QUEEN’S PARK – Marit Stiles, Leader of the Ontario NDP, released the following statement in response to news that Ford is still searching for a definition to attainable housing since...

QUEEN’S PARK – Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition NDP, released the following statement to mark Remembrance Day and honour our Canadian Armed Forces:

“Today we honour those who have dedicated their lives to serve fellow Canadians and those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our...

BELLEVILLE - New Democrats in Bay of Quinte chose local school board trustee Amanda Robertson as the Ontario NDP candidate for the next provincial election.

“Our community deserves a government that works as hard as they do, one that is focused on delivering health care we can rely on, building homes we can...

TORONTO – New Democrats in Spadina – Fort York came together to nominate incumbent Chris Glover for the upcoming provincial election. Glover has been a champion for his community, advocating for housing, healthcare, education, and $10-a-day childcare.

“Serving the people of Spadina – Fort York is an...

QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP health critic France Gélinas (Nickel Belt), sounded the alarm about skyrocketing opioid deaths in Sault Ste. Marie and Algoma district. MPP Gélinas reminded the Ford government of their failure to fund lifesaving consumption and treatment sites in Northern Ontario.

“Opioid...

QUEEN’S PARK - NDP Deputy Leader and critic for Indigenous and Treaty Relations Sol Mamakwa is calling on the Ontario government to abide with the steps outlined in Aamjiwnaang First Nation and Ecojustice’s press release published earlier this morning. This includes updating the Lambton Industrial Meteorological...

QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP MPP and critic for Energy and Climate Action, Peter Tabuns, joined workers and the Ontario Federation of Labour to call for workplace heat protection measures.

“As the world gets hotter, more and more people will be risking their health and their lives just by going to work,”...

QUEEN’S PARK- MPP Peggy Sattler, NDP critic for Colleges and Universities called for an urgent increase in funding for Ontario’s colleges and universities that are struggling to stay afloat.

“Students, workers, our economy, and our communities thrive when our post-secondary sector is strong,” said...

QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP MPPs Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay – Superior North) and Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk – James Bay) were joined by OPSEU and Ontario’s Wildland Firefighters to demand answers from the government Bill 190’s failure to consider the rights and safety of Ontario’s Wildland...

QUEEN’S PARK – MPP Monique Taylor (Hamilton Mountain), NDP critic for Children, Community, and Social Services, renewed her call for the creation of a missing persons alert for vulnerable persons, after a family from Havelock endured a harrowing search for a lost loved one.

Taylor was joined by the family...

QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP Labour critic, Jamie West (Sudbury), called out the Conservatives for bargaining in bad faith with government engineers and locking them out of work.

“For workers that have been without a contract for more than a year, the PEGO (Professional Engineers Government of Ontario)...

QUEENS PARK – NDP MPP Wayne Gates (Niagara Falls) called for an end to parking fees at public hospitals across the province of Ontario.

“In Niagara, residents are paying out-of-control rates for parking at our local hospitals,” said Gates. “Meanwhile, it’s no secret we have an affordability crisis in...