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Fiscal update has zero dollars for schools, a pittance spent on long-term care’s COVID-19 battle
Ford’s priorities lead to penny pinching in all the wrong places: NDP
QUEEN’S PARK — The Doug Ford government’s first-quarter fiscal update shows that $0 has been added to the education budget, and that since April, the government spent a mere $218 million more on long-term care — nowhere near...
Crumbling classrooms often not ventilated well enough for big class sizes
NDP in Peterborough to call for smaller, safer classes in September
PETERBOROUGH — As Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board’s plan for the fall heads to a review by trustees tonight, Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says many classrooms all over the province simply aren’t ventilated...
London MPPs call for smaller, safer classes ahead of return to school
LONDON — With the start of the school year looming, London NDP MPPs Peggy Sattler, Terence Kernaghan and Teresa Armstrong are calling on Doug Ford to ditch his risky scheme before it’s too late, and replace it with smaller, safer classes. Families with children in the Thames Valley District School Board have less...
Announcing beds in a broken system won’t deliver better seniors care
QUEEN’S PARK — Teresa Armstrong, the Ontario NDP’s Long-Term Care critic, released the following statement in response to a government announcement of future long-term care beds being allocated to a Humber River Hospital long-term care facility:
“Long-term care is badly understaffed,...
Ford’s crowded class scheme leaves some families without options
Horwath in Kingston to call for smaller, safer classes
KINGSTON — Many parents can’t risk sending their children back into crowded classrooms, while others simply can’t take the time off work to stay home with their kids. As the back-to-school countdown ticks down, Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea...
Ford government must act on OHRC Report and finally address deadly Anti-Black racism in policing
OHRC analysis of Toronto police data find Black people more likely to be arrested, charged, shot and killed by police
QUEEN’S PARK —Laura Mae Lindo, Chair of the Official Opposition Ontario NDP Black Caucus and Anti-Racism Critic released the following statement in response to a new report by the Ontario...
Paid sick days could have prevented COVID-19 outbreak, loss of life at Toronto bakery: NDP
QUEEN’S PARK – Wayne Gates, NDP critic for Workplace Health and Safety, issued the following statement in response to news that, during the height of the pandemic, 184 workers were infected with COVID-19 at a FGF Brands, an industrial bakery in Toronto.
“Today we learned that many workers...
Impossible choice: Ottawa families must decide on back-to-school under Ford’s risky scheme by Friday
NDP Leader urges Ford to replace risky scheme with smaller, safer classes
OTTAWA — NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is in Ottawa Monday to call urgently for a plan for smaller, safer classes — on the day many parents will be told they have until just Friday to decide if their kids will return to school in...
Ford should match federal funds for child care: NDP
SCARBOROUGH — Doly Begum, NDP Child Care critic, released the following statement in response to the provincial government announcing that federal funding, up to $230 million, will go towards restarting child care:
“The federal contribution to re-opening Ontario’s child care centres is...
NDP: We need a full-time economic recovery that includes every Ontarian
WATERLOO – Official Opposition NDP critic for Economic Growth and Job Creation Catherine Fife (Waterloo) issued a statement in response to the latest Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey for July:
“Friday’s figures reveal that while Ontario’s job market is slowly recovering, we are not...
Toronto Public Health affirms parents’ fears about Ford’s risky back-to-school scheme
QUEEN’S PARK — Marit Stiles, Ontario NDP Education critic, released the following statement in response to Toronto Public Health raising concerns about class sizes and physical distancing as the Ford government refuses to budge on its risky back-to-school plan:
“Public health authorities...
Horwath calls for Hamilton LRT to be part of post-pandemic recovery
Secret consulting report doesn’t back up inflated cost claims
HAMILTON — NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling on the Ford government to reverse its callous cancellation of the Hamilton LRT — especially since that project is now a critical part of Hamilton’s post-pandemic recovery.
“The LRT was...
