QUEEN'S PARK — Interim Ontario NDP Leader Peter Tabuns and NDP Health critic France Gélinas are calling on Doug Ford to end his pursuit of privatization in Ontario's health care system. In a letter to Ford released Monday, Tabuns and Gélinas warn that Ford's move to send surgeries to private...

TORONTO — Interim Ontario NDP Leader Peter Tabuns and Jill Andrew, NDP critic for Culture and Heritage, released the following statement on Rosh Hashanah:

"As the Jewish community across this province and world usher in the start of the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, we would like to extend best wishes to...

QUEEN’S PARK – MPP Jill Andrew (Toronto-St. Paul’s) released the following statement regarding a Friday announcement of yet another delay in the construction of the Eglinton Crosstown built using P3 privatization:

“This latest delay is piling on the devastation for businesses in the Toronto—St...

Ford government finished 2021-22 with $2.1 billion left over

QUEEN'S PARK — While health care and hospitals spiralled into crisis, the Conservative government was withholding so much money, it ran a $2.1 billion-surplus in 2021-22.

That figure comes from the newly released 2021-22 Public Accounts...

QUEEN’S PARK — Toronto Centre MPP Kristyn Wong-Tam, Ontario NDP critic for 2SLGBTQ+ Issues, released the following statement to mark Bi Visibility Day:

“Happy Bi Visibility Day!

Biphobia and Bi erasure are real social problems. No one should have their identity invalidated by stigma.

Today is...

TORONTO AND THUNDER BAY — Ontario NDP Leader Peter Tabuns and MPP Lise Vaugeois, critic for Persons with Disabilities and Accessibilities, released the following statement to mark the United Nations International Day of Sign Languages:

“Today, as we celebrate the United Nations International Day of Sign...

QUEEN’S PARK — Interim Ontario NDP Leader Peter Tabuns has named MPP Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West-Nepean) to be the Official Opposition Education critic, taking over the portfolio from MPP Marit Stiles (Davenport), who has announced her bid for the party’s leadership.

“I extend a tremendous thank you to...

HAMILTON — The NDP critic for Children, Community and Social Services Monique Taylor (Hamilton Mountain) said the Ford government is sending more of Ontario’s job placement and training services for social assistance recipients to private and for-profit firms with notoriously bad track records—with harmful...

FAO report shows Ford’s refusal to fight climate crisis will cost Ontario a fortune: NDP

QUEEN’S PARK — Peter Tabuns, Interim Ontario NDP Leader, released the following statement in response to the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario (FAO) report on the costs the climate crisis will have for the...

QUEEN'S PARK — Ontario NDP Affordability critic Teresa Armstrong issued the following statement in response to Statistics Canada's newly released Consumer Price Index (CPI) showing a 10-per cent rise in food prices:

"Food prices have reached a historic high and people are being crushed. Ontarians are...

SUDBURY — NDP MPPs Jamie West (Sudbury) and France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) issued the following statement on creditors' approval of Laurentian University's Plan of Arrangement:

"The approved Plan of Arrangement is a tremendous relief for the thousands of students, faculty and staff who have had their...

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPP Jill Andrew (Toronto-St. Paul’s) has been selected as a recipient of the Making a Difference Award (MADA), a Commffest Film and Arts Festival award that recognizes community leaders, creative artists, and activists whose work champions social good and community change.

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