SUDBURY – NDP Health Critic France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) issued the following statement this morning after learning of the Ford Conservatives’ decision to end the Physician and Hospital Services for Uninsured Persons program next week:

“There’s no other way to describe this decision other than cruel...

QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP leader Marit Stiles released the following statement in response to the Ford Conservatives plan to reduce eye exam eligibility for seniors:

"Seniors are having a hard enough time right now without having to go longer between eye exams, which are critical to...

QUEEN’S PARK – Official Opposition NDP Leader, Marit Stiles took Ford’s Conservatives to task on a budget that fails to meet the moment. Stiles has a vision of an Ontario with more opportunity and prosperity for everyone – not just for Ford's well-connected insiders.

“Ford’s...

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP Deputy Leader and MPP for Scarborough-Southwest, Doly Begum, released the following statement to mark the start of Ramadan:

“Today Muslims across Ontario, Canada, and around the world will begin observing the month of Ramadan. This is a very special time for the Muslim community - a...

QUEEN'S PARK — Ontario NDP leader Marit Stiles issued the following statement in response to reports that the Ford government will be ending the paid sick days program next week:

“This government is no friend to workers.

Nobody in Ontario should have to go to work sick, or leave a sick child,...

QUEEN’S PARK – In Queen’s Park today, MPP Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West) called for a provincial budget that invests in Ontarians and charts a new, hopeful path forward for the province:

“Budgets are all about priorities. Tomorrow’s provincial budget is such an important opportunity for us to make...

QUEEN’S PARK – Kiiwetinoong MPP Sol Mamakwa, Deputy Leader of the Official Opposition NDP and Critic for Indigenous and Treaty Relations, issued the following statement on World Water Day 2023.

“We know that many First Nations children in Ontario continue to lack access to clean water, and as a result,...

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP Environment Critic, Sandy Shaw (Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas) held a press conference today before tabling four solutions in Legislature that, if passed, would ensure Ontario’s water is clean and safe in honour of World Water Day.

“We must protect Ontario’s rivers, lakes, and...

QUEEN'S PARK — MPP Jessica Bell (University-Rosedale) has reintroduced her bill to ensure all washing machines sold in Ontario are equipped with a filter that reduces the shed of microfibres into water and soil systems.

"Microfibres are a common type of microplastic that shed from our clothes into washing...

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPPs Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre) and Jennie Stevens (St. Catharines) have reintroduced the Viewer Discretion Act, a private member’s bill to protect Ontarians from the unsolicited distribution of graphic materials to residences.

If passed, this legislation would...

QUEEN’S PARK ⁠— NDP MPPs Kristyn Wong-Tam (Toronto Centre), NDP Housing Critic MPP Jessica Bell (University-Rosedale), and MPP Chris Glover (Spadina–Fort York) held a press conference with affordable housing advocates this morning, calling on Ford to prioritize solutions to address homelessness and the...

QUEEN’S PARK — NDP MPPs Kristyn Wong-Tam (Toronto Centre) and Jill Andrew (Toronto – St. Paul’s) announced that they will introduce a private member’s bill to improve indoor air safety. The bill will be co-sponsored by NDP MPP Wayne Gates (Niagara Falls) and Jamie West (Sudbury).

The bill is a result...