QUEENS PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Public Transit Tom Rakocevic (Humber River—Black Creek) pressed the Ford Conservatives on the Scarborough Eglinton East LRT today, calling for a commitment to finally fund the vital project:

“Scarborough is the largest and fastest-growing region in Toronto,”...

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPP Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West Nepean) will introduce Bill 23, the Protecting Seniors in Care Homes Act, which she will be bringing forward for debate on April 15th in the Legislature.

“This bill aims to protect seniors across Ontario from exploitation and fee gouging in care homes,”...

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP Shadow Minister for Seniors and Accessibility, with responsibility for WSIB and Injured Workers MPP Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay – Superior North) stood in the Legislature today to address this government’s neglect of Terrace Bay Mill:

“On June 24, the United Steelworkers and a...

QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Solicitor General Jennie Stevens (St. Catharines) and Shadow Attorney General Kristyn Wong-Tam (Toronto Centre) point the blame squarely at the Ford government for the alarmingly frequent lockdowns caused by staffing shortages in Ontario’s...

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP Shadow Minister for Seniors and Accessibility, with responsibility for WSIB and Injured Workers, MPP Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay – Superior North) has tabled Bill 86, The Meredith Act in the Legislature, an Act to replace the 1997 Workers Safety and Insurance Act and is the result of years of...

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPP Jamie West (Sudbury) stood in the Legislature today, calling out the Premier for repeated broken promises on Highway 69 after another devastating collision.

“The Premier himself said this highway is ‘white-knuckle driving’,” said MPP West. “And yet, after years of promises,...

LONDON — Ontario NDP MPP Peggy Sattler (London West) pressed the Ford government in Question Period today on the worsening hallway health care crisis, as patients in London hospitals are being treated in hallways and left waiting for care.

“Speaker, the Premier should read the email he received from a...

QUEEN’S PARK – In response to the recent announcement from the Minister of Education, NDP Shadow Minister of Education MPP Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West – Nepean) released the following statement:

“This is another power grab by the Minister, shutting parents and communities out of our own schools. Why does...

QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Finance Minister Jessica Bell (University—Rosedale) says the latest report from Ontario’s Financial Accountability Office (FAO) indicates that Doug Ford continues to put taxpayer dollars in the wrong places, as the province’s debt...

QUEEN’S PARK – After spending two weeks travelling across Northern Ontario highways to listen to communities and families of victims of collisions, Marit Stiles and the NDP’s Northern Caucus have produced a documentary showcasing the urgent need for safer northern highways.

“After almost two weeks on...

LONDON — Ontario NDP MPPs Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre), Teresa Armstrong (London—Fanshawe), and Peggy Sattler (London West) say London’s unemployment rate hitting 9.1%, now the highest in the country, is a devastating blow for workers and a clear sign of a growing jobs disaster in southwestern...