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NDP calls for heritage building reprieve to be extended
QUEEN’S PARK — Following days of activism, opposition and proposing alternatives, Toronto Centre’s NDP MPP Suze Morrison issued the following statement in response to news that the Ford government will pause its progress on demolishing the heritage Foundry buildings until Wednesday:
“I...
MPP Glover and student organizations call on Ford to extend deferral on OSAP debt repayments during pandemic
TORONTO - Ontario graduates desperately need financial relief to get through the pandemic, said NDP MPP Chris Glover (Spadina-Fort York), the NDP’s critic for Colleges and Universities.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has led to massive job losses and has greatly affected people’s income in Ontario,” said...
Transparency needed about diverted vaccine shipments: Horwath
HAMILTON – Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath released the following statement: “Disturbing new reports from the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit show that the Ford government diverted a shipment of Moderna vaccine that may have helped to prevent the deadly outbreak at Roberta Place. This follows...
Horwath urges Ford to take action to save seniors as Science Table shows lives on the line
NDP Leader calls for military reinforcements, more staff, more testing and faster vaccinations
HAMILTON — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling on Doug Ford to take immediate action to save seniors, whose lives are on the line according to a new Science Table report showing Ford’s...
NDP calls for more busses and streetcars, less crowding
Party releases video showing shocking overcrowding for essential workers
TORONTO — Ontario’s NDP has released a video showing just how overcrowded transit is in the GTA and launched a petition in a push to get Doug Ford to fund municipalities to put more buses, streetcars and trains on routes, and cap...
Horwath calls on Ford to speed up vaccinations in long-term care
Only half of LTC residents in Ontario vaccinated as UK variant threatens LTC homes
HAMILTON — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling on Doug Ford to speed up vaccinations in long-term care, saying it’s unacceptable to have only inoculated half of the seniors living in Ontario’s nursing...
NDP statement on SIU’s finding in Jamal Francique case
QUEEN’S PARK — The Official Opposition NDP’s Anti-Racism Critic and Black Caucus Chair Laura Mae Lindo, Community Safety and Correctional Services Critic Kevin Yarde and Attorney General Critic Gurratan Singh released the following statement in response to Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU)’s...
Cutting GO transit service could put our essential workers at risk
TORONTO — NDP MPP Jessica Bell (University—Rosedale), the Official Opposition NDP Transit critic, issued the following statement in response to Metrolinx’s move to cut GO and Union Pearson Express transit service:
“Our essential workers who can’t work from home, including health care...
Internal documents show government ignored safe schools advice; NDP demands safe schools now
QUEEN’S PARK — Internal government documents revealed by the Toronto Star show that the Doug Ford government was advised to have a classroom cap of 15 and a large in-school asymptomatic testing program— but Ford chose half-measures instead. NDP Leader Andrea Horwath and Education critic Marit Stiles are again...
Peterborough small businesses can’t wait for mass vaccination – they need more support now: NDP to Smith
PETERBOROUGH — Catherine Fife, NDP critic for Economic Growth and Job Creation, said financial support for small and medium-sized businesses in Peterborough needs to come now, to make sure they make it to the other side of the pandemic without further debt burdens.
Local MPP Dave Smith told Peterborough this...
NDP MPPs call for presumptive WSIB coverage and paid sick days for all frontline health care workers
KITCHENER-WATERLOO – NDP MPPs Catherine Fife (Waterloo) and Laura Mae Lindo (Kitchener Centre) say the Ford government must provide paid sick days and presumptive WSIB coverage for frontline workers during the pandemic, after the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) revealed that paramedics in Waterloo Region...
Horwath responds to Science Table findings
HAMILTON — NDP Leader Andrea Horwath responded to Ontario’s Science Table findings, published Wednesday, which recommend actions the government could take to prevent COVID-19 infections and deaths in long-term...
