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35 hours to go: Minden businesses bring their plea for their local ER to Queen’s Park
QUEEN’S PARK – With less than two days left until the Minden emergency room closes, the Official Opposition NDP joined small business owners to share their grave concerns about the impact this will have on Minden and surrounding communities.
“You have 35 hours to do the right thing,” said NDP Health...
NDP introduces Safe Night Out Act with solutions to prevent sexual assault and harassment
QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPPs Peggy Sattler (London West) and Kristyn Wong-Tam (Toronto Centre) re-introduced the Safe Night Out Act today with strategies to prevent sexual assault and harassment.
The Safe Night Out Act is a private member’s bill (PMB) that would make Ontario’s bars and nightclubs safer for...
Ford government ramming through Peel break-up unfair to residents: NDP
The government is skipping over public consultation in Peel dissolution
QUEEN’S PARK — Jeff Burch, NDP critic for Municipal Affairs, issued the following statement in response to the Ford government’s decision to use a time-allocation motion to ram through Bill 112, its Peel Dissolution legislation,...
NDP calls for stronger public health measures on tobacco use in Ontario
QUEEN'S PARK - France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) Ontario NDP Health Critic and MPP Kristyn Wong-Tam (Toronto Centre) Attorney General Critic addressed the urgent need for public health measures to combat the devastating effects of tobacco use in Ontario during Question Period today. In addition, the two released a...
Niagara MPP Gates grills Conservatives over shocking incident at Orillia LTC home
QUEEN’S PARK – MPP Wayne Gates (Niagara Falls) NDP Critic for Long-Term Care, Retirement Homes, and Home Care, received no answers from the Ford government after grilling them on an incident that occurred at Leacock Care Centre in Orillia, where a resident was forced to sit overnight in their own waste due to a...
“When will the Minister do his job?” NDP demands investigation into minor league hockey cash-for-access culture following new allegations
QUEEN’S PARK – MPP Jennie Stevens (St. Catharines), NDP critic for Tourism and Sport, took Minister of Tourism, Culture & Sport Neil Lumsden (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek) to task in Question Period for ignoring new information that has come to light about alleged corruption and cash-for-access culture in the...
Ontario NDP survey shows students with special needs face hundreds of hours of school exclusions
QUEEN’S PARK – Data collected by Ontario NDP Education critic Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West - Nepean) in collaboration with the Ontario Autism Coalition (OAC) reveals that students with special needs are facing ongoing instances of exclusions, including many who missed out on a full school day due to lack of...
Stiles encourages Ontarians to make their voices heard as healthcare privatization looms
LAKEFIELD – Ontario NDP Leader, Marit Stiles, visited Lakefield today to meet with local members of the Ontario Health Coalition (OHC) who have been organizing with the Peterborough community to push back against Ford Conservatives’ healthcare privatization agenda.
“Ford’s Conservatives starved our...
MPP Mamakwa congratulates incoming First Nations Health Authority CEO
SIOUX LOOKOUT – MPP Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong) released the following statement to commemorate the leadership transition for Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (SLFNHA):
“Sincere congratulations are in order for Sonia Isaac-Mann on her new role as Chief Executive Officer and President of the Sioux...
Ontario NDP, Minden community keep up advocacy to save local ER
QUEEN’S PARK – Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition NDP, will visit Minden today to meet with community members and advocates to talk about strategies and solutions to save their Emergency Room (ER) and protect local ERs across Ontario.
“I am incredibly inspired by the people of Minden – but...
NDP statement on encouraging Stellantis updates
WINDSOR - Marit Stiles, Leader of the Ontario NDP, and MPP Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West) released the following statement:
"After days of raising the fate of the Stellantis deal in the Legislature, it is a very positive step to finally see Ford take responsibility and come to the table for the people of...
Stiles advocates for solutions to end ambulance shortages in Windsor-Essex
WINDSOR – Marit Stiles, Official Opposition NDP Leader, was in Windsor today, supporting solutions that will end ambulance code blacks once and for all. Stiles was joined by MPP Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West), Essex Mayor Sherry Bondy, and President of CUPE 2974 EMS James Jovanovic.
In October 2022, Essex County...