NDP Leader Andrea Horwath released the following statement on Monday:

"Toronto, all of Ontario and the world has been rocked by devastating images of a massacre on Yonge St., and the horrific accounts of witnesses.

Our hearts are with those who lost their lives, the survivors, and the loved ones that are...

Axing cap and trade will cost millions

Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath issued the following statement:

"I believe big polluters should pay for the damage they're doing -- and that we should use that money to support Ontario families and trade-exposed industries. And Ontarians aren't buying...

“Skyrocketing bills and outrageous executive salaries are a direct result of the privatization of Hydro One – which Doug Ford strongly supports. Firing every executive at Hydro One just creates a bunch of openings for more million-dollar executives to take their place, as long as it's a private...

"Doug Ford's announcement today showed Ontarians exactly where his priorities lay -- and it's not with everyday families and working people.

Over the next four years, Ford will cut $5.2 billion from health care and the other public services that families count on, and give that money to profitable...

Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath was in Sarnia Wednesday laying out her vision to fix Ontario’s broken long-term care system.

Horwath met with Sarnia resident Leanne Hext, who says that her mom, who is currently in long-term care in the city, will benefit from the NDP plan to ensure that every resident in a...

Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath was in London Wednesday afternoon meeting with Stuart McHenry and Jody Tomchishen, two young Londoners, about her plan for students and young people.

“Stuart and Jody have tens of thousands of dollars of student debt,” said Horwath. “They are both still in school and...

During question period, Ontario NDP health critic and MPP for Nickel Belt, France Gélinas, called on the Liberal premier to explain why the Liberal government refuses to acknowledge there is a crisis in healthcare in Ontario, why they continue to underfund hospitals and why, for 15 years, they’ve neglected to take...

NDP releases fully costed election platform

With Andrea Horwath as premier, all Ontarians will have better health care and a more affordable life with pharmacare, dental care, more affordable education and free or low-cost child care.

Horwath released her vision for Ontario on Monday with a fully costed...

Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says the Wynne Liberal’s recent proposal to assume provincial ownership of the TTC subways flies in the face of expert advice, the longstanding position of Toronto City council, the needs of transit riders, and the public interest.

“In her new budget, the premier proposed...

Ontario NDP Energy critic MPP Peter Tabuns issued the following statement:

“Doug Ford has no idea how to lower soaring hydro bills that Ontario families are facing -- in fact, if his threats of further privatization include hydro, he'll drive bills and executive salaries ever higher.

Skyrocketing...

At the Black Community Provincial Leader’s Debate Wednesday evening, Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath announced that her party will end the controversial police practice of carding, and create an Ontario Anti-Racism Fund should the NDP form government in June.

The NDP Leader also highlighted her plans to...

Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath re-introduced legislation Wednesday that would ensure long-term care residents receive a minimum of four hours of care daily. This will be the third time in less than two years that Ontario New Democrats have brought the legislation forward.

“There are 78,000 people in...