HAMILTON — NDP Leader Andrea Horwath released the following statement in response to Doug Ford’s choice to hold an airport photo-op as it becomes clear that that the more contagious COVID-19 variant is already taking hold in Ontario and on the doorsteps of long-term care homes:

“While...

HAMILTON — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said the NDP fully supports recommendations brought forward by the Doctors for Justice in Long-Term Care, thanking them for their advocacy for seniors amid the COVID-19 pandemic and vowing to get profits out of care starting in 2022.

The group, which...

HAMILTON – Official Opposition Finance critic Sandy Shaw has released a statement in response to a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), outlining the share of federal and provincial spending during the...

ETOBICOKE — The Ontario NDP received more than $2.5 million in donations in 2020 — just $400,000 shy of the governing PC Party and ahead of the Liberals, according to Elections Ontario’s figures for those parties.

The $2.5 million was collected through a whopping 90,000 individual donations made to the...

SIOUX LOOKOUT and KAPUSKASING - COVID-19 has broken through the lines of defence set up by First Nations, causing two northern communities to declare a state of emergency. Constance Lake and Ginoogaming need the Ford government to act now to help them to stop the spread, said NDP MPPs Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong), the...

HAMILTON — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath vowed to keep fighting to get rural municipalities the support they need to get through and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, in remarks today at the Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) 2021 Virtual...

QUEEN’S PARK — On Monday Doug Ford said there is no need to call in the military to provide relief at Roberta Place, or other long-term care homes in crisis.

“I was told we don't need them,” said Ford.

“Who is telling Doug Ford help isn’t needed?” asked long-term care critic Teresa...

NDP to seek unanimous consent to pass bill when legislature resumes

HAMILTON — Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath released an open letter today advising of the NDP’s intent to seek unanimous consent to pass NDP MPP Peggy Sattler’s bill to give Ontarians paid sick days as soon as the legislature...

QUEEN’S PARK — With over 130,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine sitting in Ontario freezers as of Monday, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling for all long-term care residents to receive their first vaccine shot by Friday.

“We have to do far more than just wait for the vaccine in long-term care homes,” said...

HAMILTON – NDP MPP Monique Taylor and Sharleen Stewart, President of SEIU Healthcare, are calling on Doug Ford’s government to bar APANS Health Services from regaining management of Grace Villa, following dozens of letters from workers in the home outlining the negligence of management during the COVID-19...

SUDBURY - NDP MPPs France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) and Jamie West (Sudbury) wrote an open letter to Doug Ford calling on him to provide northerners with the government’s plan to roll out vaccines in the region, and to clarify his confusing stay-at-home...

QUEEN’S PARK — Following days of activism, opposition and proposing alternatives, Toronto Centre’s NDP MPP Suze Morrison issued the following statement in response to news that the Ford government will pause its progress on demolishing the heritage Foundry buildings until Wednesday:

“I...