NORTH BAY — Doug Ford’s cuts are jeopardizing the education of kids in the Near North and across northeastern Ontario, as they face the prospect of fewer teachers and education workers, said NDP Deputy Leader John Vanthof and Education critic, Marit Stiles, who held a roundtable discussion Friday with education...

TORONTO — Jill Andrew, MPP for Toronto-St. Paul’s and Ontario NDP Culture critic, will be a featured speaker at the Inspire Awards this evening.

This is the ninth year the Inspire Awards will recognize inspiring people, youth, businesses and organizations in the GTA’s LGBTQ community. In 2018, Andrew was...

Families set to join Horwath to talk about the impact of Ford’s health care cuts and chart a better way forward

ST. CATHARINES — NDP Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath will hold a town hall in St. Catharines on Thursday evening to hear from patients, families and community members and lay...

NIAGARA FALLS — Wayne Gates, Ontario NDP critic for the Workplace Safety Insurance Board (WSIB), responded to the Ford government launching a review of the WSIB with the following statement:

“Injured workers have suffered for decades under a WSIB that failed to properly compensate workers...

Schools in Peel are already being forced to cut classes in skilled trades

BRAMPTON—Sara Singh, Deputy Leader of the Official Opposition NDP and MPP for Brampton Centre, says that Doug Ford’s cuts to education are ripping away opportunities for Peel youth to enter the skilled trades, hurting their future...

QUEEN’S PARK – Monique Taylor, the Official Opposition NDP’s Child and Youth Services critic, issued the following statement in response to the Ford government’s cuts to children and youth at risk:

“After years of having to do more with less under successive Liberal governments,...

SUDBURY- Jamie West, NDP MPP for Sudbury, announced today that he will introduce a private member’s motion in the legislature calling on the Ford government to take immediate action to prevent opioid addiction and overdoses, and to save lives in Northern Ontario.

The motion, Preventing...

QUEEN’S PARK — Peter Tabuns, Ontario NDP Energy and Climate Change critic, will introduce a motion calling on the Ford government to strike a select committee on climate change with representation from all parties. The committee would be tasked with immediately developing comprehensive provincial strategies to...

QUEEN’S PARK—NDP Official Opposition Finance critic Sandy Shaw issued a statement following the Financial Accountability Officer’s latest Economic and Budget Outlook:

“Doug Ford is taking $1,100-worth of programs and services away from every person in Ontario. More than $6 billion in...

First Nations, Métis, and Inuit studies courses made elective

SIOUX LOOKOUT — Sol Mamakwa, Ontario NDP critic for Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, said it’s shameful for the Ford Conservatives to rewrite the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit studies curriculum without adequately consulting...

WELLAND— NDP Official Opposition Municipal Affairs critic Jeff Burch released the following statement regarding Doug Ford’s latest scheme to use $7.35 million in public money to have private consultants conduct municipal audits:

“Only Doug Ford would cut billions from municipalities and...

WATERLOO — Catherine Fife, Ontario NDP critic for Employment, Research and Innovation, released the following statement in response to news that the Ford Conservatives have ended funding to at least two institutes researching artificial intelligence (AI):

“It’s incredibly short-sighted...