QUEEN’S PARK – Doug Ford’s announcement of a paltry $1.5 million in funding, when Black communities in Ontario are calling for systemic change to address anti-Black racism, is a slap in the face to Black communities, said Laura Mae Lindo, Chair of the Official Opposition NDP’s Black Caucus and Official...

TORONTO — Jill Andrew, the Official Opposition Women’s Issues critic, is urging the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney-General to appeal an Ontario Court of Appeal decision that makes voluntary intoxication a legitimate defense in sexual assault and violent crime cases.

“It is already incredibly difficult...

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPPs Jeff Burch (Niagara Centre), who is the Official Opposition Municipal Affairs critic, and NDP House Leader Gilles Bisson (Timmins), have urged Doug Ford to commit to providing emergency operating funding right away for municipalities so they can continue to run day cares, transit systems,...

QUEEN'S PARK — The Ontario NDP's Environment critic, Ian Arthur, issued the following statement in response to documents obtained by The Globe and Mail that suggest the Ford government could exclude small communities, schools and parks from blue-box collection:

“These documents...

QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling on Doug Ford to issue an emergency order to begin the immediate collection of race-based data when it comes to health care delivery in Ontario.

Horwath called on Ford to listen to Dorothy Rodriques, the widow of Leonard Rodriques, a...

Horwath agrees with Rose of Sharon families, Rykka licence should be denied

QUEEN'S PARK — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling on the Ford government to put a moratorium on issuing any new licenses to private, for-profit long-term care homes at least until all investigations and...

New Democrats echo call from Black health leaders

QUEEN’S PARK – Andrea Horwath, Leader of Ontario’s Official Opposition New Democrats, released the following statement calling on the Ford government to listen to Black health leaders and declare anti-Black racism a public health...

QUEEN’S PARK – Official Opposition NDP critic for Ethics and Accountability Taras Natyshak (Essex) revealed Tuesday that PC Party donor James Schlegel, CEO of Schlegel Villages Inc., a private, for profit long-term care chain, is a leading member of the government’s Incident Management System (IMS) Long-Term...

QUEEN’S PARK - Ontario NDP transit critic, Jessica Bell, released the following statement in response to a Toronto Star news report that found that Doug Ford’s privatized Ontario Line project is likely to miss its target 2027 completion date.

“The Ford government ripped up a shovel ready relief line plan...

QUEEN’S PARK — Doug Ford and his government should be assuring families complete transparency about their loved one’s long-term care home, not hiding vital information, said Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath, who held a virtual press conference Tuesday with Tammy Coutu, whose grandmother died of...

NIAGARA — NDP Workplace Health and Safety critic Wayne Gates (Niagara Falls) and Ethics and Accountability critic Taras Natyshak (Essex) called on the Ford government to provide immediate resources to COVID-19 hotspots in the agricultural sector, where significant outbreaks of COVID-19 have occurred among migrant...

QUEEN’S PARK — As the Conservative government hikes hydro rates in the middle of a pandemic, Ontario NDP Energy critic Peter Tabuns said Premier Doug Ford’s failure to fix the electricity system is costing families.

Thanks to Ford’s hydro rate hike, Ontario families will pay 12.8 cents per kilowatt hour...