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NDP responds to Extendicare Starwood being put under The Ottawa Hospital management
OTTAWA — NDP MPP Joel Harden (Ottawa Centre) issued the following statement in response to an order for Extendicare Starwood to come under the temporary management of The Ottawa Hospital as it grapples with a serious COVID-19 outbreak:
“Doug Ford has spent the last month insisting that...
NDP MPPs urge Ford to fund smaller, safer classes in Hamilton’s schools in light of more class collapsing
Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board is being forced to increase class sizes during the second wave of COVID-19
HAMILTON – NDP MPPs Andrea Horwath, Sandy Shaw, Monique Taylor and Paul Miller have issued a joint statement on the funding crisis facing the Hamilton-Wentworth District School...
Horwath denounces Ford’s penny pinching as schools and daycares dominate COVID-19 outbreaks
QUEEN’S PARK — With child care centres and schools a dominating source of COVID-19 outbreaks in Ontario’s hot spots according to data released Thursday, Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is urging the Ford government to do more to stop the second wave by shrinking class sizes. Instead, Doug Ford...
Sattler: Flu vaccine mess must be fixed urgently to save lives
QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPP Peggy Sattler (London West) took the concerns of Londoners over the continued lack of flu vaccines to the Ontario legislature Thursday. Sattler asked the government to explain why pharmacies in London still don’t have the supplies of flu vaccine they need despite repeated promises by Doug...
NDP calling for education funding bump as thousands of students flee in-class learning
QUEEN’S PARK — Thousands of students are fleeing in-class learning and opting for online classes — proof that families have lost confidence in the safety of our schools under Doug Ford’s penny-pinching back-to-school scheme, NDP Education critic Marit Stiles said Thursday.
Stiles and the NDP are calling...
Doug Ford continues to neglect Francophone education during pandemic, northern forum concludes
QUEEN'S PARK - Guy Bourgouin, NDP MPP for Mushkegowuk-James Bay, and Michael Mantha, NDP MPP for Algoma-Manitoulin, held a virtual town hall on Wednesday evening with school trustees and teachers on the critical situation of French-language education in Northern Ontario.
The MPPs stressed the urgent need...
McVety’s application edited to hide McVety family’s use of school as a personal bank
QUEEN’S PARK — Charles McVety has edited his school’s application to hide troubling facts, including the fact that the McVety family has taken more than $800,000 cash from the in-deficit Canada Christian College (CCC).
The McVety family applied to the Postsecondary Education Quality Assessment Board...
NDP tabling motion to cap food delivery fees to save Ontario small businesses
QUEEN’S PARK — The NDP is tabling a motion to cap food delivery charges by third-party delivery services, which are taking outrageous margins — as high as 30 per cent — from restaurants struggling to stay afloat during the pandemic.
Capping third-party food delivery charges is part of the NDP’s plan...
Ford must deliver funding to support Vermont Square, facing one of Ontario's worst outbreaks: NDP
TORONTO — The NDP MPP for University—Rosedale, Jessica Bell, asked Doug Ford why his government isn't helping to fix testing delays, understaffing and an aging HVAC system at Vermont Square, a long-term care home in her riding currently experiencing one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in the province.
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Ford must stop ignoring Neskantaga emergency and provide support now: Mamakwa
QUEEN’S PARK – Doug Ford must stop turning his back on the people of Neskantaga and help the community through a public health crisis after it lost running water last week and families were forced to evacuate, said Sol Mamakwa, NDP MPP for Kiiwetinoong.
Mamakwa went to Neskantaga and brought concerns...
Ford government is allowing class sizes to increase in Hamilton’s schools during the pandemic
$9 billion of unspent COVID-19 funds should be used for smaller, safer classes
QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPP Monique Taylor (Hamilton Mountain) has demanded to know why the Ford government is allowing class sizes in Hamilton’s public schools to increase during the second wave of COVID-19. This week, the...
Armstrong urges Ford to pass the Time to Care Act and make it law urgently
QUEEN’S PARK – MPP Teresa Armstrong (London—Fanshawe), NDP critic for long-term care, is calling on the Ford government and all MPPs to pass her private member’s bill, Time to Care Act (Bill 13) by getting it to third reading urgently to protect seniors in long-term care. A vote on the bill will take place at...
