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NDP calls for fair, evidence-based residency pathways after court halts new restrictions for internationally trained physicians
QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP MPPs Robin Lennox (Hamilton Centre), France Gélinas (Nickel Belt), and Doly Begum (Scarborough Southwest), released the following statement in response to the court decision granting international medical graduates temporary access to the first round of residency...
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FIFE: Ontario families paying the price for Ford’s jobs disaster
QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, Catherine Fife (Waterloo) is responding to the new jobs report, which show steep losses across key sectors and clear signs that workers are being left behind under the Ford...
NDP MPP Rakocevic welcomes free first ride announcement on Finch West LRT
QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP MPP Tom Rakocevic welcomes the free first ride announcement for the Finch West LRT opening day. Yesterday, Rakocevic called on the Minister of Transportation to make the LRT free on opening day, as a gesture of good will for the constituents of his riding:
“This is exciting news...
A government that reacts, not protects: Francophones left behind
QUEEN’S PARK – Following the release of the 2025 French Commissioner’s report, NDP critic for Francophone Affairs MPP France Gélinas (nickel Belt) and MPP Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk – James Bay) released the following statement:
“The complaints outlined in the French Language Services...
VAUGEOIS: We can and must do better than this for Ontarians with disabilities.
QUEEN’S PARK – On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, NDP Shadow Minister for Seniors & Accessibility/WSIB & Injured Workers, MPP Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay – Superior North), rose in the Legislature to make the following statement:
“We heard from the Ontario Ombudsman this week...
EQAO results expose reality: Government funds insiders, not students
QUEEN’S PARK – Following the release of the less than favorable EQAO results after the Minister of Education withheld them for months, NDP Shadow Minister for Education Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West – Nepean) released the following statement:
“The Minister of Education kept the EQAO results scores hidden...
TABUNS: Ford is shredding Ontarians’ environmental rights
QUEEN’S PARK — Yesterday’s Auditor General report revealed rampant Environmental Bill of Rights violations by the Ford government.
Shadow Minster for Environment, Conservation, and Parks Peter Tabuns (Toronto—Danforth) says it’s to be expected from a Premier with no respect for Ontarians, or for the...
Weak oversight and year-long backlogs fueled by Ford privatized health care
QUEEN’S PARK – Following shocking revelations that came from the Auditor General’s report on inaccurate physician billings, NDP health critic MPP France Gélinas released the following statement:
“The Ford government has intentionally stifled modernization meant to support physicians and strengthen...
Hamilton hospital cuts show Ford’s health care crisis is hitting the city hard
HAMILTON – Ontario NDP MPPs Sandy Shaw (Hamilton West–Ancaster–Dundas) and Robin Lennox (Hamilton Centre) are responding to news that St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton will cut 62 positions as the hospital struggles with significant financial...
Doug Ford has no plan to deliver on his health care promises, and Ontarians are paying the price
QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Addictions with responsibility for Primary Care, MPP Robin Lennox (Hamilton Centre) and NDP Shadow Minister for Health, France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) are responding to the Auditor General’s findings about access to primary care and questionable...
Stiles stands in solidarity with 1,000 Algoma Steel workers facing layoffs
QUEEN’S PARK — In response to the news that Algoma Steel is laying off 1,000 workers — nearly half of its Sault Ste. Marie operations — Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles has issued the following statement:
“1,000 workers just had the rug pulled out from under them, right before the holidays. This is...
STILES: Taxpayer-funded propaganda, it’s all happening here
QUEEN’S PARK — Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition, is calling out the Ford government for spending more tax dollars than any other government ever on advertising in the lead up to the snap election.
In her annual report, the Auditor General flagged the rising price-tag of government advertising...