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Fix the First Nations water crisis, send the bill to Ottawa: Horwath to Ford
Horwath concludes tour of Neskantaga, Attawapiskat
THUNDER BAY — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says that since the federal Liberal government has let people down by refusing to ensure there is clean, safe drinking water in First Nations communities, the province needs to step in, address the...
NDP calls on Ford to fire PC MPPs on appointments review committee
Taras Natyshak asks: Is the committee failing on purpose?
QUEEN’S PARK — While Doug Ford was handing out appointments to cronies, some PC MPPs were undermining the committee tasked with reviewing those appointments. Now the NDP wants Ford to remove his MPPs on the standing committee on government...
Long-time advocate backs NDP bill proposing opt-out system for organ donation
QUEEN’S PARK — George Marcello, an organ donation advocate who has received transplant surgery and is waiting again for a donor, is urging Doug Ford’s government to support an NDP bill proposing an opt-out system for organ donation. Marcello, NDP Health critic France Gélinas and recent transplant recipient...
Child care costs are crushing families, and Ford is making it worse
The NDP’s Early Learning and Child Care critic, Doly Begum, released the following statement, responding to child care supporters and Toronto city councilors speaking out today against the Ford government’s child care cuts:
TORONTO — “As it is, there are people in Toronto, and across...
NDP MPP responds to alleged carding by immigration officers
TORONTO — Faisal Hassan, NDP MPP for York South-Weston, released the following statement in response to a CityNews report that immigration officers have been allegedly carding people in York South-Weston neighbourhoods:
“I was deeply troubled to hear a report of people of colour allegedly...
Cutting health care workers won’t end hallway medicine
Health Minister walks back Doug Ford’s comments on hallway medicine
QUEEN’S PARK — Last week, speaking from Saskatoon, Doug Ford said his government has addressed hallway medicine, and would end the practice within a year. On Monday, Health Minister Christine Elliott walked those comments back. Official...
Another Doug Ford Gravy Train appointment ignored by Ford
QUEEN’S PARK — Doug Ford has yet another Gravy Train passenger he’s been hiding. Ian Neita and Dean French coached a basketball team together, then Doug Ford appointed Neita to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB).
“Ford handed out another ticket on his Gravy Train to a member of he and...
Doug Ford's cuts put 3,000 Toronto child care spaces in jeopardy
QUEEN’S PARK – Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says the impacts from Doug Ford's budget just keep coming. Horwath and the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care revealed Thursday that Ford’s decision to slash child care operating funds puts over 3,000 Toronto child care spaces on the...
NDP says costs belong on Ford's account, not Hamilton taxpayers
HAMILTON — Sandy Shaw, NDP Finance critic and MPP For Hamilton West-Ancaster Dundas, says a potential 6.7 per cent tax hike for Hamilton families is a Ford Tax — and Doug Ford can stop it by reversing his cuts.
Early estimates from Hamilton city staff presented Monday indicate that the average property tax...
Ford fails to make Indigenous people priority: Mamakwa
SIOUX LOOKOUT – Sol Mamakwa, Ontario NDP Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation critic, issued the following statement after Doug Ford skipped a meeting between Indigenous leaders and Canada’s premiers:
“It’s clear that Doug Ford and his government does not see Indigenous leaders as...
The government created the crisis at Brant Family and Children's Services, the government needs to fix it
HAMILTON — Monique Taylor, NDP critic for Children and Youth Services, issued the following statement after the entire Board of Directors at Brant Family and Children’s Services announced they will resign after the Ford government failed to address a deficit that is putting the children served by the organization...
NDP urges Ford to take action to stem Thunder Bay job losses
Hundreds of layoff notices expected
As workers and families reel from the news that Bombardier plans to issue hundreds of lay-off notices at its Thunder Bay plant, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath and MPP Judith Monteith-Farrell (Thunder Bay-Atikokan) are urging the province to get in gear and take action, rather...
