QUEEN’S PARK – Kiiwetinoong NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa is calling on the Ford government to support families who have evacuated Red Lake and Eabametoong, after their communities declared a state of emergency due to the threat of fires.

“Families who have evacuated need to know if the provincial...

WINDSOR — NDP MPPs from Windsor and Essex are calling on the Doug Ford government to fund smaller, safer classes in September, saying there are countless parents in the region that simply can’t stay home with their kids – while few at all are comfortable with Ford’s bargain-basement scheme to send kids back...

Ford’s priorities lead to penny pinching in all the wrong places: NDP

QUEEN’S PARK — The Doug Ford government’s first-quarter fiscal update shows that $0 has been added to the education budget, and that since April, the government spent a mere $218 million more on long-term care — nowhere near...

NDP in Peterborough to call for smaller, safer classes in September

PETERBOROUGH — As Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board’s plan for the fall heads to a review by trustees tonight, Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says many classrooms all over the province simply aren’t ventilated...

LONDON — With the start of the school year looming, London NDP MPPs Peggy Sattler, Terence Kernaghan and Teresa Armstrong are calling on Doug Ford to ditch his risky scheme before it’s too late, and replace it with smaller, safer classes. Families with children in the Thames Valley District School Board have less...

QUEEN’S PARK — Teresa Armstrong, the Ontario NDP’s Long-Term Care critic, released the following statement in response to a government announcement of future long-term care beds being allocated to a Humber River Hospital long-term care facility:

“Long-term care is badly understaffed,...

Horwath in Kingston to call for smaller, safer classes

KINGSTON — Many parents can’t risk sending their children back into crowded classrooms, while others simply can’t take the time off work to stay home with their kids. As the back-to-school countdown ticks down, Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea...

OHRC analysis of Toronto police data find Black people more likely to be arrested, charged, shot and killed by police

QUEEN’S PARK —Laura Mae Lindo, Chair of the Official Opposition Ontario NDP Black Caucus and Anti-Racism Critic released the following statement in response to a new report by the Ontario...

QUEEN’S PARK – Wayne Gates, NDP critic for Workplace Health and Safety, issued the following statement in response to news that, during the height of the pandemic, 184 workers were infected with COVID-19 at a FGF Brands, an industrial bakery in Toronto.

“Today we learned that many workers...

NDP Leader urges Ford to replace risky scheme with smaller, safer classes

OTTAWA — NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is in Ottawa Monday to call urgently for a plan for smaller, safer classes — on the day many parents will be told they have until just Friday to decide if their kids will return to school in...

SCARBOROUGH — Doly Begum, NDP Child Care critic, released the following statement in response to the provincial government announcing that federal funding, up to $230 million, will go towards restarting child care:

“The federal contribution to re-opening Ontario’s child care centres is...

WATERLOO – Official Opposition NDP critic for Economic Growth and Job Creation Catherine Fife (Waterloo) issued a statement in response to the latest Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey for July:

“Friday’s figures reveal that while Ontario’s job market is slowly recovering, we are not...