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NDP calls on Doug Ford to come clean and release the details of his transit plan
QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition critic for Transit Jessica Bell released the following statement regarding leaked documents obtained by the Toronto Star. These leaked plans show that the Doug Ford government is planning to discard much more of the subway planning Toronto has done than was previously...
NDP fights for Health Minister to keep her promise to dialysis patients and reverse out-of-country OHIP cut
QUEEN'S PARK — NDP MPP Sara Singh (Brampton Centre) and kidney dialysis patients are questioning why the Ford government is delaying the reversal of its cut to out-of-country OHIP coverage, leaving Ontario dialysis patients without coverage for out-of-country treatments.
Singh was joined...
Horwath calls on provincial and federal leaders to stop fighting, build transit, save jobs
Horwath met with Bombardier workers and union on Thursday
THUNDER BAY — Following a meeting with Unifor Local 1075 and Bombardier workers, Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath said the lack of orders for transit cars won’t be solved by the governments in Ottawa and Ontario arguing about...
Fix the First Nations water crisis, send the bill to Ottawa: Horwath to Ford
Horwath concludes tour of Neskantaga, Attawapiskat
THUNDER BAY — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says that since the federal Liberal government has let people down by refusing to ensure there is clean, safe drinking water in First Nations communities, the province needs to step in, address the...
Local MPP hosts community meeting for families affected by closure of Davenhill Senior Living
TORONTO — Jessica Bell, NDP MPP for University-Rosedale, will hold a community meeting Thursday evening for the more than 150 people who are being evicted from a local seniors’ home.
According to media reports, residents of Davenhill Senior Living recently learned that they will have until...
NDP calls on Ford to fire PC MPPs on appointments review committee
Taras Natyshak asks: Is the committee failing on purpose?
QUEEN’S PARK — While Doug Ford was handing out appointments to cronies, some PC MPPs were undermining the committee tasked with reviewing those appointments. Now the NDP wants Ford to remove his MPPs on the standing committee on government...
Long-time advocate backs NDP bill proposing opt-out system for organ donation
QUEEN’S PARK — George Marcello, an organ donation advocate who has received transplant surgery and is waiting again for a donor, is urging Doug Ford’s government to support an NDP bill proposing an opt-out system for organ donation. Marcello, NDP Health critic France Gélinas and recent transplant recipient...
Child care costs are crushing families, and Ford is making it worse
The NDP’s Early Learning and Child Care critic, Doly Begum, released the following statement, responding to child care supporters and Toronto city councilors speaking out today against the Ford government’s child care cuts:
TORONTO — “As it is, there are people in Toronto, and across...
NDP MPP responds to alleged carding by immigration officers
TORONTO — Faisal Hassan, NDP MPP for York South-Weston, released the following statement in response to a CityNews report that immigration officers have been allegedly carding people in York South-Weston neighbourhoods:
“I was deeply troubled to hear a report of people of colour allegedly...
Cutting health care workers won’t end hallway medicine
Health Minister walks back Doug Ford’s comments on hallway medicine
QUEEN’S PARK — Last week, speaking from Saskatoon, Doug Ford said his government has addressed hallway medicine, and would end the practice within a year. On Monday, Health Minister Christine Elliott walked those comments back. Official...
Another Doug Ford Gravy Train appointment ignored by Ford
QUEEN’S PARK — Doug Ford has yet another Gravy Train passenger he’s been hiding. Ian Neita and Dean French coached a basketball team together, then Doug Ford appointed Neita to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB).
“Ford handed out another ticket on his Gravy Train to a member of he and...
Doug Ford's cuts put 3,000 Toronto child care spaces in jeopardy
QUEEN’S PARK – Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says the impacts from Doug Ford's budget just keep coming. Horwath and the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care revealed Thursday that Ford’s decision to slash child care operating funds puts over 3,000 Toronto child care spaces on the...
