QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Women’s Social and Economic Opportunity Alexa Gilmour is calling on the Doug Ford government to increase social services funding to non-shelter-based organizations supporting survivors of gender-based violence.

Services for survivors that offer assistance...

QUEEN’S PARK — After first-degree murder charges were stayed against three inmates at Maplehurst Correctional Complex late last month, Ontarians are now at risk of further fallout from Doug Ford’s...

QUEEN’S PARK — Toronto's green roof by-law helped to make Ontario a global leader in environmental construction, but the Doug Ford government quietly killed the mandate without public notice on the night the Blue Jays began their World Series...

QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Public Transit Doly Begum is continuing to pressure Doug Ford for transparency as his mismanagement continues to make life harder for Ontarians.

MPP Begum demanded answers from the Premier during yesterday’s Question Period.

“Residents in Scarborough...

QUEEN’S PARK – Marit Stiles and the Ontario NDP debated their Buy Ontario First motion this afternoon, calling for a plan to create good jobs, strengthen our local economy, and tariff-proof our future.

Conservatives and Liberals refused to vote for a plan to strengthen Ontario and create good jobs.

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QUEEN’S PARK — The Ontario NDP is calling on Premier Doug Ford to provide the province’s jails with the funding and staffing required to keep both inmates and correctional workers safe.

Shadow Attorney General Kristyn Wong-Tam and Shadow Solicitor General Jennie Stevens are pointing to Ford’s continuing...

QUEEN’S PARK – The legislature resumed today to vote on NDP MPP Guy Bourgouin’s (Mushkegowuk – James Bay) private member’s bill, Bill 49, regarding northern highway safety for highways 11 and 17.

“This bill is not about political stripes;” said Bourgouin. “It’s about protecting the safety of...

QUEEN’S PARK — In a recent Abacus Data poll commissioned by CUPE Ontario, 52% of respondents — including 43% of past Conservative voters — said that Doug Ford’s Labour Minister, David Piccini, should resign or be fired for the government’s misuse of the Skills Development...

QUEEN’S PARK — Shadow Minister for Environment, Conservation and Parks Peter Tabuns (Toronto—Danforth) says Doug Ford’s latest plan to centralize Ontario’s conservation authorities is an environmental disaster in the making.

“Doug Ford thinks that environmental decisions should be made from an...

LONDON — Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles is in both London and Ingersoll today, keeping up the pressure on Doug Ford as job losses continue to hit communities across southwestern Ontario.

Stiles is meeting with local workers, labour leaders, and community organizations after production at GM’s CAMI plant...

QUEEN’S PARK — The Ontario NDP are calling on the Ford government to protect Ontarians with real rent control now, as Bill 60 threatens them with higher rent and easier evictions:

“Doug Ford’s jobs disaster has given Ontarians enough to worry about,” said Marit Stiles, Leader of Ontario’s Official...

QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Addictions with responsibility for Primary Care, Robin Lennox (Hamilton Centre), pressed the Ford government today in Question Period today to end the wage gap for community nurses and stop the funding cuts that are putting patients and health care...