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NDP calls on Health Minister to address disturbing report of sexual assault survivors turned away from hospital
QUEEN’S PARK – Jill Andrew, NDP Critic for Women’s Social and Economic Opportunity, and Jennie Stevens, MPP for St. Catharines, are calling on Health Minister Sylvia Jones to address a disturbing report of sexual assault survivors being turned away from their local hospital unit. In a letter to Jones released...
NDP slams Ford govt for delaying housing people can afford
Conservatives stand in the way of inclusionary zoning proceeding in Toronto
TORONTO – On Thursday, the Ontario NDP Housing critic MPP Jessica Bell slammed the Ontario government for delaying affordable and below-market housing in Toronto.
At a press conference held beside a transit station zoned for...
NDP’s Tabuns says Ontario needs a transparent energy plan
QUEEN’S PARK — NDP Interim Leader and critic for Energy and the Climate Crisis Peter Tabuns released the following statement as the Conservative government announces an application to extend the life of the Pickering nuclear power plant:
“Premier Doug Ford failed to plan for Ontario's energy needs and...
Statement on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
KIIWETINOONG —Sol Mamakwa, NDP critic for Indigenous and Treaty Relations, released the following statement and video message ahead of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Sept. 30:
“As the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is upon...
Ford’s wage restraint fueling hospitals crisis as new report shows huge staffing needs
NDP again calls for Bill 124 to be scrapped as Ontarians pay the price for its consequences
QUEEN’S PARK—Official Opposition Interim Leader Peter Tabuns and NDP Finance critic Catherine Fife are again calling on Doug Ford to scrap the legislation that is holding back wages of workers like nurses and...
Natural gas rates set to rise again on Ford’s watch, ahead of winter
Families need relief on their surging bills as heating season approaches: NDP
QUEEN’S PARK – With natural gas rates set to rise again on Oct. 1, Interim Ontario NDP Leader Peter Tabuns is calling on Doug Ford to give families relief on their bills instead of quietly rubber-stamping increases while...
NDP calls on Ford to end pursuit of privatization in Ontario's health care system
QUEEN'S PARK — Interim Ontario NDP Leader Peter Tabuns and NDP Health critic France Gélinas are calling on Doug Ford to end his pursuit of privatization in Ontario's health care system. In a letter to Ford released Monday, Tabuns and Gélinas warn that Ford's move to send surgeries to private...
Ontario NDP wishes the Jewish community a peaceful and meaningful Rosh Hashanah
TORONTO — Interim Ontario NDP Leader Peter Tabuns and Jill Andrew, NDP critic for Culture and Heritage, released the following statement on Rosh Hashanah:
"As the Jewish community across this province and world usher in the start of the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, we would like to extend best wishes to...
Andrew: Little Jamaica deserves compensation after another delay of the Eglinton Crosstown P3
QUEEN’S PARK – MPP Jill Andrew (Toronto-St. Paul’s) released the following statement regarding a Friday announcement of yet another delay in the construction of the Eglinton Crosstown built using P3 privatization:
“This latest delay is piling on the devastation for businesses in the Toronto—St...
Conservative government could afford to solve health crisis — they chose not to
Ford government finished 2021-22 with $2.1 billion left over
QUEEN'S PARK — While health care and hospitals spiralled into crisis, the Conservative government was withholding so much money, it ran a $2.1 billion-surplus in 2021-22.
That figure comes from the newly released 2021-22 Public Accounts...
NDP marks Bi Visibility Day
QUEEN’S PARK — Toronto Centre MPP Kristyn Wong-Tam, Ontario NDP critic for 2SLGBTQ+ Issues, released the following statement to mark Bi Visibility Day:
“Happy Bi Visibility Day!
Biphobia and Bi erasure are real social problems. No one should have their identity invalidated by stigma.
Today is...
NDP Leader Peter Tabuns and MPP Lise Vaugeois mark the United Nations International Day of Sign Languages
TORONTO AND THUNDER BAY — Ontario NDP Leader Peter Tabuns and MPP Lise Vaugeois, critic for Persons with Disabilities and Accessibilities, released the following statement to mark the United Nations International Day of Sign Languages:
“Today, as we celebrate the United Nations International Day of Sign...