QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPP Peggy Sattler (London West) has urged Doug Ford to introduce an emergency rent subsidy immediately to save small businesses that are struggling to survive the pandemic. During question period Monday at the Ontario legislature, Sattler said businesses like Mustang Sally’s in London were...

QUEEN’S PARK — On the day that COVID-19 infections hit the highest-ever daily count in Ontario, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said it’s clear Doug Ford’s incomplete, weeks-late so-called plan isn’t working — and she urged the government to make the investments needed to try to get ahead of the second wave,...

QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP transit critic Jessica Bell (University-Rosedale) is demanding answers from the Ford government as a new report reveals the Ontario Line has been delayed by a further two years. The September Infrastructure Ontario Market Update reveals contract signing for the full Ontario Line has...

QUEEN’S PARK – The Ford government has made a mess of virtual schooling said Scarborough Southwest NDP MPP Doly Begum as she took the concerns of Scarborough parents straight to Doug Ford during question period Monday.

Begum’s questions to Ford came on the same day a local school was forced to close for a...

QUEEN’S PARK — On the day that COVID-19 infections hit the highest-ever daily count in Ontario, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said it’s clear Doug Ford’s incomplete, weeks-late so-called plan isn’t working — and she urged the government to make the investments needed to try to get ahead of the second wave,...

QUEEN’S PARK – Doug Ford needs to tell 200 Bombardier workers if he’ll do anything at all to save their jobs in Thunder Bay, said NDP MPP for Thunder Bay – Atikokan, Judith Monteith-Farrell, during question period Monday.

“Premier, 200 workers at the Bombardier plant are losing their jobs this fall...

I’d like to extend my warm wishes for a meaningful and easy fast, as Jewish communities here in Ontario and around the world observe Yom Kippur. This holiest of days in the Jewish calendar is a solemn one of reflection, atonement, forgiveness, and renewed hope. Yom Kippur represents a beautiful commitment to a...

I’d like to extend my warm wishes for a meaningful and easy fast, as Jewish communities here in Ontario and around the world observe Yom Kippur. This holiest of days in the Jewish calendar is a solemn one of reflection, atonement, forgiveness, and renewed hope. Yom Kippur represents a beautiful commitment to a...

QUEEN’S PARK — NDP MPPs Rima Berns-McGown (Beaches—East York), Peter Tabuns (Toronto—Danforth), Suze Morrison (Toronto Centre) and Laura Mae Lindo (Kitchener Centre, and Anti-Racism Critic) released the following statement in response to news that two nooses were found at Michael Garron Hospital’s...

YORK SOUTH—WESTON — NDP Leader Andrea Horwath released the following statement in response to Doug Ford’s announcements Friday:
“Once again, Doug Ford’s actions are weeks late, incomplete and contradict his own claims.

Time and time again, this government scrambles to catch up...

QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Transit Critic Jessica Bell (University-Rosedale) released the following statement after a fatal incident involving a cyclist in her riding: “I am deeply distressed to learn a cyclist has died after being struck by a vehicle near Kensington Market. I offer my sincerest condolences to...

NICKEL BELT — NDP Health Care critic France Gélinas made this statement in response to the court overruling the Ford government's decision to eliminate the OHIP Out-of-Country Travelers Program:

"It is heartening to see that the Ford government's troubling cancellation of OHIP coverage for Ontarians...