QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles says Doug Ford’s tepid apology for his private jet scandal isn’t good enough, and that the Premier needs to reimburse Ontario taxpayers for the costs:

“Doug Ford’s half-hearted mea culpa doesn’t put money back in people’s...

QUEEN’S PARK – Following the passing of Bill 9, NDP Shadow Minister for Municipal Affairs MPP Jeff Burch (Niagara Centre) has released this statement:

“I want to congratulate all of the advocates who have worked tirelessly on this issue for more than four years, including Emily McIntosh, founder of the...

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP Shadow Minister for Education, MPP Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West – Nepean) will be tabling legislation to protect kids from extreme heat in classrooms:

“As the number of extremely hot days during the school year is rising,” said Pasma. “Classrooms and school buses are becoming...

QUEEN’S PARK - Ontario NDP MPPs Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre), MPP Peggy Sattler (London West) and MPP Teresa Armstrong (London – Fanshawe) are raising the alarm following confirmation that London Cares’ House of Hope supportive housing program will close at the end of November after the province...

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPP Wayne Gates (Niagara Falls) stood in the Legislature today to call on the Ford government and Treasury Board to stop blocking fair bargaining for Niagara Parks workers, warning that provincial interference should not be the reason bargaining fails:

“Niagara Parks workers are not...

SCARBOROUGH — Official Opposition Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles, MPP Tom Rakocevic, and Scarborough Southwest candidate Fatima Shaban held a press conference in Scarborough this morning; where they introduced a bill to scrap the HST on all food and drink, and prevent grocery monopolies from using lease agreements...

OSHAWA – After Doug Ford furthered his attack on the Freedom of Information process by freezing all existing applications and decisions across all ministries, the Leader of the Official Opposition, Marit Stiles, released the following...

QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP MPP Chris Glover (Spadina—Fort York) and Shadow Finance Minister Jessica Bell (University—Rosedale) say that committee hearings on Doug Ford’s plan to expand Billy Bishop Airport have shown the senseless nature of the Conservatives’ latest scheme:

“There is no business...

NICKEL BELT – Following expert reports demonstrating that the rising deficits are causing increasing wait times in the Sudbury hospital, NDP Shadow Minister of Health MPP France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) released the following...

OTTAWA – After Doug Ford’s Minister of Education appeared on stage in London, UK, with Prince Edward, NDP Shadow Minister of Education MPP Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West – Nepean) released the following statement:

“In a time when students are in schools with no pencils, teachers are being fired, and...

ST. CATHERINES – Ontario NDP MPP Jennie Stevens, (St. Catharines), says the closure of Positive Living Niagara’s CTS is another devastating example of the Ford government turning their back on communities in the middle of an overdose crisis fuelled by a toxic drug...

OTTAWA – Ontario NDP Shadow Minister of Education MPP Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West – Nepean) released the following statement after Ford’s Minister of Education moved to eliminate funding for trustee association memberships and participation in professional development for both English and French-language school...