Provincial reviewers say government approach unlikely to provide “deeper and more thorough consultations”

QUEEN’S PARK — Following the release of the province’s interim report on racism and discrimination in the Peel District School Board, Official Opposition critic for Anti-Racism, Citizenship and...

One of Ottawa’s four sites now operating without funding

OTTAWA — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath was in Ottawa Friday where she called on Doug Ford to restore funding for overdose prevention sites. Horwath’s call comes as one of Ottawa’s sites struggles to operate, since temporary...

KITCHENER-WATERLOO — The NDP revealed Thursday that not a single long-term care bed has been created in Kitchener-Waterloo in three years. NDP MPPs Catherine Fife (Waterloo), Laura Mae Lindo (Kitchener Centre), Sandy Shaw (Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas), Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong) and Ian Arthur (Kingston and the...

QUEEN’S PARK — According to a report by the Toronto Star, Doug Ford has appointed two people to the Ontario Human Rights Commission, even though neither of them appeared on a list of more than 300 applicants under consideration. The meddling is the latest in Ford’s appointments scandal. Since June of 2019, Ford...

OTTAWA – NDP MPPs have discovered the trumped-up justification for the staggering $760,000 annual paycheck for Howard Bogach, the boss of the disastrous Tarion Corporation. The Tarion CEO salary was arrived at comparing the job to the CEO salaries at Coca-Cola, Walmart and Loblaws.

“The Tarion CEO’s...

QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition critic for Transit Jessica Bell released the following statement regarding the news that the Discounted Double Fare program between GO and the TTC will officially end on March 31, due to the Ford government's cuts.

“As of March 31, people who commute...

QUEEN’S PARK — Rima Berns-McGown, Ontario NDP critic for Poverty and Homelessness, is calling on the Doug Ford government to declare homelessness in the province a state of emergency. Berns-McGown said recognizing the crisis would also mean taking immediate action to properly fund shelters, as well as...

QUEEN’S PARK — Rima Berns-McGown, Ontario NDP critic for Poverty and Homelessness, is calling on the Doug Ford government to declare homelessness in the province a state of emergency. Berns-McGown said recognizing the crisis would also mean taking immediate action to properly fund shelters, as well as...

QUEEN’S PARK — Guy Bourgouin MPP (Mushkegowuk—James Bay), the Official Opposition NDP’s critic for Training, Trades and Apprenticeships, has issued a statement regarding Minister McNaughton’s remarks today on skilled trades and apprenticeships:

“We need to expand opportunities for a new generation...

QUEEN’S PARK — Marit Stiles, the NDP’s Education critic, released the following statement in response to a document obtained by the Toronto Star that revealed the Ford government had planned to slash millions more from school board funding over four years, while developing online courses so students could...

QUEEN’S PARK — The Official Opposition NDP is calling on Doug Ford and his cabinet to explain what caused a two-hour delay in correcting a false alarm of an incident at Pickering Nuclear Generating Station.

“Ontarians were needlessly left anxious and worried fearing a nuclear incident without knowing what...

On behalf of the Official Opposition, thank you to all of the personnel and first responders responsible for the safe operation of our power generation facilities.

We are deeply troubled that families were unnecessarily given reason to worry about their safety this morning. We need a full and transparent...