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Doug Ford is responsible for the fact that PSWs are overworked and underpaid
QUEEN’S PARK — On Thursday, Doug Ford acknowledged for the first time that personal support workers (PSWs) in Ontario are overworked and underpaid — a problem that governments have caused, that everyone in Ontario has known about for ages, and that Ford could fix right now.
Despite Ford’s claims that he...
Horwath calls for back-to-school plan to be scrapped, replaced with smaller, safer classes
BINBROOK — Standing outside an elementary school slated to hold more than 1,000 students in September, Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath called for Doug Ford’s back-to-school scheme to be scrapped, and replaced with a plan for smaller, safer classes.
“It’s clear from Doug Ford’s...
Stevens: Legions need urgent operational funding to survive, not training grants
ST. CATHARINES – Jennie Stevens (St. Catharines), NDP critic for Veterans, Legions and Military Affairs, says Doug Ford’s re-announcement of existing capital grants will do nothing to save legions across Ontario that are on the brink of shutting down permanently due to the impact of COVID-19.
Stevens says...
NDP’s Taylor: Families deserve immediate access to fully-funded autism support, not more delays and window-dressing
HAMILTON – Official Opposition NDP Children and Youth Services critic Monique Taylor (Hamilton Mountain) has issued a statement in response to the Ford government’s decision to reinstate foundational family services that were removed last year:
“Families of children with autism are...
Horwath: Ontario must take action now to get Windsor-Essex safely into Stage 3
QUEEN’S PARK – Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath is urging Doug Ford to immediately take the actions necessary to move the Windsor-Essex region into Stage 3.
“Workers and local businesses in Windsor-Essex are hurting as they face yet another week stuck in Stage 2. As more cases are reported in the...
Seniors can’t wait: Horwath calls for long-term care changes now
ST. CATHARINES — NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling on the Ford government to take urgent, immediate action so seniors can have a safer, better quality of life in long-term care.
“Low staffing levels and a lack of standards and inspections mean seniors aren’t getting the time, care and attention they...
Statement by Andrea Horwath in response to Doug Ford’s commitment to keeping class sizes big in September
QUEEN’S PARK — Andrea Horwath, Leader of the Official Opposition New Democrats, released the following statement in response to Premier Doug Ford’s news conference Wednesday, in which he defended his decision to send kids back to school with regular, large class sizes for all primary school students and many...
Ford’s COVID-19 response is failing Black, racialized and lower income Ontarians: NDP Black Caucus
Public Health data shows Black and racialized people make up 83% of reported COVID-19 cases in Toronto
QUEEN’S PARK — The Official Opposition Ontario NDP Black Caucus released the following statement in response to new Toronto Public Health data, which shows that Black, racialized and lower income...
Ford leaves Ontario’s sports organizations to figure out reopening on their own
HAMILTON – Paul Miller, Official Opposition NDP Critic for Tourism and Sport, and MPP for Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, is calling on the Ford government to step up and provide proper health and safety guidelines to all sport organizations in Ontario, so they can safely navigate reopening.
“Doug Ford...
Child care centres don't just need permission to reopen, they need funding to open safely: NDP
QUEEN'S PARK — NDP Early Learning and Childcare critic Doly Begum responded to the Ford government announcement that child care centres are permitted to open at full capacity as of Sept. 1:
"Doug Ford has quietly put out a notice that child care centres can fully re-open on Sept. 1, but...
Ford set up thousands of tenants to face evictions, starting this weekend
NDP calls for evictions ban to be extended, easy evictions bill to be repealed
QUEEN’S PARK — Doug Ford has created a perfect storm for thousands of evictions to begin this weekend, and NDP Tenant Rights critic Suze Morrison is calling on him to reverse course today, before people end up on the streets...
Ford not acting to fix LTC, even as his own report calls for more staffing, better wages and job security for workers
QUEEN’S PARK — Teresa Armstrong, Long-term Care critic for Ontario’s Official Opposition NDP released the following statement in response to the release of the province’s study on staffing in long-term care:
“Today’s report confirms what health care workers, health experts, and...
