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NDP: $10.7 billion gap exposes Ford’s dangerous plan for Ontario’s health care
QUEEN’S PARK – Dr. Robin Lennox, Shadow Minister for Primary Care, and France Gélinas, Shadow Minister for Health, say today’s Financial Accountability Office report confirms what the province is already seeing, that the Ford government’s health care plan is actively damaging Ontario’s health system and...
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NDP: Latest FAO report shows Ford’s decisions are leaving Ontarians behind
QUEEN’S PARK — Following the latest report by Ontario’s Financial Accountability Office (FAO), NDP Shadow Finance Minister Jessica Bell (University—Rosedale), and Shadow Minister for Economic Development Catherine Fife (Waterloo) say that the message is clear: Ontario is continuing to fall further behind...
Trump’s latest tantrum now targeting Gordie Howe bridge and Windsor jobs
WINDSOR — Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles and Windsor West MPP Lisa Gretzky are speaking out after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to block the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge:
“This is completely irresponsible,” said Stiles. “Donald Trump's latest tantrum is threatening...
Stiles: It’s time to deliver relief for workers and stop taxing severance pay
QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition Leader Marit Stiles says it’s time for Doug Ford to get serious about protecting workers and tell the Prime Minister to stop taxing severance pay of workers’ impacted by tariff job losses:
“This Premier is a jobs disaster,” said Stiles. “Ontario lost 67,000 jobs...
Redwood Residents Deserve Transparency and Engagement on School Sale
OTTAWA – Ottawa West-Nepean MPP Chandra Pasma and College Ward City Councillor Laine Johnson are demanding transparency and community engagement regarding the sale of the Grant Alternative School on Draper Ave in the Redwood neighbourhood of Nepean. The Ottawa Carleton District School Board site was quietly listed...
SATTLER: Majority of Ontarians say colleges need more funding — Ford must listen
QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Colleges and Universities Peggy Sattler (London West) is calling on the Ford government to listen to the majority of Ontarians who know that the province’s colleges urgently need more...
NDP issues statement in response to Ontario police processes inspection
QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Solicitor General Jennie Stevens (St. Catharines), and Shadow Attorney General Kristyn Wong-Tam (Toronto Centre) have issued the following statement, after Ontario’s Inspector General of Policing announced a province-wide inspection into corruption and integrity in...
Algonquin Students Deserve Support, Not Cuts
OTTAWA - Chandra Pasma, MPP for Ottawa West-Nepean, made the following statement regarding the news that the Algonquin College Centre for Accessible Learning is laying off academic counsellors and replacing them with lower paid support staff who do not have the same qualifications:
“Hot on the heels of the...
NDP issues statement on Toronto Police arrests
QUEEN’S PARK — In response to the arrests of eight Toronto police officers (seven current and one retired) on multiple serious charges, Ontario NDP Shadow Solicitor General Jennie Stevens (St. Catharines) and Shadow Attorney General Kristyn Wong-Tam (Toronto Centre) have issued the following statement:
“I...
FRENCH: Metrolinx and Ford need to answer for train derailment fiasco
QUEEN’S PARK — As GO Train riders head into another day of service reductions due to a train derailment, Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Transportation Jennifer French (Oshawa) says it’s unacceptable that Metrolinx has provided zero transparency about the situation to commuters:
“Metrolinx fails to meet...
Stiles calls on Ford and Carney to deliver guarantees for Ontario auto workers
QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition Leader Marit Stiles says that Prime Minister Mark Carney’s announcement on Canada’s auto sector had two notable absences; Premier Doug Ford and guarantees for Ontario’s auto workers:
“For the second time this year, Mark Carney made a critical announcement impacting...
Ford’s hospital cuts are putting lives at risk across Ontario
QUEEN’S PARK – Today at Queen’s Park, Dr. Robin Lennox, Shadow Minister for Primary Care, and MPP France Gélinas, Shadow Minister for Health, held a press conference warning that chronic hospital underfunding by the Ford government is driving hallway medicine and putting patients at serious risk across...