QUEEN’S PARK – The NDP is reissuing its call for the immediate repeal of a Minister’s Zoning Order (MZO) on Duffins Creek, and the end to the Ford government’s use of MZOs on all environmentally protected areas after a lawsuit was launched on Monday by Ecojustice, on behalf of Environmental Defence and...

QUEEN’S PARK –Doug Ford must stop the unacceptable delays, and get N95 masks to Sudbury seniors care facilities, frontline health care workers and caregivers now, said local NDP MPPs during question period on Monday. Sudbury’s seniors care facilities have been waiting six months, and they still have not...

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPP Wayne Gates (Niagara Falls) told the Ford government Monday that struggling businesses in Niagara need urgent financial assistance if they are to stay afloat after new restrictions were introduced to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the region.

“It has been two weeks since I told the...

York South—Weston — The NDP MPP for York South—Weston Faisal Hassan released this statement urging the province to pay for and staff school rapid testing:

"My community has been identified since the early days of COVID-19 as high-risk, a hot spot. Despite the high case counts, we had to...

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPP Peggy Sattler (London West) has urged the Ford government to take immediate action to support London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) that is currently dealing with the biggest COVID-19 outbreak the city has faced during the pandemic.

Thirteen new outbreak-linked cases were reported...

GTA MPPs say places like Brampton, Mississauga, Etobicoke, Black Creek, Weston, York South and Scarborough are being left behind

QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario’s NDP MPPs in the GTA are calling on the Ford government to deploy in-school COVID-19 testing to any school in a neighbourhood with high positivity...

QUEEN’S PARK — The NDP is calling for the bill to cap restaurant delivery app fees to be amended immediately to include all restaurants in Ontario, after the Ford Conservatives and Del Duca Liberals teamed up to exclude every single restaurant outside Toronto and Peel.

“Does Doug Ford and Steven Del Duca...

QUEEN’S PARK — The NDP is calling for the Ford government to immediately release all documents that have been requested by the LTC Commission, following revelations by Queen’s Park Briefing that the commission itself says the government has refused to cooperate.

“A government that truly wants answers...

QUEEN’S PARK — The NDP is calling for the bill to cap restaurant delivery app fees to be amended immediately to include all restaurants in Ontario, after the Ford Conservatives and Del Duca Liberals teamed up to exclude every single restaurant outside Toronto and Peel.

“Does Doug Ford and Steven Del Duca...

QUEEN’S PARK — The NDP is calling for the Ford government to immediately release all documents that have been requested by the LTC Commission, following revelations by Queen’s Park Briefing that the commission itself says the government has refused to cooperate. “A government that truly wants answers...

DAVENPORT — New Democrats in Davenport have again selected MPP Marit Stiles to be their NDP candidate in the 2022 provincial election. Stiles, a former school board trustee, currently serves as the Official Opposition’s Education critic.

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Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea...

WINDSOR-ESSEX – NDP MPPs Taras Natyshak, Lisa Gretzky and Percy Hatfield have released a statement after the Ford government announced this afternoon that Windsor-Essex region will be moving into the Red-Control zone: “The people of Windsor-Essex have worked incredibly hard to crush the virus and keep our...