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NDP: Tires pile up across Ontario as Ford fails on recycling
QUEEN’S PARK — Earlier this year, the Ford government lowered yearly recycling targets for used tires, no longer requiring producers to recycle a specific weight. The change has now resulted in used tires being stockpiled, illegally dumped, or sent to...
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NDP: Finch West LRT issues underscore need for Metrolinx inquiry
QUEEN’S PARK — While the Finch West LRT is now finally open, service disruptions and slow travel times have plagued commuters. The early days for the new transit line were capped off by a Toronto man out-running the LRT on foot — by 18...
MPP Sattler calls on Ford to act as IPV reaches crisis levels in London
QUEEN’S PARK — The London Police Service has painted a grim picture of intimate partner violence (IPV) in the region, with Chief Thai Truong revealing that the force receives an average of 19 calls per day related to...
MPP Wong-Tam joins Faqiri family to call for Ford government action on ninth anniversary of Soleiman’s death
QUEEN’S PARK — Shadow Attorney General Kristyn Wong-Tam (Toronto Centre) joined Yusuf Faqiri, and co-Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies Emilie Coyle today, calling on the Ford government to apologize to the Faqiri family, and ensure that what happened to Soli never happens...
Secrecy, Firings, and Silence: Parents Excluded as Conservatives Tighten Control of School Boards
OTTAWA — Following the firing of the TDSB’s Director of Education, NDP Shadow Minister for Education MPP Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West — Nepean) released this statement:
"Yet again, we see an incredibly consequential decision being made by Conservative-appointed supervisors behind closed doors. Parents have...
MPP Mamakwa responds to the Auditor General’s Five-Year Follow-Up Report on Indigenous Affairs in Ontario
QUEEN’S PARK – Deputy Leader Sol Mamakwa, Kiiwetinoong MPP and NDP Shadow Minister of Indigenous and Treaty Relations denounces the Ministry of Indigenous Affairs for willfully neglecting their duties to Indigenous peoples across Ontario.
This comes in response to the release of the Auditor General of...
Sattler confronts Premier on physician recruitment crisis in Question Period today
LONDON – Ontario NDP MPP Peggy Sattler (London West) confronted the Premier in Question Period today to take responsibility for Ontario’s worsening primary care crisis and stop forcing municipalities to pay out of pocket to recruit physicians.
“The Auditor General confirmed last week that 2 million...
NDP continues to call for an inquiry into Metrolinx
QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario’s Official Opposition is continuing its call for a full public inquiry into Metrolinx; with the goal of giving Ontarians answers about long-delayed projects like the Eglinton-Crosstown LRT, and the as-of-yet undisclosed costs incurred by the province’s taxpayers.
Shadow Minister...
MPP Gélinas calls for HST to be removed from treatments delivered by Registered Massage Therapists
QUEEN'S PARK — NDP Shadow Minister for Health, France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) announced the tabling of a new bill: Massage Therapy Tax Act, 2025. The Bill would remove the unfair tax treatment levied against services provided by Registered Massage Therapists (RMT). Registered Massage Therapists are regulated...
GILMOUR: Ford’s sympathy rings hollow for suffering OINP applicants
QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Citizenship and Multiculturalism Alexa Gilmour (Parkdale—High Park) is continuing her call for Premier Doug Ford to fix the broken Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP).
Ford attempted to shift the blame to the federal government yesterday, offering no...
Ford Government Neglect Leaves Terrace Bay Mill, Workers at Risk
QUEEN’S PARK - The Official Opposition demanded clear answers from the Minister of Natural Resources on whether the government will take immediate steps to heat the Terrace Bay mill and protect both workers and the surrounding community. NDP MPPs Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay – Superior North) and Guy Bourgouin...
NDP releases 121 recommendations to end Ontario’s IPV epidemic
QUEEN’S PARK — The Ontario NDP has released 121 recommendations charting a path to end Ontario’s intimate partner violence (IPV) epidemic. These recommendations are part of their dissenting report, following the government’s IPV report.
“Survivors and experts are tired of study after study with no...