PORT COLBORNE — MPP for Niagara Centre, Jeff Burch, released the following statement in response to news that the Port Colborne Urgent Care centre will be forced to temporarily close this weekend due to ongoing staff shortages:

“It’s appalling to think that a senior or a child needing critical care this...

KIIWETINOONG -- Sol Mamakwa, Ontario NDP critic for Indigenous and Treaty Relations, released the following statement in support of the three First Nations who filed a claim against Ontario to protect their Treaty rights under Treaty No. 9:

“I stand with Chapleau Cree, Missanabie Cree, and Brunswick House...

TORONTO — Chris Glover, the Ontario NDP critic for Technology, Development and Innovation, released the following statement in response to reports by the Globe and Mail and The Logic that Ontario has quietly allowed Loblaws to put self-driving delivery trucks on the road, and may have provided funding for their...

Official Opposition reacts to re-announcement by Long Term Care Minister

NIAGARA FALLS — Wayne Gates, NDP critic for Long Term Care, Home Care and Retirement Homes, responded to Minister Paul Calandra’s re-announcement of limited funds for nurse practitioners in nursing homes with the following...

TORONTO — Ontario NDP Leader Peter Tabuns and Jill Andrew, NDP critic for Culture and Heritage, released the following statement as Jewish communities prepare for the start of Yom Kippur:

"We extend our best wishes to the Jewish community for a meaningful and fulfilling Yom Kippur.

One of the holiest...

QUEEN’S PARK — Chandra Pasma, Ontario NDP Education critic, released the following statement in response to CUPE’s release of results of the strike vote by their education workers:

“This Conservative government has dragged our children to the brink of more school disruption. Premier Doug Ford and...

QUEEN’S PARK – Jill Andrew, NDP Critic for Women’s Social and Economic Opportunity, and Jennie Stevens, MPP for St. Catharines, are calling on Health Minister Sylvia Jones to address a disturbing report of sexual assault survivors being turned away from their local hospital unit. In a letter to Jones released...

Conservatives stand in the way of inclusionary zoning proceeding in Toronto

TORONTO – On Thursday, the Ontario NDP Housing critic MPP Jessica Bell slammed the Ontario government for delaying affordable and below-market housing in Toronto.

At a press conference held beside a transit station zoned for...

QUEEN’S PARK — NDP Interim Leader and critic for Energy and the Climate Crisis Peter Tabuns released the following statement as the Conservative government announces an application to extend the life of the Pickering nuclear power plant:

“Premier Doug Ford failed to plan for Ontario's energy needs and...

NDP again calls for Bill 124 to be scrapped as Ontarians pay the price for its consequences

QUEEN’S PARK—Official Opposition Interim Leader Peter Tabuns and NDP Finance critic Catherine Fife are again calling on Doug Ford to scrap the legislation that is holding back wages of workers like nurses and...

Families need relief on their surging bills as heating season approaches: NDP

QUEEN’S PARK – With natural gas rates set to rise again on Oct. 1, Interim Ontario NDP Leader Peter Tabuns is calling on Doug Ford to give families relief on their bills instead of quietly rubber-stamping increases while...