QUEEN’S PARK - It’s time for the Ford government to make birth certificates and Ontario’s basic photo identification card, free of cost, said NDP MPP Judith Monteith-Farrell (Thunder Bay – Atikokan) who presented her bill to eliminate ID fees during a zoom press conference on Thursday.

“During this...

SIOUX LOOKOUT – NDP critic for Indigenous and Treaty Relations Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong) has released a statement in response to the Ford government’s sudden decision to close 26 youth justice facilities: “The abrupt closure of 26 youth justice centres is horrifying and dangerous. Many of these centres are in...

SIOUX LOOKOUT – NDP critic for Indigenous and Treaty Relations Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong) has released a statement in response to the Ford government’s sudden decision to close 26 youth justice facilities:

“The abrupt closure of 26 youth justice centres is horrifying and dangerous. Many...

QUEEN’S PARK – Premier Doug Ford has repeated, yet again, the false notion that Ontario is leading Canada’s vaccine rollout. The data shows otherwise.

CTV News and others tracking vaccine rollout show Ontario remains the province in seventh place, and tenth place including Canada’s territories, in...

QUEEN’S PARK — The Ford government and Brampton PC MPPs voted down an NDP motion for paid sick days for Brampton workers put forward by NDP Deputy Leader Sara Singh on Wednesday in the legislature.

“Workers in Brampton have been essential throughout this pandemic, and they need paid sick days,” said MPP...

QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath is calling on the Ford government to include disproportionately-impacted neighbourhoods in the vaccine priority list, as well as adults with serious underlying health conditions.

“Vaccines are the light at the end of a very long tunnel,” said...

QUEEN’S PARK - Doug Ford needs to stop ignoring the people of Thunder Bay during their COVID crisis, and provide them with the resources they need to stay safe during the lockdown, said NDP MPP Judith Monteith-Farrell (Thunder Bay – Atikokan) during question period Tuesday.

“Thunder Bay’s COVID crisis...

QUEEN’S PARK — AstraZeneca vaccine doses will land in Ontario in a matter of days, and Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling for an immediate plan to get it into the arms of those most at risk.

“Ontario needs a plan to prioritize, contact and book appointments for the people most at...

QUEEN’S PARK – Doug Ford must stem the damage to Northern Ontario tourism during this pandemic by including businesses in COVID-funding programs, said MPP Mike Mantha (Algoma-Manitoulin), the NDP’s critic for Tourism, during question period Tuesday.

“Ontario’s tourism industry is suffering, they are...

QUEEN’S PARK — Andrea Horwath’s NDP is launching a campaign Tuesday to ramp up its fight to secure paid sick days for every worker in the province.

Doug Ford’s Conservatives have blocked the expedited passage of NDP MPP Peggy Sattler’s Stay Home If You Are Sick Act three times in as many weeks, and...

PEEL — Several Conservative MPPs from the Peel Region on Monday helped Doug Ford’s government block an NDP bill to give workers in Ontario both permanent and pandemic-specific paid sick days, in spite of calls for paid sick days from local leaders.

Amarjot Sandhu (Brampton West), Prabmeet Sarkaria (Brampton...

TORONTO – NDP MPP Faisal Hassan (York South—Weston) says the Ford government has turned their backs on people trying to get their families into safe and affordable homes by voting against his private member’s bill, Bill 252, Housing is a Human Right...