Monte McNaughton
Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development
14th Floor
400 University Ave.
Toronto, ON
M7A 1T7

Dear Minister,

Recently you announced a new “Workforce Recovery Advisory Committee” to “shape the future of work in our province”. While the...

QUEEN’S PARK — Jessica Bell, Ontario NDP critic for Tenant Rights, released the following statement on the Ford government’s quiet decision to let landlord raise rents again in 2022 by setting the rent increase guideline at 1.2 per cent:

“Letting landlords raise rents before tenants...

QUEEN’S PARK — NDP Ethics and Accountability critic Taras Natyshak said Rod Phillips has obviously been welcomed back into Premier Doug Ford’s inner circle with open arms, since Phillips is not only back in cabinet and tapped to write Ford’s election platform, he’s also headlining a $1,600-a-password Ford...

TORONTO — Ontario NDP Culture critic Jill Andrew (Toronto—St. Paul's) is asking the Ford government to give live arts organizations clear guidelines for Step 2 of the province's reopening plan, so that organizations can plan accordingly.

Andrew has spent months consulting with grassroots arts and...

HAMILTON — Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath issued the following statement on National Indigenous Peoples Day:

"Today is National Indigenous Peoples Day, the 25th anniversary of this important day on which we recognize and celebrate the diverse heritages, languages, cultural practices,...

BRAMPTON — New Democrats in Brampton South have officially confirmed Andria Barrett, a prominent Black business leader, as their Ontario NDP candidate for the 2022 provincial election. Barrett is also a SheEO Activator, a former member of the Brampton Mayor’s COVID 19 Economic Support Task Force, an active...

WINDSOR AND LONDON — Doug Ford is moving Minister Merrilee Fullerton away from the disaster she helped create in long-term care, and putting her in charge of Children, Community and Social Services — leaving vulnerable people and families of children with autism extremely worried.

“The entire province...

QUEEN’S PARK — Doug Ford’s cabinet shuffle is an admission of failure on long-term care and other critical areas during the pandemic.

“Doug Ford is removing and shuffling his ministers of long-term care, small businesses and social services from those files. If there’s ever been an admission that they...

QUEEN’S PARK — NDP Ethics and Accountability critic Taras Natyshak released a statement on Rod Phillips’s rumoured return to the inner circle of Doug Ford’s government. The former minister broke the rules and vacationed in St. Barts while Ontario suffered through a stay-at-home order and a brutal wave of...

TORONTO – NDP Housing critic MPP Jessica Bell (University–Rosedale) is calling on Doug Ford to take action to stop a corporation from buying up $1 billion in single family homes across Southern Ontario – contributing to the massive driving up of house prices.

Core Development Group plans to convert those...

KINGSTON — NDP MPP Ian Arthur (Kingston and the Islands) released the following statement in response to an Islamophobic verbal attack in Kingston:

“I condemn this hateful behaviour — an act of Islamophobia — in the strongest possible terms. Islamophobia and xenophobia are alive in our...

TORONTO / KAPUSKASING – Ontario NDP Education critic Marit Stiles (Davenport), and Francophone Affairs critic Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk—James Bay), took aim at the Ford government’s failure to train and recruit French language teachers.

“Today’s announcement by Stephen Lecce is too little, too late...