BRAMPTON — New Democrats in Brampton South have officially confirmed Andria Barrett, a prominent Black business leader, as their Ontario NDP candidate for the 2022 provincial election. Barrett is also a SheEO Activator, a former member of the Brampton Mayor’s COVID 19 Economic Support Task Force, an active...

WINDSOR AND LONDON — Doug Ford is moving Minister Merrilee Fullerton away from the disaster she helped create in long-term care, and putting her in charge of Children, Community and Social Services — leaving vulnerable people and families of children with autism extremely worried.

“The entire province...

QUEEN’S PARK — Doug Ford’s cabinet shuffle is an admission of failure on long-term care and other critical areas during the pandemic.

“Doug Ford is removing and shuffling his ministers of long-term care, small businesses and social services from those files. If there’s ever been an admission that they...

QUEEN’S PARK — NDP Ethics and Accountability critic Taras Natyshak released a statement on Rod Phillips’s rumoured return to the inner circle of Doug Ford’s government. The former minister broke the rules and vacationed in St. Barts while Ontario suffered through a stay-at-home order and a brutal wave of...

TORONTO – NDP Housing critic MPP Jessica Bell (University–Rosedale) is calling on Doug Ford to take action to stop a corporation from buying up $1 billion in single family homes across Southern Ontario – contributing to the massive driving up of house prices.

Core Development Group plans to convert those...

KINGSTON — NDP MPP Ian Arthur (Kingston and the Islands) released the following statement in response to an Islamophobic verbal attack in Kingston:

“I condemn this hateful behaviour — an act of Islamophobia — in the strongest possible terms. Islamophobia and xenophobia are alive in our...

TORONTO / KAPUSKASING – Ontario NDP Education critic Marit Stiles (Davenport), and Francophone Affairs critic Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk—James Bay), took aim at the Ford government’s failure to train and recruit French language teachers.

“Today’s announcement by Stephen Lecce is too little, too late...

OTTAWA – MPP Joel Harden released the following statement after the Ford government went on the attack against the City of Ottawa instead of owning up to its own refusal to provide the city with enough vaccines during this third wave:

“Doug Ford needs to quit playing the blame game and...

KITCHENER — NDP critic for Colleges and Universities, Laura Mae Lindo, said Doug Ford has delayed Milton’s university campus by years with his deep cuts.

Doug Ford scrapped the Milton university campus in 2018 because he didn’t want to spend the money. On Thursday, Milton campus of Wilfrid Laurier...

QUEEN’S PARK — Lisa Gretzky, NDP MPP for Windsor West, said local families, children, and sports organization are asking for answers from the Ford government on the safe return of outdoor leagues in the Windsor area. Gretzky is asking for experts to make a public recommendation on a return to kids’ sports.

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ETOBICOKE — Ontarians don’t know who Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca is — so the NDP is introducing him in a new ad.

“We think people have a right to know who Steven Del Duca is, what his record is, and who he’s here for,” said NDP Campaign Director Michael Balagus. “Del Duca and the Liberals had...

ST.CATHARINES — NDP MPP Jennie Stevens is calling on Doug Ford to take action to stop a corporation from buying up $1 billion in single family homes in St. Catharines and a handful of other cities — massively driving up the price of buying a home in St. Catharines.

Core Development Group plans to convert...