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The three scariest parts of Ford’s new long-term care scheme
QUEEN’S PARK — Wayne Gates, Ontario NDP critic for Long-Term Care, Home Care and Retirement Homes, is listing the three most troubling parts of Premier Doug Ford’s new long-term care legislation:
WITHOUT CONSENT. Contrary to Long Term Care Minister Paul Calandra’s claims, the legislation will allow...
Calandra makes good on threats – strips positions away from Official Opposition
QUEEN’S PARK — Conservative Premier Doug Ford and House Leader Paul Calandra have followed through on threats Calandra made. PC MPP Nina Tangri (Mississauga—Streetsville) lost the speaker’s election, therefore Calandra has stripped NDP MPPs Jill Andrew (Toronto—St. Paul’s) and Jennifer French (Oshawa) of...
NDP urges Ford to scrap scheme that will cost patients, hurt seniors
Official Opposition says health care changes will only make the staffing crisis worse
QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Health critic France Gélinas released the following statement in response to the government’s scheme to send surgeries to for-profit private clinics and force alternate level of care...
New stats show Ford failing to protect French language, says Ontario NDP
Recent census shows gradual decline of French language in the country
QUEEN’S PARK — Today, Stats Canada published its most recent data from the 2021 census pertaining to languages. This was another disappointment for the French community as it shows that the French language is on a constant decline, said...
NDP calls for reinstatement of practice-ready assessment program for internationally trained doctors, nurses
QUEEN’S PARK -- The Ontario NDP is calling on Premier Doug Ford to bring back the practice-ready assessment program for qualified internationally trained doctors and nurses. Ford's government axed the program in 2018.
Practice-ready assessment offers the most qualified internationally-trained physicians a...
Ontario should follow B.C., establish public land registry to fight money laundering: NDP MPPs
TORONTO — NDP Housing critic Jessica Bell (University-Rosedale) is re-introducing legislation with MPP Bhutila Karpoche (Parkdale-High Park) to crack down on money laundering and tax fraud in Ontario's housing market — one of many measures needed to rein in skyrocketing home prices.
The NDP’s bill...
NDP responds to report Ford plans to send patients waiting in hospitals to distant long-term care homes apparently without consent
QUEEN’S PARK — NDP Health critic France Gélinas released the following statement in response to a CityNews report that revealed Premier Doug Ford’s government is planning legislation that could shunt people into long-term care homes outside of their community, apparently without their consent or the consent of...
Save Gogama nursing station: NDP’s Gélinas to Ford
QUEEN’S PARK — With the Gogama nursing station slated to close Sept. 1, NDP Health critic France Gélinas is urging the government to ensure the community isn’t cut off from its only source of primary care.
The government has known about the looming closure of the nursing station since late July, when it...
Ford must stop privatization in ODSP mail collection: NDP
QUEEN’S PARK— MPP Lise Vaugeois, Ontario NDP critic for Persons Living with Disabilities, called on Doug Ford Wednesday to stop the contracting-out of mail sorting services for Ontario Disability Support Progarm (ODSP) recipients, as workers ring the alarm about delayed and suspended benefits.
In a release...
NDP says inflation numbers are a call to action
QUEEN’S PARK — Statistics Canada released new inflation numbers Tuesday. Overall inflation growth was a whopping 7.6 per cent in July while food prices soared 9.9 per cent, a half point higher than June; and natural gas prices soared 45.3 per cent in Ontario thanks to an Ontario Energy Board rate hike. NDP...
Ford hints at private surgery clinics — NDP says that’ll cost us all
QUEEN’S PARK — On Friday, Premier Doug Ford was asked if he’d open private for-profit surgical clinics. Ford refused to rule it out, saying “everything is on the table.” NDP Health critic France Gélinas issued the following statement:
“Private for-profit clinics will cost us all dearly. They’ll...
Gates demands LTC Minister be made full-time job as seniors struggle without air conditioning
QUEENS PARK — NDP MPP Wayne Gates (Niagara Falls) highlighted that the worsening crisis in long-term care requires Doug Ford to take the file seriously and appoint a full-time Minister to handle the portfolio. He released the following statement:
“Doug Ford brought legislation requiring long-term care homes...