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“New Democrats have your back”: Stiles at the Ottawa CAS picket line
OTTAWA – Marit Stiles, Leader of the Ontario NDP, visited the picket lines today, where Ottawa Children’s Aid Society (CAS) workers are striking for fair wages and fair work as the resource-starved sector hits a breaking point.
“You are the hardworking people who have taken care of our most vulnerable...
“Exciting news”: MPP Catherine Fife praises selection of Waterloo for new hospital
WATERLOO – MPP Catherine Fife (Waterloo) celebrated the site selection of Grand River and St. Mary’s General hospitals. The proposed site for a new hospital at University of Waterloo's north campus was announced on July...
Stiles welcomes news of tentative deal for LCBO workers
QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles has released the following statement in response to the tentative deal reached between OPSEU workers and the LCBO:
“LCBO workers have been fighting for the things that matter the most to the people of Ontario.
"These workers have put their livelihoods...
“Disgusting”: MPP Gretzky slams Ford and his politicians for using IPV committee to fundraise for own gain
WINDSOR – MPP Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West) put out the following statement after Ford’s politicians were found using the Intimate Partner Violence committee for partisan fundraising:
“Every...
MPP Gates fighting for local access to MRI services for residents
NIAGARA FALLS – NDP MPP Wayne Gates is calling on the provincial government to provide additional funding and resources to address wait times for MRIs in Niagara, so that Niagara residents are able to access local MRI services in a timely manner.
“Our office has heard directly from several constituents in...
“A slap in the face for workers” – NDP calls on government to immediately rescind scab job postings
QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP MPPs Jamie West (Sudbury) and Jill Andrew (Toronto – St. Paul’s) are calling to rescind acting job callouts made by the province seeking “non-union actors only,” while ACTRA workers continue to be locked out by their employers.
“This is an incredible betrayal of...
“Empty promises”: MPP Fife slams Ford for failing to deliver on healthcare spending
WATERLOO – MPP Catherine Fife, NDP Finance critic, released the following statement in response to the Financial Accountability Office (FAO)’s latest review of government spending, which revealed that the government failed to spend $7.8 billion of its budget last year, including $1.3 billion less in health care...
MPP Mamakwa statement on Grassy Narrows Mining Act Legal Action
TREATY NO. 9 TERRITORY: Ontario NDP Deputy Leader, Sol Mamakwa, released the following statement on Grassy Narrows and their legal action against Ontario’s Mining Act:
“As the MPP for Kiiwetinoong, I hear directly and frequently from First Nations and rights...
“Everyone sees through this”: Ontario NDP on Science Centre closure update
TORONTO – MPP Jill Andrew (Toronto – St. Paul’s), NDP critic for Culture and Heritage, released the following statement after Ford gave an update on the abrupt Ontario Science Centre (OSC) closure:
“You only need to look at the letters written to save the Science Centre, with nearly 80,000 sent and...
Conservatives block NDP demand for special hearing on Ontario Science Centre
QUEEN’S PARK – Marit Stiles, Leader of the Ontario NDP, released the following statement after Ford’s Conservatives reject NDP demands for an Ontario Science Centre (OSC) special hearing:
“People across Ontario, especially in Toronto, are demanding to know why Doug Ford and his Minister of...
NDP: “Kids with autism have nowhere to go under Ford’s govt”
TORONTO – MPP Monique Taylor (Hamilton Mountain), NDP critic for Children, Community, and Social Services and MPP Chandra Pasma (Ottawa-West Nepean), NDP’s Education Critic, released the following statement after a school in Barrie had to turn away children with autism due to lack of support and resources:
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STILES: Good jobs and public services shouldn’t be a tall order
QUEEN’S PARK – Marit Stiles, Ontario NDP Leader, is questioning Doug Ford’s commitment to good jobs as LCBO workers begin their first ever strike:
“Good jobs and public services - that’s what these workers are fighting for.
“The LCBO brings in billions to our community every year that then...
