NDP motion calling for provincial support to help Peel fight COVID-19 passes

Brampton North MPP says now the Ford government must quickly deliver help MPPs are calling for

QUEEN’S PARK — Kevin Yarde, NDP MPP for Brampton North, released the following statement on the unanimous passage of his motion calling for immediate provincial assistance for Peel in its fight against COVID-19:

“I would like to thank all the MPPs that supported my motion calling for immediate provincial assistance for Brampton and the Peel region in our fight against COVID-19. Now it’s time for Doug Ford to act quickly on the decision MPPs in the legislature have made, and give Peel the help it needs to hire more public health staff and do more testing, more contract tracing, and proactive workplace inspections and other actions to stop the spread and protect people in our community.

Brampton has been let down time and again by Conservative and Liberal governments that have refused to properly fund our health care system — from denying us the new hospital we need, to cutting and squeezing our services. People in Brampton are hurting right now because of the pandemic, and we can’t afford for Doug Ford and his Conservatives to keep shortchanging Brampton and the Peel region.

The NDP will be watching closely to make sure Doug Ford follows through. It's disappointing that he skipped this important vote, but Andrea Horwath and NDP MPPs Sara Singh (Brampton Centre) and Gurratan Singh (Brampton East) and I won’t rest in the fight for Brampton, until we get the support families here need and deserve.”