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NDP calls for immediate action to crack down on vaping
Gélinas says Ford Government must stop ignoring health experts
QUEEN’S PARK — NDP Health Critic France Gélinas is calling for urgent action to crack down on the marketing of vaping – and warns that Doug Ford’s Conservative government is moving in the wrong direction.
“Now...
Ford’s cut to train services leaves Northerners behind: NDP
QUEEN’S PARK – Mushkegowuk- James Bay NDP MPP, Guy Bourgouin, is calling on the Ford government to take action and reverse the recent service reduction of the Polar Bear Express (PBX) passenger train, Northeastern Ontario’s main point of entrance to James Bay.
“Doug Ford’s cuts to Northern Ontario has...
Legislation needed to prevent Ford, or any premier, from trampling local democracy again: Horwath
QUEEN’S PARK—Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath released this statement, following the Ontario Court of Appeal ruling regarding Doug Ford’s 2018 mid-election slashing of the size of Toronto city council:
“Doug Ford made a reckless, irresponsible and anti-democratic decision to...
NDP Celebrates Rural and Northern Ontario at International Plowing Match
Horwath says broadband is an “essential service"
VERNER — NDP Leader Andrea Horwath and NDP MPPs celebrated rural and Northern Ontario at the annual International Plowing Match (IPM) and Rural Expo in Verner, West Nipissing on Tuesday, where Horwath called for broadband internet to be considered an...
Ford government must step in to help families in Neskantaga under state of emergency
QUEEN’S PARK – Kiiwetinoong MPP Sol Mamakwa, the NDP’s Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation critic, is calling on the Ford government to take action to help the people of Neskantaga First Nation following the federal government’s refusal to evacuate families facing contaminated water flowing through their...
NDP calls on Ford government to reverse decision to cut Transition Child Benefit
QUEEN’S PARK - New Democrats are calling on the Ford government to stop its cut of the Transition Child Benefit that would hurt approximately 32,000 vulnerable children, and their families in Ontario. Lisa Gretzky, NDP critic for Community and Social Services and Laura Mae Lindo, NDP critic for Citizenship and...
Ford sits on hands while corporation tramples rural Ontario’s horse racing industry
WINDSOR-TECUMSEH — Percy Hatfield, MPP for Windsor-Tecumseh and the NDP’s critic for OLG and Horse Racing, responded to a decision by Great Canadian Gaming to further limit the horse racing features at Flamboro Downs:
“Families in and around Hamilton have long brought their children to...
Mamakwa demands commitments from federal leaders on First Nation conditions in Kiiwetinoong
QUEEN’S PARK - Kiiwetinoong NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa released the following open letter calling on federal leaders for commitments to help First Nations people in far north communities in Ontario that are living with ongoing challenges that include deplorable housing conditions and a lack of access to clean drinking...
NDP drags Ford for bragging about cuts
QUEEN’S PARK — The Official Opposition NDP blasted the Doug Ford government on Friday for bragging about just how much it had taken the axe to critical public services, so far.
On Friday, Treasury Board President Peter Bethlenfalvy and Minister of Finance Rod Phillips announced that, including pension...
NDP: Half of campus radio stations at risk of closure due to Ford’s Student Choice Initiative
QUEEN’S PARK — NDP MPPs Jessica Bell and Chris Glover are calling on the Ford government to reverse its attack on student unions and services, which has put campus and community radio stations across the province under threat.
“Doug Ford’s cuts mean that half of Ontario’s community radio stations are...
Ford’s cuts to Ontario municipalities forcing service cuts, downloads costs onto families
QUEEN’S PARK - Ottawa NDP MPP Joel Harden and NDP Municipal Affairs critic, Jeff Burch, issued the following statement after the City of Ottawa’s finance and economic development committee approved a property tax increase, a direct result of Doug Ford’s cuts to Ontario municipalities.
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By expanding privatization, Ford puts businesses before people: NDP
WATERLOO — The NDP’s critic for Economic Growth, Catherine Fife, released this statement in response to today’s Ford government announcement about expanding public-private partnerships for the province’s infrastructure projects:
“Everyday Ontarians are struggling to afford basic...
