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Ford’s secret triage protocols troubling: NDP
HAMILTON AND OTTAWA — As hospitals continue to fill beyond capacity, the Ford government has issued a triage protocol to decide who will get life saving ventilator support, and who will not. NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said the protocol shows that the crisis in hospitals is out of control, and that Ford’s attempt...
Ford’s secret triage protocols troubling: NDP
HAMILTON AND OTTAWA — As hospitals continue to fill beyond capacity, the Ford government has issued a triage protocol to decide who will get life saving ventilator support, and who will not. NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said the protocol shows that the crisis in hospitals is out of control, and that Ford’s attempt...
Baber still collecting $16,000 salary bonus
BRAMPTON — Anti-lockdown MPP Roman Baber will continue to collect a $16,000 top up on his MPP paycheque until Doug Ford recalls the legislature and fires Baber from his job as chair of the Justice Committee.
Baber had to be removed from his caucus Friday. Until then, Baber was lobbying Ford behind closed...
NDP’s Kernaghan: London needs more vaccines
LONDON – NDP MPP Terence Kernaghan says the Ford government’s sluggish vaccine rollout is forcing London to cancel vaccination appointments for frontline workers.
“London’s frontline health care workers and long-term care residents all need the vaccine as soon as possible,” said Kernaghan. “But...
NDP calls for Canadian armed forces, red cross at Roberta Place and other care homes
NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling for the Canadian Armed Forces and Red Cross to be deployed to help at Roberta Place in Barrie, where physicians say nearly all of the 122 residents and staff have COVID-19.
“Behind the walls of some nursing homes, there is a horrifying humanitarian crisis playing out,”...
Davantage d’investissement requis dans la garde d'enfants en français : le NPD de l’Ontario
TORONTO ET KAPUSKASING – Mme Doly Begum, porte-parole de l’Opposition officielle en matière d’Apprentissage des jeunes enfants et garde d’enfants, et M Guy Bourgouin, porte-parole de l’Opposition officielle en matière d’Affaires francophones, ont rendu publique la déclaration suivante, suite à une...
NDP MPPs call for immediate government oversight of Amberwood Suites following death amid COVID outbreak
SUDBURY - The Ford government must provide immediate oversight of Amberwood Suites retirement home as their COVID outbreak has claimed the life of one resident, infected 31 other residents and three staff members, said local NDP MPPs, Jamie West (Sudbury) and France Gélinas (Nickel Belt).
“Today’s death...
Ford must take action to prevent more workplace outbreaks in Kitchener-Waterloo
NDP MPPs Lindo and Fife call for transparency on outbreaks, paid sick days and on-site testing
WATERLOO – NDP MPPs Laura Mae Lindo (Kitchener Centre) and Catherine Fife (Waterloo) are urging Doug Ford to put in place measures to protect workers who are being exposed to COVID-19 at workplaces in the region,...
NDP MPP responds to COVID Recovery Hotel at capacity
TORONTO--MPP Rima Berns-McGown, the NDP's critic for Poverty and Homelessness, responded to reports that Toronto's COVID-19 Recovery Hotel for homeless people is at capacity:
"It is deeply concerning that Toronto's COVID recovery centre for people experiencing homelessness is...
MPP Hassan launches Youth Council for York South—Weston
York South—Weston — MPP Faisal Hassan, the Ontario NDP's critic for Youth Engagement, is pleased to launch the Youth Council for York South—Weston. Youth are leading the charge on climate change and social justice issues across our province and insisting on action. Hassan is excited to hear their ideas and...
Gates calls on Ford and Oosterhoff to explain why vaccines were diverted away from Niagara
NIAGARA FALLS — Niagara Falls NDP MPP Wayne Gates has responded to comments made by PC MPP Sam Oosterhoff to the St. Catharines Standard following the Ford government’s decision to divert vaccines away from Niagara:
“Our long-term care homes are in crisis, people are dying, then we find...
Horwath: Ford must start listening to public health experts, not his divided caucus
QUEEN’S PARK – Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath has released a statement following Ford’s announcement that York Centre PC MPP Roman Baber has been removed from his party’s caucus:
“Kicking another of his MPPs out of caucus is purely symbolic unless Doug Ford stops...