QUEEN’S PARK – Marit Stiles’ Ontario NDP ended the legislative session keeping the focus on fighting for the basics and holding Ford’s Conservatives to account for wasting billions of taxpayer dollars on schemes, scandals and vanity projects.

“The people of Ontario need a government that’s in their...

QUEEN'S PARK - Jamie West, MPP for Sudbury and Labour critic for the Ontario NDP passed his Private Member’s Bill to officially recognize June 1 of each year as Injured Workers Day in Ontario. This is 41 years in the making, and a huge win for injured workers around the province!

In 1983, the provincial...

QUEENS PARK – On Thursday, MPP Wayne Gates is inviting the provincial government to work with experts and act on addressing the primary care crisis affecting families & seniors in Niagara and across the province.

“We have over 2.2 million Ontarians without a family doctor – and this crisis has been...

QUEENS PARK – MPP Jessica Bell (University–Rosedale) stood with Toronto renters to announce a new motion that would empower the Rental Housing Enforcement Unit (RHEU) to swiftly and effectively respond to tenant concerns.

“Too many renters in Ontario are being taken advantage of by landlords that know...

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPP John Vanthof (Timiskaming – Cochrane) slammed the government on highway safety amid increasing dangerous conditions in Northern Ontario due to negligence and inexperienced commercial drivers during Question Period:

"Our highways in Northern Ontario, particularly Highways 11 and 17,...

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP critic for Colleges and Universities MPP Peggy Sattler (London West) released the following statement in response to reports of colleges being forced to make $752 million in cuts:

“Investing in our colleges is investing in our future. After decades of chronic underfunding, made worse by...

QUEEN’S PARK — MPP Sol Mamakwa, Deputy Leader of the Ontario NDP, demanded answers on the health care crisis in Northern Ontario.

“In Sioux Lookout, 3100 people don’t have access to a family doctor. That’s more than half the population,” said Mamakwa. “People across the North have the worst health...

QUEEN’S PARK ­­— MPP Bhutila Karpoche (Parkdaleؘ–High Park) was joined by tenant advocates to address the urgent need for real solutions to out-of-control rental costs.

“Housing is the foundation for stability, but unregulated rent increases make people's lives unpredictable,” said Karpoche...

QUEEN’S PARK – Catherine Fife (Waterloo), the Ontario NDP critic for Finance and Treasury Board, has released the following statement in response to the latest expenditure report from the Financial Accountability Officer:

“What we are seeing from this government is a systemic underfunding of education...

QUEEN’S PARK – Earlier this afternoon, NDP Critic for Indigenous and Treaty Relations and Deputy Leader Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong) joined the current and former leadership of Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN), the leadership of the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service (NAPS), Elders and the Solicitor General for the ceremony...

QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP MPP Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre) is debating his Private Member’s Motion today that would allow more people to realize the dream of business ownership. The motion, supported by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, the London Chamber of Commerce, and Employee Ownership Canada...

QUEEN’S PARK – MPP Jessica Bell (University-Rosedale) and France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) were joined by primary care professionals and patients from Taddle Creek Family Health Team to demand action on the funding crisis facing Family Health Teams.

“Everyone in Ontario should be able to access good primary...