERNAGHAN: London cannot keep waiting for homelessness support
LONDON — Ontario NDP MPP Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre) pressed the Ford government in Question Period today to match new federal homelessness funding and support frontline organizations working to keep people safe and...