June 29, 2020
END POLICE VIOLENCE. INVEST IN BLACK, INDIGENOUS AND RACIALIZED PEOPLE’S LIVES.
An Ontario NDP Commitment to Action:Click Here To Download A PDF Copy Of This Policy Paper Introduction Since April, nine Black, Indigenous or racialized people in Canada have died in interactions ... More
June 23, 2020
Horwath and rallying families call for Ford to reverse plans to protect long-term care corps
QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is joining the loved ones of those who experienced long-term care’s COVID-19 disaster to demand that Premier Doug Ford scrap his plans t... More
June 19, 2020
Ford’s per-student funding doesn’t come close to making up for cuts, missed months: NDP
QUEEN’S PARK — Marit Stiles, Ontario NDP Education critic, said the Ford government’s per-student funding for the 2020-21 school year falls well short of the investment needed to address the challe... More
June 19, 2020
‘Plan’ to re-open schools offers no clarity at all: NDP
QUEEN’S PARK — Marit Stiles, Ontario NDP Education critic, released the following statement in response to the government’s announcement on re-opening schools: “By announcing all, none or some scho... More
June 18, 2020
Lindo: Tenants need protection from landlords hiking rents during the COVID-19 pandemic
KITCHENER – NDP MPP Laura Mae Lindo is urging the Ford government to take urgent action to stop residential landlords hiking rent during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Many families in Kitchener are strug... More
June 16, 2020
NDP MPP Lindo urges Ford to extend pandemic pay to all front-line workers immediately
KITCHENER — NDP MPP Laura Mae Lindo (Kitchener Centre) has published an open letter to the Premier and the Health Minister urging them to include every frontline worker in the pandemic pay premium,... More
June 16, 2020
Ford ignored families’ pleas for help in long-term care for weeks: Horwath
We can’t assume the worst is over, and allow the Ford government make the same mistakes again, said Horwath QUEEN’S PARK — With more and more families coming forward to share their stories, Officia... More
June 15, 2020
Government must provide answers – and proper PPE – to paramedics after non-medical masks issued
QUEEN’S PARK – The Ford government must provide proper personal protective equipment to paramedics, as well as immediate answers on the supply of masks after paramedics discovered that masks they w... More
June 15, 2020
Mamakwa calls on Ford to support Kiiwetinoong First Nations to contain COVID-19
VERMILION BAY – Doug Ford’s government must help Kiiwetinoong First Nations to contain COVID-19, said Sol Mamakwa, NDP Official Opposition Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation critic. The commun... More
June 11, 2020