QUEEN’S PARK — The NDP’s critic for Natural Resources and Forestry, Judith Monteith-Farrell, said the Ford government cancelling a tree-planting program that is critical to ensuring forest sustainability and flood protection will cause serious environmental harm.

The government has...

QUEEN’S PARK — NDP MPP Bhutila Karpoche (Parkdale—High Park) will table a private member’s bill to exempt certain medical supplies from the Ontario portion of the HST at the cash register.

Jennifer’s Law is named after the Parkdale-High Park resident who inspired Karpoche to bring...

Sault families set to join Horwath to talk about better health care and push back against Ford’s health care scheme

SAULT STE. MARIE — NDP Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath and Sudbury NDP MPP Jamie West will hold a town hall in Sault Ste. Marie on Wednesday evening to hear from patients, families...

QUEEN’S PARK — Jill Andrew, Ontario NDP Culture critic, said it’s shameful for Doug Ford to step up his attack on the arts by cutting the Ontario Music Fund by more than 50 per cent.

Yesterday, Billboard reported that the Ontario Music Fund’s budget has been slashed to $7 million, down from $15 million...

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP Agriculture and Food critic, John Vanthof, issued the following statement after the Ford government refused to rule out the sale of the Ontario Food Terminal in Toronto:

“The Ford government must provide certainty to Ontarians as to what it intends to do with the...

QUEEN’S PARK — The NDP’s Health Care critic, France Gélinas, said the Ford government proposing to cancel Ontario Health Insurance Program (OHIP) coverage for out-of-country Ontario travelers is alarming. What’s more, attempting to push through changes to OHIP with a mere six-day window for public...

QUEEN’S PARK — Tom Rakocevic, MPP for Humber River-Black Creek, slammed the Ford Conservatives for voting yesterday to let auto insurance companies keep gouging Ontario drivers.

The Conservatives voted down Rakocevic’s private member’s bill, Lower Automobile Insurance Rates Act, on second reading. The...

QUEEN’S PARK — NDP Leader Andrea Horwath released the following statement on the first anniversary of the Toronto van attack:

"Today marks one year since a horrific and hateful attack on Yonge street killed 10 and injured 16 members of our community. We remember Beutis Renuka Amarasinghe,...

QUEEN’S PARK — Marit Stiles, NDP MPP for Davenport, released the following statement in response to news that the Ford government is cutting about $1 billion from Toronto Public Health funding:

“It’s alarming that Doug Ford is making such deep cuts to a municipal agency that is...

Community evacuated every year due to flooding

QUEEN’S PARK – During question period Thursday, NDP MPPs Guy Bourgouin and Sol Mamakwa called on Doug Ford to help the First Nations community of Kashechewan, which is again under a state of emergency and is again being evacuated.

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QUEEN’S PARK — NDP Official Opposition Environment and Sustainability critic Ian Arthur said that Doug Ford’s budget rips $350 million away from environment and conservation funding, with the bulk of the cuts coming from programs that help families lower their energy bills.

“The...

QUEEN’S PARK — Jill Andrew, Ontario NDP Culture critic, said it’s simply cruel for Doug Ford to make deep cuts to libraries — a move she says will rip opportunities away from Ontarians to learn, socialize and access services and technology.

The Ford Conservatives are cutting the Ontario Library Services...