QUEEN’S PARK — Taras Natyshak, the Official Opposition Ethics critic, says Doug Ford’s planned changes to elections laws are a massive cash grab, and an obvious attempt to silence his critics.

Natyshak said Ford’s move to double individual donation amount allowances is also a huge step backwards for...

QUEEN’S PARK — Scarborough Southwest MPP Doly Begum asked Doug Ford to commit to a comprehensive and much faster vaccine rollout that allocates an equitable amount to hard-hit regions like Scarborough, ensuring that seniors and essential workers are vaccinated quickly across Ontario.

In the legislature...

York South—Weston MPP Faisal Hassan asked the Minister of Environment during question period Thursday about the approval and lack of community consultation regarding a new meat processing facility set to open in the Stockyards District in his riding.

"Many in my community of York South—Weston are disturbed...

SIOUX LOOKOUT - MPP Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong) is calling on Doug Ford to prevent a tragedy and take emergency measures to help 14 families living outside in tents and make-shift shelters as temperatures dip below -40 C in Eabametoong. “Premier, you must do everything in your power to ensure that people do not...

Gates turns up the heat, but ministers still denying what Niagara’s doctors are saying

NIAGARA FALLS — Niagara Falls NDP MPP Wayne Gates continued to press the Ford government for answers Thursday on why vaccines were diverted away from Niagara, and demanded to know when the region will get its fair share...

QUEEN'S PARK — NDP MPP Chris Glover (Spadina—Fort York) held a virtual press conference Thursday urging the Ford government to adopt his motion to allow provincial fines and outstanding OSAP student loan debts to be forgiven for survivors of human trafficking.

Glover asked that the government amend its...

QUEEN’S PARK — Andrea Horwath, Leader of the Official Opposition New Democrats, said the transcript of Dr. David Williams’ testimony at the Long-Term Care Commission makes it astoundingly clear that the government is trying to hide their response to COVID-19 in Ontario’s nursing homes.

“The Ford...

QUEEN’S PARK — NDP Health critic France Gélinas presented a bill on Thursday to protect vulnerable people in Ontario by requiring that health care workers have a path to report abuse.

“Every year, children and youth escape from abusive situations because of mandatory reporting laws. It’s time to afford...

NIPISSING — With the local health unit reporting concerning levels of COVID-19 variant of concern cases in recent weeks, NDP Nipissing Candidate Erika Lougheed is urging Vic Fedeli and the Ford government to provide the supports needed locally to bring the virus under control.

“People in Nipissing are...

TORONTO — The NDP's Tenant Rights critic Jessica Bell (University—Rosedale) called on the Ford government to address the skyrocketing numbers of above guideline rent hikes being allowed in Toronto, especially by corporate landlords.

Bell was responding to a report released Thursday by the group...

QUEEN’S PARK — MPPs will debate the NDP’s paid sick days bill on Thursday, and Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath and MPP Peggy Sattler will call on all MPPs to agree to expedite the bill and make it law on Monday.

Sattler’s Stay Home if You Are Sick Act would give workers 14 government-paid days...

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP critics Sol Mamakwa (Indigenous and Treaty Relations) and Teresa Armstrong (Children and Youth Services) issued the following statement after the Parliamentary Budget Office released their report on Tuesday that showed hundreds of thousands of First Nations children are eligible for up to $15...