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Ford’s education cuts are hurting northern kids
NORTH BAY — Doug Ford’s cuts are jeopardizing the education of kids in the Near North and across northeastern Ontario, as they face the prospect of fewer teachers and education workers, said NDP Deputy Leader John Vanthof and Education critic, Marit Stiles, who held a roundtable discussion Friday with education...
NDP MPP Jill Andrew to speak at Inspire Awards
TORONTO — Jill Andrew, MPP for Toronto-St. Paul’s and Ontario NDP Culture critic, will be a featured speaker at the Inspire Awards this evening.
This is the ninth year the Inspire Awards will recognize inspiring people, youth, businesses and organizations in the GTA’s LGBTQ community. In 2018, Andrew was...
Horwath brings vision for better health care to the Niagara Region
Families set to join Horwath to talk about the impact of Ford’s health care cuts and chart a better way forward
ST. CATHARINES — NDP Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath will hold a town hall in St. Catharines on Thursday evening to hear from patients, families and community members and lay...
Ford’s review of WSIB will mean less support for injured Ontario workers
NIAGARA FALLS — Wayne Gates, Ontario NDP critic for the Workplace Safety Insurance Board (WSIB), responded to the Ford government launching a review of the WSIB with the following statement:
“Injured workers have suffered for decades under a WSIB that failed to properly compensate workers...
Ford’s education cuts rip away opportunity for Peel youth: NDP’s Singh
Schools in Peel are already being forced to cut classes in skilled trades
BRAMPTON—Sara Singh, Deputy Leader of the Official Opposition NDP and MPP for Brampton Centre, says that Doug Ford’s cuts to education are ripping away opportunities for Peel youth to enter the skilled trades, hurting their future...
Ford government continues targeting Ontario’s vulnerable with cuts to children and youth at risk
QUEEN’S PARK – Monique Taylor, the Official Opposition NDP’s Child and Youth Services critic, issued the following statement in response to the Ford government’s cuts to children and youth at risk:
“After years of having to do more with less under successive Liberal governments,...
NDP’s West presents motion to save lives and prevent opioid overdoses in Northern Ontario
SUDBURY- Jamie West, NDP MPP for Sudbury, announced today that he will introduce a private member’s motion in the legislature calling on the Ford government to take immediate action to prevent opioid addiction and overdoses, and to save lives in Northern Ontario.
The motion, Preventing...
NDP calls on Ford to strike select committee on climate change
QUEEN’S PARK — Peter Tabuns, Ontario NDP Energy and Climate Change critic, will introduce a motion calling on the Ford government to strike a select committee on climate change with representation from all parties. The committee would be tasked with immediately developing comprehensive provincial strategies to...
Doug Ford’s cuts take away $1,100 in services from every Ontarian
QUEEN’S PARK—NDP Official Opposition Finance critic Sandy Shaw issued a statement following the Financial Accountability Officer’s latest Economic and Budget Outlook:
“Doug Ford is taking $1,100-worth of programs and services away from every person in Ontario. More than $6 billion in...
Indigenous communities shut out from providing meaningful input into new curriculum
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit studies courses made elective
SIOUX LOOKOUT — Sol Mamakwa, Ontario NDP critic for Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, said it’s shameful for the Ford Conservatives to rewrite the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit studies curriculum without adequately consulting...
Ford’s consultant auditor scheme a PR stunt, waste of cash: NDP
WELLAND— NDP Official Opposition Municipal Affairs critic Jeff Burch released the following statement regarding Doug Ford’s latest scheme to use $7.35 million in public money to have private consultants conduct municipal audits:
“Only Doug Ford would cut billions from municipalities and...
Ford's funding cut to AI research will hamper innovation
WATERLOO — Catherine Fife, Ontario NDP critic for Employment, Research and Innovation, released the following statement in response to news that the Ford Conservatives have ended funding to at least two institutes researching artificial intelligence (AI):
“It’s incredibly short-sighted...
