OSHAWA — New Democrats in Oshawa have nominated incumbent MPP Jennifer French as their Ontario NDP candidate again for the 2022 provincial election. French is a teacher who worked in Durham Region schools, and has been a committed community and workers’ rights advocate. First elected in 2014, French currently...

QUEEN’S PARK — Scarborough Southwest MPP Doly Begum, the NDP’s critic for Citizenship, Foreign Credentials and Immigration Services, is calling on the province to invite internationally trained physicians to join Ontario’s fight against COVID-19.

Begum’s call follows up on a Toronto Star report from...

QUEEN’S PARK – Doug Ford must take responsibility for failing seniors who died in long-term care and move now to ensure congregate care residents have meaningful access to their family caregivers, said NDP MPP Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West) during question period Wednesday.

“Doug Ford promised an iron ring...

QUEEN'S PARK — Toronto—St. Paul's MPP Jill Andrew said it is disappointing that the Ford government rejected her motion Tuesday to ban Above Guideline Increases (AGIs) to residential rents during the COVID-19 pandemic at least 12 months after.

"The Ford government continues to ignore the struggles...

THUNDER BAY - Today’s transit announcement that Toronto will order 60 streetcars is good news for workers who have been lobbying for years to get more vehicles built at Thunder Bay’s plant, but the Ford government must do more to create jobs, said MPP Judith Monteith-Farrell (Thunder Bay – Atikokan).

“I...

QUEEN’S PARK — The Ford government is abandoning the hotspot strategy for vaccines after just two weeks — a move Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says ignores expert advice, and risks allowing COVID fires to spread again.

Every day, Toronto and Peel alone have as many new COVID cases as the...

On International Nurses Day and to mark Nursing Week 2021, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath issued the following statement:

“This nursing week, my heart is full of gratitude for nurses. Their importance in the lives of all Ontarians is immeasurable, and the pandemic has shone a spotlight on that...

QUEEN’S PARK – MPP Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre) held a virtual press conference Wednesday announcing his new bill to extend Ontario’s Assistive Devices Program (ADP) to include coverage of technological devices used to support mental health care treatments, and any associated data costs.

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QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath has written to Dr. Dirk Huyer to inquire about whether he is holding inquests into the deaths of seniors who may have died in long-term care from dehydration or starvation. Horwath is urging him to do so, and to make public how many death inquests...

QUEEN’S PARK — NDP Education critic Marit Stiles is calling on the Ford government to release a plan for children 12 and up to get their vaccines — and to book as a family.

“Parents are already juggling at-home learning, work, child care and other responsibilities during this pandemic,” said Stiles...

QUEEN’S PARK — NDP Leader Andrea Horwath, who represents the riding of Hamilton Centre, released the following statement in response to news that the movement to save the Hamilton LRT has been successful:

“The revival of the original Hamilton LRT project is a great victory for Hamiltonians and local...

NIAGARA FALLS — On Tuesday in question period, Niagara Falls NDP MPP Wayne Gates asked Premier Doug Ford to immediately table a plan to address skyrocketing housing prices in Niagara.

Gates pointed to a recent study by Desjardins, which showed that housing affordability in Niagara got worse by 14 per cent —...