Ford government repeatedly blocks NDP positive solutions for PSW recruitment

QUEEN’S PARK — The NDP has been passionately advocating for staffing up long-term care – but the Ford government refused to hire long-term care staff before the second wave hit, and their latest timeline for staffing up means...

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPP Teresa Armstrong (London—Fanshawe) has called on the Ford government to provide financial support to the Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU), and public health units across the province, that are keeping communities safe during the pandemic and are now being called upon to lead the...

SIOUX LOOKOUT - The Ford government has allowed the virus to spread in Thunder Bay and must now act to stop an outbreak affecting Neskantaga First Nation that declared a state of emergency to deal with an infection rate of 6 per cent of off-reserve members, said NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong).

“The COVID...

QUEEN'S PARK — Peter Tabuns released this statement in response to the Ford government re-instating standard tiered and time-of-use electricity pricing this week in all regions in Ontario —including in areas where the stay-at-home order remains in place —causing electricity bills to jump while people are...

QUEEN’S PARK – Doug Ford and the minister of colleges and universities must provide immediate funding to prevent the gutting of Sudbury’s university, said Jamie West during question period Wednesday. The premier and his minister knew about Laurentian's financial situation for half a year, and yet did...

QUEEN’S PARK — While Premier Doug Ford claims Ontario is leading the country when it comes to vaccines, his own data says otherwise.

And while Ford’s special advisor, General Rick Hillier, claimed Wednesday Ontario is vaccinating 16,000 to 18,000 Ontarians a day, data says that’s not true either.

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QUEEN'S PARK — On Wednesday, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath called on the government to work with the NDP to get more help to Thunder Bay to stop the spread of COVID-19, including in schools.

Thunder Bay–Atikokan MPP Judith Monteith-Farrell and NDP Education critic Marit Stiles joined Horwath in pushing the...

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPP Percy Hatfield (Windsor—Tecumseh) has urged the Ford Government to listen to public health experts, including the local health unit in Windsor-Essex, and pass the NDP’s legislation to provide paid sick days for workers in Ontario.

“The premier has said numerous times he respects...

QUEEN’S PARK — Andrea Horwath’s Official Opposition will ask all MPPs Wednesday morning to support urgent changes to make schools safer, giving parents and kids hope that schools will stay open this time.

“The goal is to keep schools open – and that means we need to make schools safer,” said...

QUEEN’S PARK - The Ford government needs to provide Thunder Bay with the resources it needs to deal with a surge of COVID-19 cases to avoid another lockdown, said NDP MPP Judith Monteith-Farrell (Thunder Bay-Atikokan), after Thunder Bay's medical officer of health signaled Thunder Bay may need to return to...

QUEEN'S PARK – NDP Education critic Marit Stiles said the Ford government must take seriously the troubling results of a People for Education report released Tuesday, which shows 72 per cent of Ontario principals say ensuring physical distancing in schools has been their biggest pandemic challenge to...

QUEEN'S PARK – The NDP's critic for Poverty and Homelessness Rima Berns-McGown made this statement in response to growing outbreaks in Toronto's shelter system – at least one, Maxwell Meighen Centre, reported 29 cases of a COVID-19 variant of concern as of Monday:

"People...