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NDP response to Smart Serve adding sexual violence prevention module
QUEEN'S PARK — NDP MPP Peggy Sattler (London West) released this statement in response to the Ontario government adding sexual violence prevention to Smart Serve training:
"I'm pleased to see the province move in the right direction to train bartenders and servers to recognize and...
Ford held back $5.6 billion that should have been used to protect Ontarians: NDP
Public Accounts show Conservatives massively underspent, allowed third wave to batter Ontario
QUEEN'S PARK — Doug Ford withheld $5.6 billion that should have been used to protect Ontario families from COVID, put more nurses and PSWs into health care and make schools and daycares safer, say NDP Deputy...
NDP brings together parties to call for vaccinations to be mandatory at Queen’s Park
Liberals, Greens sign on to NDP initiative, PC Party does not
QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario’s MPPs and their staff teams should lead by example by making the COVID-19 vaccination mandatory at the legislature, says the NDP, which has sent a letter to the speaker of the house with the Liberal and Green Party...
MPP says Kitchener businesses need vaccine certificate app quicker
KITCHENER — NDP MPP for Kitchener Centre Laura Mae Lindo is calling on the Ford government to speed up the digital app to verify vaccine certification immediately — not a month from now — after a number of local businesses expressed concerns with the long wait.
"Multiple businesses in Kitchener are...
Vaccine certificate program must be improved: Horwath
QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling for the vaccine certificate program to be improved in order to protect people, and Ontario’s progress in the fight against COVID-19.
“The 85 per cent of us who did the right thing and got our vaccines earned the right to be at a...
Lougheed statement on disturbing video showing antisemitic displays
NIPISSING — Erika Lougheed, Ontario NDP candidate for Nipissing, released the following statement in response to disturbing video showing antisemitic displays:
“I was saddened and sickened to see the video that emerged yesterday capturing displays of antisemitism in our community. This is...
Horwath calls on Ford to get back to work, immediately partner with federal government on key issues
From signing a $10 per day child care deal to accepting federal long-term care money, it’s time to get to work, says Horwath
QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea is urging Doug Ford to come back to work, and immediately partner with the re-elected federal government to bring relief and...
NDP MPP statement on death of local youth worker
TORONTO — NDP MPP Suze Morrison (Toronto Centre) released this statement in response to the death of youth worker Thane Murray, who was shot near Regent Park this past weekend:
"I am devastated by the tragic loss of Thane Murray. My heart aches for his family, loved ones, and his beloved...
Horwath offers condolences on loss of an Ontario child to COVID-19
QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath released the following statement in response to confirmation that a child in the Waterloo region has died with COVID-19:
“All of Ontario is holding the family and loved ones of this precious little one in our hearts today. While...
NDP bill would protect North Bay students from graphic anti-abortion images
NIPISSING — Erika Lougheed, Ontario NDP candidate for Nipissing, released the following statement in response to anti-abortion protestors targeting schools in North Bay with graphic images:
“Like many local students and parents, I was disturbed by the anti-abortion, anti-choice protestors...
Ford’s tinkering with campus policies does not do enough to stop sexual and gender-based violence, and help survivors: NDP
QUEEN’S PARK — Laura Mae Lindo, NDP Colleges and Universities critic, and Jill Andrew, NDP Women’s Issues critic, along with Terence Kernaghan, NDP LGBTQ critic, released the following statement in response to the Ford government’s announcement about sexual violence policies at colleges and universities in...
Ontario must act now to help Marten Falls First Nation: NDP
Joint statement from NDP Indigenous and Treaty Relations Critic Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong)and MPP Guy Bourgoin (Mushkegowuk—James Bay)
SIOUX LOOKOUT and KAPUSKASING – NDP Indigenous and Treaty Relations Critic Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong) and MPP Guy Bourgoin (Mushkegowuk—James Bay) issued the following...
