QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Addictions with responsibility for Primary Care, Dr. Robin Lennox; and Shadow Minister for Health, MPP France Gélinas, issued the following statement marking one year since the closure of supervised consumption services across Ontario:

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QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP MPP Chris Glover (Spadina—Fort York) is sounding the alarm about Doug Ford’s sweetheart deal with Therme.

Documents from Public Accounts highlighted by the Official Opposition revealed that an advisor urged the Conservatives to “dig deeper” into the company, less than two...

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP Shadow Minister of Education MPP Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West – Nepean), and MPP Tom Rakocevic (Humber River – Black Creek) stood with parents and education workers to demand that Ford and his Minister of Education stop making unilateral decisions and reverse the elimination of the...

LONDON – NDP MPPs Teresa Armstrong (London—Fanshawe), Peggy Sattler (London West), and Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre), say the reported plan to eliminate nearly 290 registered nursing positions at London Health Sciences Centre exposes the harsh reality of living in Doug Ford’s...

The Ontario NDP Mourns the Loss of Stephen Lewis

We have lost Stephen Lewis, and the world feels smaller without him.

Stephen Lewis had a voice that could fill a room, a convention hall, the United Nations General Assembly. When he spoke, you felt it: the moral clarity, the righteous anger, the...

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP Shadow Minister for Seniors and Accessibility, with responsibility for WSIB and Injured Workers MPP Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay – Superior North) stood in the Legislature today to address the growing accessibility crisis in Ontario.

“The government was warned that accessibility across...

QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition Leader Marit Stiles has issued the following statement, on the passing of former Ontario NDP Leader and Member of Provincial Parliament Stephen Lewis:

“I’m deeply saddened by the passing of Stephen Lewis. The Ontario NDP caucus and New Democrats across the province are...

QUEEN’S PARK — Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition NDP, will be forcing a debate and vote at Queen’s Park on Doug Ford’s OSAP cuts.

Stiles’ Opposition Day motion calls on Ford to reverse his cuts to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP), and scrap the interest on student loan...

QUEEN’S PARK — Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition NDP, forced a vote today, calling on Doug Ford to reverse his cuts to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP), and scrap the interest on student loans.

“We told Doug Ford to do the right thing: scrap the OSAP cuts and the interest on...

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPP Dr. Robin Lennox (Hamilton Centre), Shadow Minister for Primary Care, stood up in the house today to urge the Premier and his Minister of Health to support nurse practitioners and expand access to primary care by the April 1st deadline:

“Ontario can expand access to primary care by...

QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Finance Minister Jessica Bell (University—Rosedale) ripped Doug Ford during today’s Question Period, after his government tabled a budget that has the Premier’s interests in mind, but not those of everyday Ontarians.

“The Ford government’s budget is more about...

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP Shadow Minister of Education MPP Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West – Nepean) stood in the legislature today to press the government on the recent program cuts to language programs in schools, after the Toronto Catholic District School Board supervisor announced cuts and unilateral scheduling...